Posted on 01/02/2026 2:27:53 PM PST by DFG
An estimated 325,000 people from other countries who hold California REAL IDs will have to brave the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) again and replace them because of a software error.
The redo effects about 1.5 percent of REAL ID holders in the state, the department explained. The DMV will notify those recipients, all of whom apparently are in the state with legal immigration or visitation status.
The Sacramento Bee reported:
The agency said the issue related to the software that applies expiration dates to the identification cards. A legacy system from 2006 automatically applied standard expiration dates to people with lawful presence in the U.S. — who are, for instance, permanent residents, green card holders or visa holders — rather than the expiration of the person’s authorized stay.
“The issue was limited solely to how expiration dates were calculated for some of California’s noncitizen residents with legal presence,” DMV officials wrote in the news release, according to the newspaper.
DMV Director Steve Gordon added, “For nearly 99% of REAL ID holders, no action is required. The DMV remains committed to serving all Californians and ensuring REAL ID credentials meet federal standards.”
The deadline for securing a REAL ID was May 7, 2025. Anyone 18 years and older who plans to fly domestically, visit certain federal facilities, or confirm their identity for certain federal government services needs a REAL ID or another acceptable form of identification.
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It’s a well run state with no fraud at all.
Could be a trap but then the Calif. DMV wouldn’t cooperate.
The idea reminds me of the parole violators in DC around Super Bowl time. Law enforcement listed their names in a newspaper saying they won tickets to the Super Bowl. They all showed up and sat them down in a room. The key was the playing of the song “I Fought The Law(and the law won). The cops stood up and handcuffed everyone who was sitting down.
My other big laugh was the pagers in Israel. Can’t do that here.
Then there’s Bernie Goetz.
I didn’t know foreigners could get Real IDs..?!
"Forget it, Jake. It's Kalifornia."
What the hell do illegal alien foreign national third worlders needs “REAL IDs” for. Those subhuman, non-Americans aren’t allowed to vote.
Mmmmmmm, something really smells. 🐽💩
“ The agency said the issue related to the software that applies expiration dates to the identification cards. A legacy system from 2006 automatically applied standard expiration dates to people with lawful presence in the U.S. — who are, for instance, permanent residents, green card holders or visa holders — rather than the expiration of the person’s authorized stay”
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Really, California? Sounds to me like the good old ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE explanation.
“software glitch”
There’s an old movie with that plot...people were invited and showed up for some promise and all were arrested...James Woods played in the movie???? Does anyone remember it? I only remember the plot - not the names...
This is from Grok.
“The movie you’re describing is Cop (1988), starring James Woods as LAPD detective Lloyd Hopkins.
In the film, Hopkins investigates a series of murders and uncovers clues linking them to former high school classmates of a feminist bookstore owner (played by Lesley Ann Warren). He tracks down and confronts a group of men connected to the crimes, leading to a violent showdown where several are killed or subdued (in the context of arrests/confrontations by the rogue cop). The plot involves luring or gathering people tied to past events, with promises or connections implied through the investigation, culminating in mass confrontation and takedowns”
It is obvious that California is not intelligent enough to issue any licenses or CDLs. Maybe they should source the job to an out of state agency with employees with IQs above the Somali level of 68.
Translation - the overpaid Clownifornia programmers effed up the program.
Sounds the same as the illegal truckers. Expiry dates on auto-pilot.
Thanks so much. I searched with different descriptions but each time came up empty apparently not using the right words. I appreciate your reply and coming through with an answer for me.
James Woods has had so many great movies - favorites are “The Onion Field” and “Once Upon a Time in America.”
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