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I spent the morning in DMVHell.
My license expired on my birthday. I forgot about it until we were at the beach. I tried to renew online but couldn’t since I had to have the vision test again. So I went first thing this morning.
After 30 minutes I was called. He filled out all the paperwork and then said “you need to have a passport or birth certificate since your license has expired.” Of course I had neither.
So I went home to get the birth certificate. I found one for Not Valerie, Jr. and Luke, along with Not Valerie’s passport and our marriage certificate. But no copy of my birth certificate. I didn’t look for my passport since it expired in 1993. So I went to vital records.
At vital records I got the new birth certificate by using my expired driver’s license as my I.D. Then I went back to DMV and got back in line. I have my license now.
I understand the rules. And since Virginia issued a majority (if not all) of the driver’s licenses for the 9/11 hijackers, I appreciate the rules.
Still, I read the paperwork while I was waiting. I could have used my passport that expired 15 years ago to validate my driver’s license that expired four days ago.
Somethin’ there just ain’t right.
Now that's funny.
That's government for you.
*snort*
Alas, I went through a similar rigamarole not too long ago. Took an afternoon off work to sit at the DMV only to find out that the name on my DL didn't match social security's name for me so they couldn't renew me. Hugh mix-up that's never been a problem for oh, say, the last decade. So they say, get your marriage certificate and go to the SSA. So I take another afternoon off work to sit at the SSA to work through the name snafu. Then I take another afternoon to go sit at the DMV where I find out I could have taken my marriage certificate directly there to use as 'proof' of my name change. Argh. Regardless I spent the time at both locations wishing I knew more Spanish because it was ESL day at the DMV and 'bring your anchor baby to the SSA' day at the other place. Verdad.
It’s the DMV, it doesn’t have to make sense. :-)
I’m starting work with a new company tomorrow and have to bring in my birth certificate and driver’s license before they will put me on payroll.