ID Cards after filing AOS

[Master Semaj 2]

So I've filed for my AOS and all that so it's all in the pipeline now. In the mean time I am trying to prepare for receiving my work permit. I first went to try and get a bank account with my wife, unfortunately the bank required an actual US Govt. ID card in order to open one.

So now I have gone to the DMV with the form and supporting docs (apartment lease, I94, passport, birth certificate, even my wife beside me) but apparently, the ID card they could issue me would only be temporary, expiring in March when my K1 and I94 would expire. I have already used my K1 obviously and got married and sent that evidence off with the AOS stuff but I have so far only received electronic NOA1's and I'm still waiting on the paper version.

From what I could make out from the mumbling DMV clerk, I need to take in the paper I797 (NOA1 letter) for my AOS in order to get a permanent ID card (I had the text messages with the case codes in them to show her but that wasn't enough), is this correct? And has anyone else tried to get a bank account with a "temporary" ID card?

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Banks are charged with confirming your identity by the banking part of the Patriot Act. Each can set up their own way of confirming your identity. They are supposed to have their "plan" in writing. Ask for it and see what it says or ask if your passport will confirm your identity. Or ask for the branch manager to explain the requirement. Or go to a different bank. Not all require US issued documents.

[lost_at_sea 995]

Do you have your SSN? Most will be satisfied with an SSN card and taking a copy of the biometrics page of a UK passport for identity (this was our experience).

+1 Nich-Nick's advice. Shop around if they're asking for something you can't acquire yet. Clerk may just not understand their own company's policies, of course, and be asking for more than needed.

Edited January 19, 2014 by lost_at_sea

[slowlyman 118]

The WI DMV required our AOS NOA1 & the biometric appointment letter. Then they issued a one year ID because they consider her a temporary resident until the GC arrives.

[KayDeeCee 4,896]

~ Moved from AOS from Family Based to Moving Here and Your New Life in America - topic is getting an ID/bank account, not AOS process ~

[Travelpro 3]

In California, DMV requires you apply for ID 60 days prior to K1 expiring. So if you can get married and get a SS card in new name within first 30 days it would be OK. It was too tight for us. My wife cannot get a DMV ID/license until she has her EAD (or GC). I was shown their written policy.