Americans, have you obtained your “real license or real ID” ?

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Gibbon · 70-79, M Best Comment

Yes. Years ago. I provided the additional paperwork in person and got my official little Star. Now I feel special and like I really was born here Lol

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Gibbon · 70-79, M

@Gibbon Thanks for BC.

NoGamesTolerated · F

@Gibbon Yours was the one I related to the most cause that’s exactly what I did ..

Gibbon · 70-79, M

@NoGamesTolerated When I got the letter in the mail I pulled out both of our licenses to compare and they were identical Star and all. I said to Vickie mine was renewed after yours what makes you so special. That's when she laughed. She laughed again the next day when we went in with the documents. I asked about the Star and the lady said they had added it to some renewals without verification.

sstronaut

Yes, years ago, I had to get a new Driver's license and I could either renew it via mail or get an upgrade to the Real ID if I came into the office.

And at that time, I had to travel for work, so it seemed like I would have to get the Real ID at some point.

Though I still don't understand how the real one is any realer than the previous ones...

Supposedly they were impossible to copy and forge... and yet amazing quality fakes one from China were caught being shipped to the greater NYC area before the real ones were legally available for any public citizen.

NoGamesTolerated · F

@sstronaut The difference for me was you have to show many more documents proving who you are. It was unreal.

sstronaut

@NoGamesTolerated I guess I don't remember what I had to show for my original drivers license

NoGamesTolerated · F

@sstronaut I promise not nearly as much. A birth certificate and a social security…

bowman81 · M

Yes, my state's drivers license and my US passport both qualify.

NoGamesTolerated · F

@bowman81 I know someone that had both and still had to have real ID. In fact I know 2 people that recently got theirs and yes, when you have a passport, and your DL then it is enough to provide the drivers license office!

bowman81 · M

@NoGamesTolerated My State's driver's license is "REAL" with the star on it. They started offering them a while ago.

NoGamesTolerated · F

@bowman81 yeah… It kind of confused me when you said, “my state’s drivers license and US passport both qualify”. 🙂

carpediem · 61-69, M

No. You can’t even get an appointment to get one for 4-6 months. It’s crazy. But then….I live in Illinois and they are a complete mess of a government. So most around here have up months ago.

NoGamesTolerated · F

@carpediem Yeah it’s crazy how many people go to get theirs at the same time around here. And they’ve had to wait a couple days to get them even after sitting there most of the day.