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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jun 4, 2022 14:59:35 GMT
Because you are NOT in NJ!! Just curious, but since this is a federal requirement, aren’t the rules the same in all states? Who knows. I had to jump through hoops and I mean HOOPS! My Mail went to a PO Box for over 40 years. DMV had my physical address all those year in their system. None of that was acceptable. I no longer had the mail box.
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Post by scrapmaven on Jun 4, 2022 14:59:55 GMT
We might try to get them this coming week.
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Post by PenandInk on Jun 4, 2022 18:06:04 GMT
Because you are NOT in NJ!! Just curious, but since this is a federal requirement, aren’t the rules the same in all states? The DMV in NJ (actually it’s not a DVM is the MVC) is an entity unto itself. We have lived all over the USA and have never NEVER had the kind of trouble we’ve had here. The first time we moved here in the 1980’s, DH and I went together to get new licenses. There were about 20 people there doing the same thing. We filled out the paperwork, they took our old licenses and told us to wait. NJ is one of those states that confiscates your old license and doesn’t return it. After a long wait, they came out and told us some system was down and we would have to come back the next day to pick up our new licenses….but they refused to return our old licenses. They wanted all 20 of us to drive home without a valid drivers license. It took a lot of angry discussion to get them to reluctantly return them. When we moved here again in 2015, we were careful to check the website and have all required information. Waited in line for an hour, and both of us were sent away for incomplete credentials, even though we had followed the instructions to a T. For me, they didn’t like my birth certificate. I have used this same birth certificate my whole life. Never had a problem. I used it the last time we lived in New Jersey. But now it’s not valid, because it’s a hospital birth certificate and not from the state. OP, I’m glad you started this thread. I’m going to order a new birth certificate right now. I did renew my passport just because I have no desire to deal with this state and whatever hoops they’ll put me through for the real ID
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2022 23:23:33 GMT
Because you are NOT in NJ!! Just curious, but since this is a federal requirement, aren’t the rules the same in all states? Nope. We just got our WA licenses again after having SD ones for the last 3.5 years. SD is automatically a Real ID. WA keeps pushing the compliance date back and was doing so even before we left in 2018. The new date is March (or May?) 2023. I expect they'll push it back again since they've been doing it for years now.
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Post by hop2 on Jun 4, 2022 23:27:43 GMT
All names have to EXACTLY match you can’t have a first & last on utility bill and have a middle initial or full middle name on any other document and Heaven forbid you have your full middle name on something from 30 years ago that you can’t in anyway change and all your other documents have only your middle initial. That's not exactly true. One of DH's *proof* had his first and last name but not is middle name or initial. That would be nice but the MVC website for my state says exactly match. I’ll see after my ss card comes
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Post by hop2 on Jun 4, 2022 23:29:56 GMT
hop2 I remember when I got my passport for the first time, the agent questioned my birth certificate, but he accepted it anyways. It looks like a copy from a microfiche, but it has an embossed seal on it. So anyways, now I make sure I always keep my passport current so I don’t have to hassle with being questioned about my birth certificate again. I suppose I could request a new one if I ever had to. Mine is my original birth certificate but it’s a short form one a very short form. Doesn’t list my parents names or much info. It does have a raised seal though. And an embossed picture of the hospital. Lol
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Post by mich5481 on Jun 5, 2022 0:29:24 GMT
I got my first Real ID when I moved to Pensacola in 2012. When I changed my state residency last year, I had a bit of a problem with the address part. As I am staying at my parents' home to help take care of family, I don't have a lease or a mortgage. Mail isn't delivered out here, so I have a p.o. box. Fortunately, I was able to use a utility bill for my dad as proof of residency for my car insurance - I was then able to use the car insurance as one form of address proof. I had applied for a car loan a few months prior to buy my new car, so the intial bank notification included my street address.
I made my mom get a Real ID years ago, and then took her from the county tax collector's office (they handle drivers licenses in Florida) straight to the county clerk of courts office to get her passport, since she had all of the required documentation.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jun 5, 2022 0:44:00 GMT
hop2 I was surprised at how quickly my social security card came. I got my Real ID DL Jan 2020 with an appointment. I was able to renew it online in Sept 2021. SO pleased!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jun 5, 2022 0:50:05 GMT
PenandInkYup, I know MVC. Just easier because everyone knows what DMV is... I have a bunch of my old licenses here. At MVC they punch holes in them .. of course when you renew by mail you just keep them..
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Post by gizzy on Jun 5, 2022 1:49:44 GMT
Yes, we've had ours for several years. Luckily we already had all the papers needed so it was easy.
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Post by my3freaks on Jun 5, 2022 2:06:39 GMT
All names have to EXACTLY match you can’t have a first & last on utility bill and have a middle initial or full middle name on any other document and Heaven forbid you have your full middle name on something from 30 years ago that you can’t in anyway change and all your other documents have only your middle initial. This wasn't my experience in Colorado, not in Douglas County anyway. My middle name is definitely not on a single utility bill or anything I have to prove residence. Most likely my middle initial isn't either. I only use that when I have to (legal documents or buying plane tickets since it's always been on my license for some reason). I did have to order a copy of my birth certificate from the state of Connecticut online and I was very careful to be sure it wasn't issued by the city of Hartford. When my daughter got her ID they they wouldn't accept her birth cert. because it was issued by the city of San Antonio. They will only take ones issued by the county or the state. Literally the exact same document, I will never understand why it matters that it said issued by city of blah blah instead of issued by state of or county of. But I digress...I'm getting all heated again thinking about that
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Jun 5, 2022 12:27:09 GMT
I did in December because my license was expiring Jan of 2022.
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