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As a dirty foreigner, I already need my passport to travel domestically within the US. I think it makes sense. Passpprts are a lot more secure than US identity
by Swizec 11y ago
As a dirty foreigner, I already need my passport to travel domestically within the US.
I think it makes sense. Passpprts are a lot more secure than US identity cards. It's kinda silly how little security measures you guys have on your IDs.
Or have I only been seeing old ones? Do new ones have any of that shiny stuff?
- chrisseaton 11y agoWhat are US identity cards? I didn't think they hard any except for the passport.
- Swizec 11y agoRight, driver's license. Plastic card that is your ID -> identity card. :)
- chrisseaton 11y agoWhat do you do for ID if you don't have a car or are medically disqualified so don't have a licence?
- nrr 11y agoYou still go to the drivers' services facility and ask them for a non-driver ID card.
- jeffmould 11y agoAll states issue id cards for people who don't want, qualify, or can't have a driver's license. Most ID cards look/feel the same as a driver's license and are typically issued by the department of motor vehicles or similar licensing agency, but state specifically that they are for identification purposes only. For example in Maryland: http://www.mva.maryland.gov/drivers/apply/id-card.htm http://www.mva.maryland.gov/drivers/apply/id-card.htm
- saltylicorice 11y agoEvery state I've lived in has had photo IDs available for those without drivers licenses. They're still generally issued through the state's department of motor vehicles. Here's CA for example: https://dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/?1dmy&urile=wcm:path:/dmv_content_en/dmv/dl/dl_info#idcard https://dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/?1dmy&urile=wcm:path:/dmv_cont...
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- pcl 11y agoIn most states, you can get a state ID that's not valid for driving, but is useful for corroborating your identity and age (and presumably residence, for those states that comply with this new Real ID stuff).
- ryanlol 11y agoCAC/DoD card, Passport card, NEXUS card, SENTRI card, Global Entry card, HSPD-12 card. US federal govt issues a plenty of different ID cards. There's also a bunch of tribal ones that are accepted.
- rhino369 11y agoThe obvious downside here is that most people don't have passports in America.
- sethhochberg 11y agoDepends drastically on the state - most people use their driver's license as their primary ID, and each state issues their own licenses with varying security standards depending on that state's needs. Most states have phased out paper licenses in favor of newer plastic cards with more modern security features, but, the old licenses still remain valid for a while which leads to multiple variants out in the wild until everyone has been in for a renewal. Some states - like New York cited in the article - have good security features on the new licenses themselves, but the identity verification requirements to obtain the license were too weak for the federal standard.
- russell 11y ago$165 for a passport plus card is a pretty steep price just to fly domestically, not to mention additional fees if you need to travel on short notice. In CA a State identity card is $28, or $8 if you are poor, or $0 if elderly.
- Swizec 11y agoIs it steep? Passports are valid for 10 years. That's $16 per year. The price of 4 starbuckses is nothing compared to, say, one flight per year for the holidays.