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Renewing non-REAL ID driver's license is online. Getting a REAL ID requires a trip to DMV, and this is why I am avoiding it. Essentially for this reason, i am

by tehlike 11mo ago

Renewing non-REAL ID driver's license is online. Getting a REAL ID requires a trip to DMV, and this is why I am avoiding it. Essentially for this reason, i am just choosing to renew my regular ID instead of getting a REALID one. The good thing is I have many ids that can be used in lieu of REAL ID: - Passport card - Passport - Global entry card So I will probably never get a REAL ID until California does away with non-REAL ID ids.

panny 11mo ago
>Getting a REAL ID requires a trip to DMV Getting a real id requires you to bring in paperwork that doesn't exist for me anymore. They want a utility bill? I do everything paperless. I am unable to get a real id because of their ridiculous "proof" requirements. It's not about identifying people. I have a passport and can show that to them. I have a global entry card. Both qualify as a substitute for a real id. But I cannot use the global entry card as a form of proof of identity. No, please bring a landline telephone bill to us. It's just another humiliation ritual.
- refurb 11mo ago
  > They want a utility bill? I do everything paperless. I They accept printed pdfs over even a pdf on your phone.
  - panny 11mo ago
    Haha, funny. I was told specifcally no, your phone doesn't work. It needs to be a postmarked envelope with my address on it from a utility.
- wkat4242 11mo ago
  A landline lol are they living in the 90s?
- tehlike 11mo ago
  They accept PDF printouts. The documentation burden is not a lot, but the timing can be inconvenient especially when you already have alternatives you can rely on.
- ghaff 11mo ago
  I do expect that a lot of the proofs of state residency are things that people increasingly don't have any more--especially given strict proof requirements. And this is of course even truer of people who don't even really have a permanent address even though that's perfectly legal in the US.

by tehlike 11mo ago

panny 11mo ago

>Getting a REAL ID requires a trip to DMV Getting a real id requires you to bring in paperwork that doesn't exist for me anymore. They want a utility bill? I do everything paperless. I am unable to get a real id because of their ridiculous "proof" requirements. It's not about identifying people. I have a passport and can show that to them. I have a global entry card. Both qualify as a substitute for a real id. But I cannot use the global entry card as a form of proof of identity. No, please bring a landline telephone bill to us. It's just another humiliation ritual.

refurb 11mo ago
> They want a utility bill? I do everything paperless. I They accept printed pdfs over even a pdf on your phone.
- panny 11mo ago
  Haha, funny. I was told specifcally no, your phone doesn't work. It needs to be a postmarked envelope with my address on it from a utility.
wkat4242 11mo ago
A landline lol are they living in the 90s?
tehlike 11mo ago
They accept PDF printouts. The documentation burden is not a lot, but the timing can be inconvenient especially when you already have alternatives you can rely on.
ghaff 11mo ago
I do expect that a lot of the proofs of state residency are things that people increasingly don't have any more--especially given strict proof requirements. And this is of course even truer of people who don't even really have a permanent address even though that's perfectly legal in the US.