Driver’s License Renewal
Oct. 24th, 2025 09:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ndrosenMy driver’s license was going to expire later this year, so I made an appointment to go the DMV on Monday, and took a cab. When I arrived, their system was down, and there was no telling when it would be up, so I read the newspaper (I had brought it to read while waiting), and waited. I made a last check before leaving an hour or so later, and was told that the system was not possibly and intermittently functioning, but, as I understood it, only for people who had brought their birth certificates.
I had brought a copy of my birth certificate (I ordered two a few months ago, thinking they might be a good thing to have in order to vote, or to show to ICE), so I was able to see someone, demonstrate that I could read letters while wearing my glasses, have a new picture taken, and qualify. I didn’t actually walk out with a new license, but with a piece of paper that I can use when driving (if I had a car and actually did much driving) while waiting for the license to arrive in the mail. The system wasn’t working well enough to churn out real licenses.
The license, when I get it, should qualify as Real ID, too.
I had brought a copy of my birth certificate (I ordered two a few months ago, thinking they might be a good thing to have in order to vote, or to show to ICE), so I was able to see someone, demonstrate that I could read letters while wearing my glasses, have a new picture taken, and qualify. I didn’t actually walk out with a new license, but with a piece of paper that I can use when driving (if I had a car and actually did much driving) while waiting for the license to arrive in the mail. The system wasn’t working well enough to churn out real licenses.
The license, when I get it, should qualify as Real ID, too.
