I need My Birth Certificate and since I am married with different last name I need my Marriage Certificate. Because of federal regulations I will need to submit proof of my identity every time I renew my DL.
Renewal of Driver's License or Identification Card
The way I read this, you only have to provide ID documentation if you are applying for a GA license for the 1st time or getting one of the new “Secure ID” compliant licenses for the 1st time. After you have a Secure ID compliant license, you can renew on-line. Changing your name on your license, I think in all states that I know of, require you to appear in person with legal proof of the name change.
I had to do this, provide all sorts of proof of identity when I moved from Maryland to Pennsylvania and got my PA license. It was a PITA as at the time I was temporarily living with my niece and all my stuff including some of my legal docs were in storage and inaccessible unless I moved everything out to get to the strong box buried somewhere in the back and my nephew crawled through the storage unit and still couldn’t find it. So I had to order a certified BC from NY, which I was able to do on-line after providing all sorts of info and since I had been married, I had to drive to MD to get a copy of my marriage certificate to prove my name change. I also had to provide PennDot with proof of my address but since I was living with someone else, I had no utilities bills in my name at that address, but they did accept a copy of my bank statement. Again it was a PITA but now that I have my PA license, I can renew on-line in the future.
Yet no one on the federal level seems to give a rat’s ass about my identity at the polls.
Here in PA we do have a new voter ID law, but it wasn’t implemented in time for the last election.
I went through many of the same things you did when I relocated here in PA. from Ohio...and now we are making plans to leave here for GA...so we will prepare our selves for this all over again...
every state in this Nation should have voter ID Laws..but will never happen when democrats and Liberals control...I’ve never been ashamed of my country as I now am..and not ashamed to admit it either..
will AMERICA ever heal in our life time? I wonder??????
I need my Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate and SS Card (You know, that little card that was NEVER intended to be used for ID)
Have BC
Need copy of Marriage Certificate.
But damn. I never changed my name on my SS Card when I got married in 1974. I haven't seen my SS Card since before then. Used to be the number was important, not the piece of paper it was printed on. Have to jump through those hoops as well. :( There are documents they will accept with my SSN, but then I need proof of residency docs (Auto Registration, utility bills, etc).
And what's the deal about those 59 or older only able to get a 5 year DL? Sounds like age discrimination to me. :) I will be 59 in April. Have 1/2 mind get a replacement before then so I can beat the man's play clock & get another 10 yr DL.