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BarryC
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This week on payday I went to the bank drivethrough as usual and gave them my driver's license along with my deposit ticket since I always get cash back. Well this time the woman says "Mr. Caselli? Do you have a valid driver's license?" I was flabbergasted! :shock: Of course I do. She then told me it had expired November 30! Then I realized that I had forgetten to renew. This is the first time since I started driving. So (to make a long story short), today as an emergency measure, I took my renewal application along with the check already filled out, directly to the DMV agency in Northfield, and guess what? You need lots of ID now to get a license, and even to renew it. I was not informed of this when I got the renewal application in the mail. :x This was a big surprise.
There's a list of items of ID that are worth 4 points each, a list of items worth 2 points each and a list of items worth 1 point each. You need one 4 point item, and either one 2 point item or two 1 point items. But you can't use more than two 1 point items.
The number one 1 point item of ID on the list is your birth certificate.
So they want two to three items totalling 6 points, otherwise they won't renew your license. Plus you need proof of your address or they won't renew.
Maybe some of you know about this. But today was the first I had heard of it. So now I have to get all my ID together and go all the way back to Northfield again.
They told me if I had renewed by mail they would have mailed back my application anyway. But what I don't understand is, how are you supposed to take care of original forms of this ID without actually sending it in the mail, if you want to renew by mail? Are they just going to do away with renewing by mail? Even if it is for a good purpose, that's a little ridiculous. The guy told me the reason behind having 6 points worth of ID when you renew is for homeland security. It all goes back to the events of 9 11.
I just wish I knew before going all the way down there. I guess my application was sent to me during a transition time or something.
So be advised, take a birth certificate, a Social Security card, an ATM card, and a utility bill with you when you renew your license, or one of the other items on their list. Don't forget. They don't make exceptions.
Barry
There's a list of items of ID that are worth 4 points each, a list of items worth 2 points each and a list of items worth 1 point each. You need one 4 point item, and either one 2 point item or two 1 point items. But you can't use more than two 1 point items.
The number one 1 point item of ID on the list is your birth certificate.
So they want two to three items totalling 6 points, otherwise they won't renew your license. Plus you need proof of your address or they won't renew.
Maybe some of you know about this. But today was the first I had heard of it. So now I have to get all my ID together and go all the way back to Northfield again.
They told me if I had renewed by mail they would have mailed back my application anyway. But what I don't understand is, how are you supposed to take care of original forms of this ID without actually sending it in the mail, if you want to renew by mail? Are they just going to do away with renewing by mail? Even if it is for a good purpose, that's a little ridiculous. The guy told me the reason behind having 6 points worth of ID when you renew is for homeland security. It all goes back to the events of 9 11.
I just wish I knew before going all the way down there. I guess my application was sent to me during a transition time or something.
So be advised, take a birth certificate, a Social Security card, an ATM card, and a utility bill with you when you renew your license, or one of the other items on their list. Don't forget. They don't make exceptions.
Barry
