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> fuck this country Are there other countries that allow you to put "homeless" on your driver license?

by MerelyMortal 3y ago

pierat 3y ago
Does that actually matter? I'm here, and it costs $3500 plus all my student debt to legally leave.
- MerelyMortal 3y ago
  Yes, otherwise it sounds like you're changing the subject. No, it costs whatever the visas and transportation costs. I've never heard of anyone not being allowed to leave a country because of student debt.
  - pierat 3y ago
    No, getting rid of my citizenship costs $3500 plus all my student debt. Ive been told countless times "if you dont like it here, leave". And I cant.
    - MerelyMortal 3y ago
      You don't have to give up citizenship to leave.
    - PrimeMcFly 3y ago
      You absolutely can. Keeping your citizenship only means you would owe taxes on foreign income, not that you can't leave.
eru 3y ago
My German driver's license doesn't have my address on it. So the problem doesn't come up.
- MerelyMortal 3y ago
  Do German driver's licenses normally have addresses on them? If legal actions were to occur involving an average person, how does that person get notofied? How would you be notified?
  - eru 3y ago
    German driver's licences don't normally have addresses on them. You can easily find example pictures of them with an image search on the web. > If legal actions were to occur involving an average person, how does that person get notified? The authorities send you a letter at the address that's registered with them (if you have one and they have one). That system is just completely independent of driver's licenses. Your government ID card and passport do have your address on them (if you have one). https://icwb.com/de/keine-meldeadresse https://icwb.com/de/keine-meldeadresse and https://praxistipps.focus.de/meldeadresse-ohne-wohnung-das-sollten-sie-wissen_153542 https://praxistipps.focus.de/meldeadresse-ohne-wohnung-das-s... are two random website about how to deal with the system, if you don't have a fixed address. See also https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einwohnermeldeamt https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einwohnermeldeamt > How would you be notified? Interestingly, I also don't have a fixed address in Germany, because I haven't lived there in a while. Officially, you need to tell them that you are leaving, but for the longest time I did not. (Mostly out of laziness.) They tracked me down once in Singapore to remind me to pay back my student loans, and I dutifully complied. My passport shows my Australian address, because that's where I lived when I last had to renew that document. (And it also only shows that I lived in Sydney without any further details. German addresses would tell to the street and number etc.) --- Just to summarize: Germany does have many of the same issues in general (but the exact details vary). It just so happens that in Germany this system does not intersect (much) with driver's licenses. Mostly because Driver's licenses are not used as general ID cards in Germany.

> fuck this country Are there other countries that allow you to put "homeless" on your driver license?

pierat 3y ago

Does that actually matter? I'm here, and it costs $3500 plus all my student debt to legally leave.

MerelyMortal 3y ago
Yes, otherwise it sounds like you're changing the subject. No, it costs whatever the visas and transportation costs. I've never heard of anyone not being allowed to leave a country because of student debt.
- pierat 3y ago
  No, getting rid of my citizenship costs $3500 plus all my student debt. Ive been told countless times "if you dont like it here, leave". And I cant.
  - MerelyMortal 3y ago
    You don't have to give up citizenship to leave.
  - PrimeMcFly 3y ago
    You absolutely can. Keeping your citizenship only means you would owe taxes on foreign income, not that you can't leave.

eru 3y ago

My German driver's license doesn't have my address on it. So the problem doesn't come up.

MerelyMortal 3y ago
Do German driver's licenses normally have addresses on them? If legal actions were to occur involving an average person, how does that person get notofied? How would you be notified?
- eru 3y ago
  German driver's licences don't normally have addresses on them. You can easily find example pictures of them with an image search on the web. > If legal actions were to occur involving an average person, how does that person get notified? The authorities send you a letter at the address that's registered with them (if you have one and they have one). That system is just completely independent of driver's licenses. Your government ID card and passport do have your address on them (if you have one). https://icwb.com/de/keine-meldeadresse https://icwb.com/de/keine-meldeadresse and https://praxistipps.focus.de/meldeadresse-ohne-wohnung-das-sollten-sie-wissen_153542 https://praxistipps.focus.de/meldeadresse-ohne-wohnung-das-s... are two random website about how to deal with the system, if you don't have a fixed address. See also https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einwohnermeldeamt https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einwohnermeldeamt > How would you be notified? Interestingly, I also don't have a fixed address in Germany, because I haven't lived there in a while. Officially, you need to tell them that you are leaving, but for the longest time I did not. (Mostly out of laziness.) They tracked me down once in Singapore to remind me to pay back my student loans, and I dutifully complied. My passport shows my Australian address, because that's where I lived when I last had to renew that document. (And it also only shows that I lived in Sydney without any further details. German addresses would tell to the street and number etc.) --- Just to summarize: Germany does have many of the same issues in general (but the exact details vary). It just so happens that in Germany this system does not intersect (much) with driver's licenses. Mostly because Driver's licenses are not used as general ID cards in Germany.