My wife lost one eye to glacoma and has high pressure levels in the other one. She developed a cataract on the good one. Before they would operate on the cataract, the glacoma pressure had to be reduced to a certain level. While working to reduce the glacoma, her drivers license expired and the grace period expired. She could barely see twenty feet, so she didn't persue getting a state ID.
Eventually, the pressure was reduced and the cataract was removed. She went to get a state ID, she was told the way her first name was spelled on her birth certificate was different from the way she spelled it all her life.
So, she had to go to Probate Court, have a notice printed in the local paper, and a letter signed by the judge correcting the spelling of her name. Then, she couldn't find her social security card.
Today, she went to the Social Security office. She was told she had to have a state ID. The license bureau tells her she has to have a social security card.
Fortunately, the SS office gave her a card to take to the license bureau. At last, she got her state ID today.
Before 9-11 this wasn't such a problem. Now you should do whatever it takes to keep your ID.
Eventually, the pressure was reduced and the cataract was removed. She went to get a state ID, she was told the way her first name was spelled on her birth certificate was different from the way she spelled it all her life.
So, she had to go to Probate Court, have a notice printed in the local paper, and a letter signed by the judge correcting the spelling of her name. Then, she couldn't find her social security card.
Today, she went to the Social Security office. She was told she had to have a state ID. The license bureau tells her she has to have a social security card.
Fortunately, the SS office gave her a card to take to the license bureau. At last, she got her state ID today.
Before 9-11 this wasn't such a problem. Now you should do whatever it takes to keep your ID.