Real ID .........Fail! - Page 12

september · ‎03-09-2010

@suzyQ3 You're right...you're probably never going to need to update your SS card with your married name. It's an option.

I did update mine, but in 30+ years, never had to show it to anyone until last week. I hadn't even detached it from the paperwork that it came with. The DMV clerk passed it back to me, and said I had never even signed it, and she needed a signed version. 🤪

in most states, it seems you can show other proof of your SS #, other than this card

SunValley · ‎04-19-2010

Took me two tries, but the second time I had my passport with me and it was very easy. It’s the picture they took that is a nightmare. I look like I’m half dead and the alive half is just as dreadful. I would be insulted if someone actually recognizes me from this photo! Lol

september · ‎03-09-2010

@SunValley I wouldn't worry about the photo. I think most of us are too self critical when it comes to photos of ourselves.

last week, after I had my new driver's license photo taken, the clerk actually asked me to okay it. Apparently, you can ask for a do over on the spot. I said "no, let's use that one. The next one could be worse!"

songbird · ‎03-21-2010

When I went up there, I thought I was going to be sick. I walked in and it was packed with people. The line was endless. I was horrified. Then they made an announcement. Those that had made an appointment, should move to another building. I left that building and entered the other. There was nobody there! Well almost. About 4 other people sitting there. They called my name 5 minutes after I arrived. It took me less then 5 minutes to be finished.

By the way, when I entered the first building, there was a guard who asked everyone what they had for documentation. Half the people didn't have their social security cards. They all had to leave and come back with their SS card. I wish they ha been clearer as to bringing your social security card. Most of them had birth certificates, but not the SS card. My husband made an appointment too, but his took longer as he was updating his drivers licence.

VaBelle35 · ‎03-10-2010

@songbird wrote:
@sunshine45 wrote:
@songbird wrote:
@Drythe wrote:
No problem for us with a passport & birth certificate. My Passport is current, DH’s has expired, still it was fine. Don’t understand the need for the birth certificate as Passport proved citizenship, as well as identity.

What in the world use is this if the requirements vary so much? Seems bogus to me.

The U.S. passport is an option if you don't have a birth certificate. It's one or the other. Not both. It's necessary to prove you are a citizen of the U.S. Since my birth certificate is in Italian, the only proof I have of being a U.S. cititzen is my U.S. Passport. Other wise I don't get the Real ID and I might be deported. I've had nightmares of being deported I tell you before I went to get my Real I.D. In my dreams they were sending me to the Mexican Border to get to Argentina first, then Italy. Funny but Italy is place nobody leaves. Everyone wants to go to Italy. The Argentina bit is because (this gets funnier) 60% of the entire population of Argentina is Italian. Italian is spoken there as much as Spanish.

@songbird

you dont have a certificate of naturalization?
once my husband became a citizen he received a certificate of naturalization to prove he is a citizen.
I had one. I automatically became a citizen when my parents did because I was under the age of 16. . But it got lost. I can retrieve it from Washington DC, but it's expensive and time consuming. But so long as I have my U.S. Passport, that is enough for proof of cittizenship.

I priced it for an employee once. It was $600 at the time. Could be more now.

USCIS does not play.

Not all minor children were issued certificates of naturalization. For security clearances, you can provide one of your parents' certificates of naturalization to prove you were a minor at the time of issue and then you are automatically a US citizen.

You can have one issues for the fee (like $600). In this day and age, it's probably worth it to get your own so that you have it in your files for future reference.

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VaBelle35 · ‎03-10-2010

@september wrote:
@SunValley I wouldn't worry about the photo. I think most of us are too self critical when it comes to photos of ourselves.

last week, after I had my new driver's license photo taken, the clerk actually asked me to okay it. Apparently, you can ask for a do over on the spot. I said "no, let's use that one. The next one could be worse!"

In Virginia the photo is black and white and more of a halogram image than a color photo.

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VaBelle35 · ‎03-10-2010

regarding cost, you also have to factor in taking off work. For some people, they work every day or 6 days a week and long hours. In order to go to DMV, they have to take off of work, so no pay for that time.

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SydneyH · ‎03-10-2010

@bathina wrote:
@Abrowneyegirlthanks so much for answering @SydneyH's question. Everything you have mentioned is exactly why I think this new "real"ID is discriminatory. If you cant afford to get one or cant afford/dont have transportation to collect all the docs proving you are who you say you are, you're basically relegated to never being able to fly (even in an emergency) or walk into a federal building (so visiting the white house or the Capitol building is out of the question). I think its a ploy to eventually limit the vote to white, rich MEN. I hope im wrong, but I dont see any other reason for enforcement of this ridiculous, biased law.

Well your opinion is just that, an opinion. My 95 year old grandmother did not have a birth certificate and still managed to navigate our society by aquiring the necessary identification to do so. Was it easy, no but I don't accept the woe is me excuse, if she could do it.......anybody can.

bathina · ‎03-14-2010

@SydneyH wrote:
@bathina wrote:
@Abrowneyegirlthanks so much for answering @SydneyH's question. Everything you have mentioned is exactly why I think this new "real"ID is discriminatory. If you cant afford to get one or cant afford/dont have transportation to collect all the docs proving you are who you say you are, you're basically relegated to never being able to fly (even in an emergency) or walk into a federal building (so visiting the white house or the Capitol building is out of the question). I think its a ploy to eventually limit the vote to white, rich MEN. I hope im wrong, but I dont see any other reason for enforcement of this ridiculous, biased law.
Well your opinion is just that, an opinion. My 95 year old grandmother did not have a birth certificate and still managed to navigate our society by aquiring the necessary identification to do so. Was it easy, no but I don't accept the woe is me excuse, if she could do it.......anybody can.

Of course it's my opinion. As you have yours. Has your grandmother gotten a Real ID?

ann1989 · ‎02-24-2019

When we bought our house, it was my husband that contacted the utiities and placed everything in his name later including my name but he was listed as the primary even though he told them I am his wife.

Our bills never included my name. When the DMV told us we needed to include 2 utility bills to prove residency I felt my heart sink, knowing this was going to be a challenge.

I called them and was treated suspiciously even after verifying who I was name, address, secret security questions....

I was told to put my husband on the line. That he had to verity that HE wanted my name equal to his on the bills. He was angry as heck with them and said yes, absolutely. A big hassle and treated poorly, in fact treated like dirt but my name is now on all the utility bills too.