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Mar. 22nd, 2004 02:36 pmI've mentioned that I applied for a passport a couple of weeks ago. I made sure to have everything with me, and the agent at the passport office said everything was quite well in order, and I should get it in a few weeks. Well, over the weekend I got a letter from the passport agency saying they needed further documentation of my identity, so I need to send copies of 3 pieces of ID that are at least five years old. A helpful list was included.
I have 2 items on that list. I have no employee ID, no insurance card, no union card, no student ID. All I have is a social security card, and my IL state ID, and my birth certificate, all of which they already have copies of. So, I called the number on the letter. After being told to try my call again later for two hours, I was put on hold for another half hour, and finally got to speak with a human. She asked if I had bills coming in my name (no), a bank account (no), seemed very surprised that I have no health insurance, and then was silent for a moment. Finally, she said that I should just send anything that had my name on it, old medical bills, my diploma, baptismal certificate, basically anything I could get my hands on. So, I called my father to ask him to go through his records and send my anything he could find. He managed to dig up some old hospital bills, and is sending them to me. I'm pretty sure I know where my diploma is, and Sir's going to our dentist tomorrow, so I can ask him for some paperwork too. Basically, I'm just going to send them everything I can get my hands on, and hope it works. My IL state ID expires in June, and I need a passport to bring me up to the required number of 'points' of ID the NY DMV wants in order to get a NY state ID.
The thing I don't understand is that I had everything in order on my application, everything the forms said I would need, and filled them out with great care. The agent at the office I filled out my application at said I had everything in order, too. When I asked the woman I spoke to today about it, she said she couldn't tell me why they need further documentation. I don't like that.
I have 2 items on that list. I have no employee ID, no insurance card, no union card, no student ID. All I have is a social security card, and my IL state ID, and my birth certificate, all of which they already have copies of. So, I called the number on the letter. After being told to try my call again later for two hours, I was put on hold for another half hour, and finally got to speak with a human. She asked if I had bills coming in my name (no), a bank account (no), seemed very surprised that I have no health insurance, and then was silent for a moment. Finally, she said that I should just send anything that had my name on it, old medical bills, my diploma, baptismal certificate, basically anything I could get my hands on. So, I called my father to ask him to go through his records and send my anything he could find. He managed to dig up some old hospital bills, and is sending them to me. I'm pretty sure I know where my diploma is, and Sir's going to our dentist tomorrow, so I can ask him for some paperwork too. Basically, I'm just going to send them everything I can get my hands on, and hope it works. My IL state ID expires in June, and I need a passport to bring me up to the required number of 'points' of ID the NY DMV wants in order to get a NY state ID.
The thing I don't understand is that I had everything in order on my application, everything the forms said I would need, and filled them out with great care. The agent at the office I filled out my application at said I had everything in order, too. When I asked the woman I spoke to today about it, she said she couldn't tell me why they need further documentation. I don't like that.
