To obtain a driver’s license I showed my birth certificate and social security card.
To be admitted to my university I sent notarized transcripts, my social security number and was immunized — which required my medical records and birth certificate.
To open my bank account showed my driver’s license and social security card…I think. I don’t remember the process being all that much of a pain in the ass. Not compared to the above two tasks.
Apparently according the Transportation Security Agency of Seatac airport, if one shows a temporary paper license in conjunction with their old license that just expired, one needs to show an alternative form of ID. Makes sense.
So I pulled out my school ID. It’s current, it has my name, ID number, my picture, my bus pass and is proof that I go to school in Seattle.
“School IDs aren’t an official form of ID. Do you have your social security card?”
“No. I don’t carry my social security card on me. Getting my wallet lifted would be a pain. Getting my identity stolen would be a tragedy.”
“What about a bank card?”
“Sure. Let me get this straight though: a rinky-dink ATM card with only my name on it is legit, but my school ID isn’t?”
“Well, we recognize bank cards. School IDs could be forged and we’d have no way of knowing.”
“Psssht. Money talks, everything else walks right..?”
“Huh? Alright, you can pass. You probably want to lose the ‘tude though, ‘kay.”
