All those DMV jokes?

[kickaha]

I found out where they originate from.

For us to get new driver's licenses, after looking over all the copious options (since our passports have both expired) we have to have:

1) Old driver's license
2) Birth certificate
3) Utility Bill
4) Credit Card

and the kicker...
5) Social Security card

Can someone *PLEASE* explain to me what a SS card that has not my birthdate or residence has to do with getting a NY driver's license? Anyone?

The birth certificate is required because they won't accept the birthdate on the old license as proof.

Getting a new passport takes less documentation. Hell, getting my last security clearance took less.

Comments

[dollraves.livejournal.com]

The other thing your SS card has, that nothing else does, is the signature the government accepts as yours. This is why banks require it for signature authorization on business accounts.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

You're kidding.

I got my SS card when I was 14. My signature looks *nothing* like that anymore.

[dollraves.livejournal.com]

Heh. Might be time for a refresh. ;) I updated mine when I took Eric's surname when we got married.

But, yeah, they want something with your signature, even if it's not your real signature, apparently.