Yul Lose Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 With the power being down yesterday I almost decided not to go to my DMV Real ID appointment that I had made 6 weeks ago. I wasn’t real sure if they’d be open if their power was down. They were open and I got in line about 40 minutes before my appointment and when I finally got up to the counter and presented my DL, Passport, SS card and two other forms of ID (water bill, electric bill) with my name and physical address on them the clerk asked where my SS card was. Right there I said. He says “Laminated SS cards aren’t acceptable”. I told him that it didn’t say anything about that on the acceptable ID section on the website. It didn’t matter and he told me I had to come back with a non laminated card if that’s what I was going to use. I asked for a supervisor and he told me the same thing. My Medicare card that I tried to use in its place is not an acceptable form of ID either. So I went home and found an unlaminated card in our file in the safe and will make another appointment. What a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 If you think American bureaucracy is bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Appointment? At the DMV? That's enough to keep me out of California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 2 minutes ago, LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L said: Appointment? At the DMV? That's enough to keep me out of California. Even with the appointment I still stood in the line with all those without appointments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 My DMV you just walk in and usually the only person there. Just bring in the paper work sent by the state. Since I'm a disabled vet don't even pay anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assassin Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 If I had to make an appointment for the DMV I'd find another place to live. Yul, get out while you can. There's nothing worth all that stress. I drive 13 miles to work and it takes me 13 minutes, and that's driving on the Interstate around Wyoming's most populated city. There's a house on 279 acres just up the road from my house for $750,000 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Appointments at CA DMV are a joke. People just walk in and sign the appt doc and they call people in order. I get faster "service" just by walking in. I will admit that CA DMVs are way better than they were 20 years ago. Twenty years ago people would get so mad that it seemed like at least once a month we heard of people driving their cars into the DMV buildings in various locations across the state.all over the state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Laminated SS cards have always been a no no as far as I can remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Here in Tucson, I went to get my upgraded driver's license and they wouldn't accept my Social Security card either. My SS card is from the 1960's and has printed on it "Not for Identification." I told the fellow that no SS card is valid for identification. Didn't matter. I had come back a couple of days later with a tax return that had my SS number on it. They accepted my wife's SS card because it didn't have "Not for Identification" printed on it. Go figure??? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Years ago, someone threw a hand grenade through one of the big glass windows at the San Luis Obispo, California DMV office on South Higyera Street. The office was closed at the time, and then, closed for repairs for about a week. I don’t think too many people were upset. Yul, you should be able to go back in there and they should honor your appointment and put you first in line. Cat Brules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 2 hours ago, Assassin said: Yul, get out while you can. No. You guys need to stay where you are and put up a fight. Every one that gives up and moves out just add strength to the stupidity. And please don't Californicate Wyoming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 When I got my learners and then drivers license I had to show my birth certificate. Now 53 years later I have to prove who I am again. It's a bunch of BS. Unless you're flying somewhere why bother? Ike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 2 hours ago, LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L said: Appointment? At the DMV? That's enough to keep me out of California. You aren't required to have an appointment. It is supposed to speed up the process. However, many times, like Yul's it does not. When they first implemented it, in the '90s, I made one and they had no record of it. However, they took me immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 PS My DL expires on my BD next April. So, I thought I'd wait until then to get Real ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Kraken Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 6 minutes ago, Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 said: So, I thought I'd wait until then to get Real ID. Wow, I live in the boondocks of north Florida and had to google Real ID to see what you all were talking about. I'm pretty sure our Florida driver's licenses are Real ID compliant, but I guess I better make sure before I try and get on a plane next October. You'd think my CCW card would be an acceptable form of ID . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Colonel, Every time we get an vehicle registration it has a slip in it explaining real ID. There are some perks to living in CA I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finagler 6853 Life Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 I don't know if I still have a SS card. If I do, I have no idea where it is. I guess I'll have to get a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Just tell them you're an "undocumented alien". Probably wave you right through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 39 minutes ago, Colonel Kraken said: Wow, I live in the boondocks of north Florida and had to google Real ID to see what you all were talking about. I'm pretty sure our Florida driver's licenses are Real ID compliant, but I guess I better make sure before I try and get on a plane next October. You'd think my CCW card would be an acceptable form of ID . Look in the upper right hand corner of your license. If there’s a star, it’s Real ID compliant. Depends on when you renewed your license. Mine is good to go because I renewed it recently with the required documents, but my wife needs to renew hers to make it compliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 1 minute ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 my wife got her "real"id a few months back. They accepted her laminated SS card. I have heard many other stories of both rejections and accepted laminated cards. I think it depends on how bad of a day the DMV Zombie has had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 1 minute ago, Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 said: my wife got her "real"id a few months back. They accepted her laminated SS card. I have heard many other stories of both rejections and accepted laminated cards. I think it depends on how bad of a day the DMV Zombie has had. The Feds won’t accept a laminated card for some reason. Locals might or might not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 yup, she came straight home from that and filled out the form to get a new ss card because she wants to get a passport and we know they wont accept the laminated cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Just checked Alabama's website concerning the new ID. Much to my horror, sex offender registration is an acceptable document for proving registration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 11 minutes ago, LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L said: Just checked Alabama's website concerning the new ID. Much to my horror, sex offender registration is an acceptable document for proving registration I don’t have a problem with that as long as the stamp SEX OFFENDER all over the license. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 They dont need to stamp sex offender on the license, but I think it ought to be painted on the side of the car that drags the SOB thru the town when they try to use their registration to get an ID.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc X Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Here's a tidbit on the "Real ID." The wife had to get hers this year but DMV wouldn't accept her "Certificate of live birth" from an Indiana hospital so we had to get a copy of her actual birth certificate. While getting it I asked the lady behind the counter just how a certificate of live birth could vet Obama to be President for 8 years but wasn't good enough to get a simple drivers license. You know the old saying, "If looks could kill?" Yup, nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 5 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: If you think American bureaucracy is bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet. My card has been laminated since March of 1960 when I got it. It's NEVER been questioned. Not by the Army, the Marine Corps, four federal jobs, the California justice (?) system where I qualified for a number of juries, or the lady at J. C. Pennys where I got my first credit card in 1960. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 2 hours ago, Warden Callaway said: No. You guys need to stay where you are and put up a fight. Every one that gives up and moves out just add strength to the stupidity. And please don't Californicate Wyoming! Isn't that what they told Custer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Had a similar issue getting my new license. Two trips as I found out on arrival my original birth certificate was not acceptable. Really? Went home and found an old photo copied one and they were happy. My SS card was signed when I was a little kid and they had no issue with that old tattered piece of paper with a signature that had no resemblance to mine now. I guess scammers must steal real birth certificates as compared to anyone walking into a town hall and getting a copy! But, jump the fence and we'll give you ID no questions asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 19 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said: Isn't that what they told Custer. That was in Montana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 I haven’t actually had a SS card in many many years. I just produce one of the alternate forms of I’d. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/hr-qa/pages/sscardsfordocumentauthorization.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 9 hours ago, Warden Callaway said: No. You guys need to stay where you are and put up a fight. Every one that gives up and moves out just add strength to the stupidity. And please don't Californicate Wyoming! I put in forty years in California fighting for what turned out to be a lost cause. I was called a coward (not to my face) and a quiter, a closet liberal, and a lot of other names. All I have to say if you're stuck there I don't want to hear about your troubles. There are ways out, some mot pleasant but they beat staying there. If any of you folks think some one should continue fighting a battle like that, YOU should move there. Most of you wouldn't last a year, maybe less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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