State ID required for Interview

[miker32us 6]

In the appointment letter my wife received there are several items she is being told to bring to the interview. One of them is a state issued photo ID card. She does not drive thus she has no state ID card, but has several other forms of ID. I am wondering if this is really a requirement or just one item on a form letter. She has several other forms of photo ID's we hope will suffice.

[milimelo 4,582]

In the appointment letter my wife received there are several items she is being told to bring to the interview. One of them is a state issued photo ID card. She does not drive thus she has no state ID card, but has several other forms of ID. I am wondering if this is really a requirement or just one item on a form letter. She has several other forms of photo ID's we hope will suffice.

What's wrong with getting her a State ID card? They want either a DL or state ID as it has your address on it, most other documents don't. You can get the State ID in under 20 minutes in most DMVs.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

In the appointment letter my wife received there are several items she is being told to bring to the interview. One of them is a state issued photo ID card. She does not drive thus she has no state ID card, but has several other forms of ID. I am wondering if this is really a requirement or just one item on a form letter. She has several other forms of photo ID's we hope will suffice.

State id is simple to get - just go on their site and show up with the appropriate docuements proving her identity and address. I also do not drive but I've had a state id since I got my 2 yr GC.

[ELW 5]

I would go into DMV on Monday and apply for a state-issued ID. They want that because it is issued by the government, not a photo ID on a store credit card or whatever. I'm pretty sure they send the card in the mail days later but at least she will have the receipt print out to show, just in case. Hopefully the other forms of ID will satisfy them but if not, you'll have the peace of mind that she applied and can go back with the card later. Good luck! (PS my hubby got a state ID immediately after AOS and he has used it many times for identification, it is really necessary to have!)

[NickD 203]

We had to get a state ID for my underage stepdaughter for a domestic flight. Only evidence we needed at our DMV was her green card, photo ID with her date of birth on it. For her address, they took my word for it that she lived with me. Cost seven bucks and we were in and out of there within five minutes.

Her state ID is based on her green card, a secondary form of identification. Wifes' drivers' license when she first came here was also based on her green card. So what is your USCIS office thinking? Don't they remember they issued that green card with a ton of other evidence? Don't they realize a state ID is a secondary form of evidence?

Wife and stepdaughter always needed their green cards to visit the USCIS office, I just drop them off to find a place to park. When I go in, with nothing, just say my wife and stepdaughter is inside, they let me in as long as I don't have a camera or a cell phone.

But you don't argue, just do whatever they ask or you are just hurting yourself. But we never were asked for anything other than the green card.

[aleful 1,905]

We had to get a state ID for my underage stepdaughter for a domestic flight. Only evidence we needed at our DMV was her green card, photo ID with her date of birth on it. For her address, they took my word for it that she lived with me. Cost seven bucks and we were in and out of there within five minutes.

Her state ID is based on her green card, a secondary form of identification. Wifes' drivers' license when she first came here was also based on her green card. So what is your USCIS office thinking? Don't they remember they issued that green card with a ton of other evidence? Don't they realize a state ID is a secondary form of evidence?

Wife and stepdaughter always needed their green cards to visit the USCIS office, I just drop them off to find a place to park. When I go in, with nothing, just say my wife and stepdaughter is inside, they let me in as long as I don't have a camera or a cell phone.

But you don't argue, just do whatever they ask or you are just hurting yourself. But we never were asked for anything other than the green card.

it doesn't always happen like that. I also got the State ID, or at least tried to get it in Miami. This was in May and I had my interview June 9th, three weeks or so. AFter I paid $25 they told me that I would have to wait three weeks. It didn't arrive in time, it arrived a week after my interview. so it took a month to arrive. I took the receipt just in case. At least I had my passport and I explained to her what had happened.

so it depends on where you live, how long it will take to arrive.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Any resident of the State of Florida is required to have a State-issued ID.

[DOZ 1]

Here in WA they give you a paper copy of your state photo ID immediately while you're waiting on the one they mail out. That would work as far as ID goes. I would get one just in case.

[aleful 1,905]

Any resident of the State of Florida is required to have a State-issued ID.

not really, I've lived in Miami for more than 10 years, and I've only used a valid passport to go around. I don't drive, and I've used my passport to open bank accounts and even I went to College using it.

The first and only time that I've used my id is for voting last week. I've used my passport for everything.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

I personally prefer showing my state id - I'm not about to carry my passport with me all the time and frankly its just easier for most people to quickly identify. I prefer not to look like a foreigner Which of course I am 100%!

there's no waiting for the mail in VA - you get it the day you go in.

[NickD 203]

not really, I've lived in Miami for more than 10 years, and I've only used a valid passport to go around. I don't drive, and I've used my passport to open bank accounts and even I went to College using it.

The first and only time that I've used my id is for voting last week. I've used my passport for everything.

In Wisconsin, last thing you wanted to show to open a bank account was a foreign passbook, banks were over critical on the APA and would treat you like a terrorist. We just kept a low profile until my wife received her EAD card then a probationary SS card. Then I could add her to my bank accounts. Was with great relief when we could show her LPR card, even greater when we showed her US citizen certificate.

But was able to add her to my credit card without any problems, go figure, extremely rare that anyone asks for ID when using a credit card, and you are essentially spending someone else's money. But trying to spend your own money with a personal check was a problem. The more I got involved with this immigration stuff, the more I was convinced I was dealing with mentally retarded people. But I already learned never to argue with a mentally retarded person, just go along with them and sure sounds to me the personnel in Miami are not playing with a full deck of cards.

Another reason for moving to a small town, was born and raised in Chicago, not by choice, was spending most of my life waiting in traffic or in lines, a hell of a way to live.

[CVB 18]

not really, I've lived in Miami for more than 10 years, and I've only used a valid passport to go around. I don't drive, and I've used my passport to open bank accounts and even I went to College using it.

The first and only time that I've used my id is for voting last week. I've used my passport for everything.

I did that in the beginning but with a passport they look at you like you're some kind of alien... LOL, which I am... stupid word BTW.

[aleful 1,905]

I did that in the beginning but with a passport they look at you like you're some kind of alien... LOL, which I am... stupid word BTW.

I've never had that problem here and I never carried my passport, only when I had to do something that needed an id.

Edited November 8, 2010 by aleful

[aleful 1,905]

In Wisconsin, last thing you wanted to show to open a bank account was a foreign passbook, banks were over critical on the APA and would treat you like a terrorist. We just kept a low profile until my wife received her EAD card then a probationary SS card. Then I could add her to my bank accounts. Was with great relief when we could show her LPR card, even greater when we showed her US citizen certificate.

But was able to add her to my credit card without any problems, go figure, extremely rare that anyone asks for ID when using a credit card, and you are essentially spending someone else's money. But trying to spend your own money with a personal check was a problem. The more I got involved with this immigration stuff, the more I was convinced I was dealing with mentally retarded people. But I already learned never to argue with a mentally retarded person, just go along with them and sure sounds to me the personnel in Miami are not playing with a full deck of cards.

Another reason for moving to a small town, was born and raised in Chicago, not by choice, was spending most of my life waiting in traffic or in lines, a hell of a way to live.

maybe it's because Miami belongs to Latin America.

Believe me, as long as it is a valid id, no problem. Banks even

accept checks made in Spanish.

[miker32us 6]

My wife's interview was Wednesday, 11/10/2010. She only had her temporary license because the NC state license bureau is backed up. She also had copies of all the documents we submitted for her N-400. The agent briefly looked at them and told her everything was in order, asked her 5 civics questions and gave her a letter stating she had passed.