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Usually you go to either a police station or an embassy and receive a temporary permit that has a validity of one week, just enough to get to the place of regis

• adastra22 8mo ago
  ...how? California doesn't have an embassy in New York.
  • aboardRat4 8mo ago
    Surely New York has enough police stations to visit and declare a loss of ID.
    • adastra22 8mo ago
      IDs are a state-level concern in the US federal system. California IDs are issued by California. It’s like going into a Spanish government building to get your Belgian passport replaced. They will have no records of you, and nothing to do.
      • aboardRat4 8mo ago
        >It’s like going into a Spanish government building to get your Belgian passport replaced. The police are not expected to replace the ID. They are expected to give you a proof that you have indeed lost one. In fact Russian embassy won't give you a "returnee permit" unless you go to a Spanish police station and declare your loss of a document. Even foreign police cannot be expected to just generate documents on a whim. In the US states don't have embassies, but surely a police station in New York can ask the registration office in California to send them your picture by WhatsApp and have at least a vague kind of proof that you are who you claim to be.