DMV denied state ID

[Shelly11 14]

Go back to DMV and get the ID. I live in CA and I know for a fact that an expired GC and extension letter is enough to show proof of legal presence. This is good enough to travel with but not good enough to take an ID!?!!!! Those incompetent DMV morans! Don't take no for an answer. Ask for a supervisor, go there having printed out something from the website that this is acceptable proof.

[Dave&Roza 748]

This worries me... Right now my husband and I live in Oregon and he has a Oregon Driver's License... Although we will be moving to California in September, we are in the middle of ROC and I don't think his ROC will be approved by the time we move. Now I'm worried the DMV will not issue him a California license until he receives his 10 year green card.

I hate reading all these stories of having a hard time with jobs, getting a driver's license or state ID issued and/or traveling using the extension letter. It clearly says the green card is extended for a year and that you can work and travel, yet I read so many stories like this on Visa Journey.

My husband is in Finland right now visiting friends and family. I hope the airlines don't give him a hard time when he flies back home. He has the original extension letter with him and his expired green card, so I know he has everything he needs to come home.

The real problem is that most people have become sheepeople and accept what the Governement employee says as fact. You know what the facts are; you know you are right; you just have to be firm, polite, and expect them to do their job and know their own procedures. It happens all the time. For example, yesterday my wife applied for a Banana Republic Visa and was approved (not like Macy's) and given a temporary 10% discount good at all the Gap brand stores. The new cashier at the Gap told us it was only valid at Banana Republic, but at least she checked with a supervisor who know it was valid. The problem is that most governement employees get promoted and still do not know their own policies or rules. Then they make up BS on the spot and 95% of the people believe them. I have learned from my Mother that you keep going up the chain until you find someone that can actually do their job or have a vey good explaination as to why they will not. It is unfortunately true for companies as well.

I hope your husband has a smooth trip and no problems getting on the airplane. Maybe he should just say to the person looking at the GC and the extension letter and ask them very politely, but seriously, "Are you unable to read and understand the English language? It clearly states that the expired GC has been extended for a period of one year for travel and work."

Dave

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

In the working world, people are promoted to their level of incompetence.