Identification get!
Dec. 17th, 2019 02:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jadislefeuI got a new state ID! With a single moment of panic I wasn't prepared for, but thankfully it turned out fine. There I was with my old ID, all the listed documents for a RealID, my birth certificate (and name change order), my social security card, two utility bills with my name and address on them,
And then she goes 'this ID is expired, I can't use it, I need something else on this list of [mostly photo ID] things'
None of which I have at all (hunting license? pilot's license??), let alone on me, EXCEPT! I have a student ID from the community college, which is like five years old but it has no expiration date on it! And that was apparently acceptable!
It literally just has my name and photo on it and the name of the college. There is no reason on earth this should verify my identity more than my expired state ID. AND YET.
But now I have an ID, so I can get through the airport, and one that will continue to be good for getting through the airport after the deadline next year.
Also having a non-expired ID means I can run into the vape store to get stuff for Alex again, because last time they regretfully told me that they were being cracked down on and couldn't accept expired IDs anymore.
(My old ID expired in, uh, 2017. I just straight up did not notice until I had to get a full patdown and bag search at the airport last year because it had been expired for over a year. And then I kept... not getting around to it.) (It expired after like two fucking years, I feel like I'm justified in not thinking that it was imminent. Why are non-drivers IDs good for like half the time drivers licenses are???) (The new RealID one is good for four years, so there's that, at least.)
The photo on it looks ghastly, but that's unsurprising.
And then she goes 'this ID is expired, I can't use it, I need something else on this list of [mostly photo ID] things'
None of which I have at all (hunting license? pilot's license??), let alone on me, EXCEPT! I have a student ID from the community college, which is like five years old but it has no expiration date on it! And that was apparently acceptable!
It literally just has my name and photo on it and the name of the college. There is no reason on earth this should verify my identity more than my expired state ID. AND YET.
But now I have an ID, so I can get through the airport, and one that will continue to be good for getting through the airport after the deadline next year.
Also having a non-expired ID means I can run into the vape store to get stuff for Alex again, because last time they regretfully told me that they were being cracked down on and couldn't accept expired IDs anymore.
(My old ID expired in, uh, 2017. I just straight up did not notice until I had to get a full patdown and bag search at the airport last year because it had been expired for over a year. And then I kept... not getting around to it.) (It expired after like two fucking years, I feel like I'm justified in not thinking that it was imminent. Why are non-drivers IDs good for like half the time drivers licenses are???) (The new RealID one is good for four years, so there's that, at least.)
The photo on it looks ghastly, but that's unsurprising.
