I don’t see why they need bank statements for a driver’s license, either. That’s just weird. But maybe they’re trying to be extra super sure that they have the person’s name and address correct. Elen had to get a corrected Social Security card with her middle name spelled out because the City of Monroe couldn’t hire her as a lifeguard when her DL had her full name while the SS card had an initial. Because “security.”
I didn’t put my middle initial on the DL application, nor at the DMV. (This strikes me a strange, too — the place where one registers one’s vehicle is not the same place as where one gets a diver’s license. Only in Utah.)
If I ever get my SS card back (I have to go into St George for it) it won’t have my middle initial, either.