blondy2
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Reged: 06/30/02
Posts: 15
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I need to send in a photo Id. to NWW. All I have is my drivers license. Will this be ok?
Thanks for your help.
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Georgann
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Reged: 08/09/04
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Thats the best photo ID there is........
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patient2all
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Reged: 05/16/02
Posts: 295
Loc: usa
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Oddly, not every DL has a photo on it. Mine doesn't. When my Telemedicine Provider asked for same, I sent a picture of my passport too.
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JBRONCFAN
Member
Reged: 04/20/04
Posts: 170
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"I need to send in a photo Id. to NWW. All I have is my drivers license. Will this be ok?"
You're kidding, right? What possibly better photo id could you have? Why would you think even for a second a driver's license wasn't good?
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cucupuffs
Journeyman
Reged: 09/29/04
Posts: 66
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ummm im gonna take a shot in the dark here a wild guess........your hair is real blonde u did'nt dye it right blondy....hehehehehehhehehehehehe
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blondy2
Stranger
Reged: 06/30/02
Posts: 15
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I kind of felt uncomfortable about sending in my drivers Lic number. I guess it will be ok since it is not the same as my SS number.
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stevesmith
Reged: 10/01/04
Posts: 431
Loc: Southern
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I kind of felt uncomfortable about sending in my drivers Lic number. I guess it will be ok since it is not the same as my SS number.
once they get your drivers license # that would be just as good as getting yer SS if you're really that concerned bout giving out your info
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boylston
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Reged: 07/23/02
Posts: 32
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What possibly better photo id could you have?
A passport--it's the gold standard of ID. A U.S. driver's license (or state ID card issued by the same agency) probably won't be accepted anywhere other than in the U.S. and Canada. But a passport is accepted worldwide.
Also, for those of you concerned about privacy, a passport reveals less information about yourself. My U.S. passport simply gives my name, citizenship, date of birth, gender, and place of birth (state and county). It does not disclose where I live, my Social Security number, my driver's license number, my weight, my height, or my eye color.
While each U.S. passport does have a unique number, I am not aware of any commercial database that allows you to submit a passport number and obtain information about the person who holds that passport. That isn't the case with driver's license or Social Security numbers. At my previous job, I had access to computer databases that would allow me to input either one and get a bunch of information about the person to whom that number was assigned. (Forget about privacy laws--the work I did fell under an exception contained in every privacy protection law I've ever read. And no, I wasn't working for the government.) I tested these databases by looking myself up, and it was impressive just how much information they had on me.
Anyway, these days, unless there's a need to verify my ability to drive a car (e.g., if I'm renting a car), I usually present my passport when asked for ID.
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eelrm
Veteran
Reged: 12/30/02
Posts: 657
Loc: East Coast
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Excellent post. Great idea.
And, as they say everywhere else in the world: "Can I see your papers?"
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