Sweetleaf wrote:
Really? that's freaking crazy....I mean what more could they possibly need? that does sound pretty ridiculous. Are you sure its not just a list of things you can bring rather than a list of what you absolutely have to have.
You need 6 points worth from that list. I guess they figure "everyone" is either in school, working or on welfare, and probably has a bank account so most should have a lot of things from the list.
When I went to try to get my id they even asked if I had a benefit card. I guess that means they think I look like I'm on welfare.
I was looking up about getting a check cashing card even though I have no checks to cash but it seems like stores don't have them any more.
Edit: I don't know if it's true and if they don't do them any more it doesn't matter but I read on a site from 2008 that you need a bank account to get a check cashing card. To get a bank account you need an id. There goes that idea.
Edit 2: Then I thought pistol permit? I looked it up and that wouldn't work. It didn't mention needing an id (I'd imagine you would but it doesn't say) but you need to have done a handgun safety training in the past 6 months and you need 4 character references that need to fill out forms. One can be a relative living with you but the rest can't be relatives. Also you have to be fingerprinted and it costs $115.25.
Edit 3: Here is something else ridiculous I read on my city's web site. It's a good thing I have a copy of my birth certificate and my mother is still around or I'd be even more screwed.
"Only the individual themselves or their parents are entitled to a copy of the birth certificate. You must show photo identification to receive a copy of a birth certificate."
That means if I didn't have my birth certificate and needed it for getting my id I couldn't get it because I'd need the id to get the birth certificate.