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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
I'm with you. I have both BC and Passport available and am good to go. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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My wife and I applied for our Real Drivers License a couple of weeks ago. Not only did we need the passport or birth certificate,a picture ID, but we also had to take 2 bills each with each name and home address that showed we really lived at that residence. It was a pain but worth it. It took only 3 days to get the new issued one in the mail. "Even if the world were perfect it wouldn't be." ... Yogi Berra | |||
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Got mine 2 years ago. Had all the documentation, the clerk ran her finger tips around the “raised” seal like she was reading braille. She said, thanks Ed, see ya around town.” I went to school with the folks at our DMV..grade school all the way through high school. I felt like Kevin McCarthy in “The Body Snatchers.” We live in a small town people know you from birth! It cost me a sawbuck, I guess I can get into some federal bldgs and airports. We don’t have any federal bldgs or an airport within 50 miles one way. But, i’ve Got my Gold Star license to prove who I am. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
My Texas DL is already REAL ID compliant. I don't know how it got that way. I don't recall taking a birth certificate to any renewals, but maybe I did. I still have a certified copy my mom ordered from Taylor County 57 years ago when I was born. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Freethinker |
It’s all about confirming that people are who they claim to be. If we think it’s important for people to be who they claim to be before being allowed to do various things, then the process needs to be rigorous enough to ensure that as much as possible. ► 6.4/93.6 “ Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one’s own understanding without another’s guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one’s own mind without another’s guidance.” — Immanuel Kant | |||
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Striker in waiting |
Be careful about that. My current MD drivers license has the “Real ID” star and was issued that way when I renewed a couple of years ago because Maryland was told by .fed that existing licenses (or licensees, anyway) could be grandfathered in if they were issued before such and such a date. At some point, that directive changed and we now have until a certain date (mine is late in the fall) to go to the MVA with our documents or else our licenses will be suspended! I would imagine you might be in a similar situation if you don’t remember going with your stack of evidence when you last renewed. -Rob I predict that there will be many suggestions and statements about the law made here, and some of them will be spectacularly wrong. - jhe888 A=A | |||
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| Cummings Custom Refinishing |
Tn has been doing that for over 10 years. I needed to get a certified Birth Certificate to renew my drivers license. We also have to show ID to vote Cummings Custom Refinishing offers Quality Craftsmanship at affordable prices. Fully Lic FFL's for over 30 years OFTEN IMITATED BUT NEVER DUPLICATED 423-639-8924 www.ccrrefinishing.com | |||
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| St. Vitus Dance Instructor  |
I renew my DL here in Texas online, but I think it was 2 yrs ago I had to go in since they wanted a new picture taken. They needed another form of picture ID and the only thing I had was my concealed handgun license which worked. | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
What irks me about this is that if you do something like change your address, you have to show the birth certificate again - the same one you showed to get the license in the first place.  | |||
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$25 more, provide the documents mentioned in the OP, and you get the Gold Star on your DL. Apparently the Gold Star is the universal symbol for a RealID. When in doubt, mumble | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
I'd let them draw blood if I knew it would help eliminate voter fraud. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
Nope! Texas was doing this prior to having Real ID compliance. I moved back to Texas about this time 3 years ago and had to bring my passport to get a DL. However, Texas DLs were not Real ID compliant until Fall '16 so I had to get a new Real ID compliant DL prior to late 2020 deadline. I killed 2 birds with 1 stone by getting a motorcycle endorsement and the DL was Real ID compliant. Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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| Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
I have a Real ID and never showed a birth certificate or even a social security card. I showed them my military ID though and they were satisfied with that. I have since already renewed once without issue. Regardless, I never use my driver's license when I fly even though I fly a ton. For that I use my passport card. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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| I have not yet begun to procrastinate |
I didn’t bother getting a Real ID license. I paid for the passport so might as well get more use out of it. When my last updated DL picture was taken, I had to show my BC or passport. When I asked why I was told “to verify citizenship”. Telling them I did that when I got my first license at 16 of course fell on deaf ears. -------- After the game, the King and the pawn go into the same box. | |||
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Lost |
That's what I did. PSA to others with expiring passports, the time to renew is now. There's going to be quite a rush next year as RealID goes into effect. You'll need a RealID or valid passport for any airline travel, even domestic. | |||
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Texas Proud |
I took my passport with me when I renewed my TX DL last year but as I recall no one even looked at it. NRA Life Patron | |||
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| Just for the hell of it  |
Rob, I am sure you know but just in case. MD will let you make an appointment now to bring in the extra paperwork. From what I have heard it makes the process and time it takes a lot less painful. _____________________________________ Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. Jack Kerouac | |||
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I'm going in to get my Real ID. Intending to bring: 1) Passport card 2) SS card and/or W2 3) Registrations for 2 cars (copies okay) Question: They require us to bring in the original for #1, 2 (copies only allowed for #3). Are they just checking #1, #2 and maybe make a photocopy at the DMV using the originals? They don't keep #1 or #2, right? I'm not comfortable with that. And it's hard to imagine that they would be allowed to keep my original #1 or #2. But our government is stupid so just wanted to check w/ those who have gone through the process already. "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book | |||
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Illegals will just drive without a drivers license, or insurance for that matter. | |||
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Actually, my understanding at least in this stupid state is that Real ID is required because there are states that have been and will continue to issue DL to illegals. So, no docs and you get a DL. Real ID for legal residents you need to jump through hoops. "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book | |||
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