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Surely New York has enough police stations to visit and declare a loss of ID.
by aboardRat4 8mo ago
Surely New York has enough police stations to visit and declare a loss of ID.
- adastra22 8mo agoIDs 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.