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[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I never got one because my license expired during covid and i didn't have a recent bill/bank statement (and I had no intention of walking into a DMV at that time) fortunately i do have a passport that i plan to renew as soon as it expires, but my passport is supposed to be for international travel, not domestic.

it wasn't that long ago that you only needed a birth certificate to travel to the caribbean or a border country. this is getting out of hand.

[-] khepri@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I use my passport for domestic travel almost always. I come from a small state so it's just easier than showing the TSA agent a type of license they see maybe a couple of a day and don't know how to read. Never had an issue.

[-] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Same, I've been renewing online for the past 12 years. This year I had to go in and they gave me a hard time over my points. Apparently you can't have more than one letter from the same government agency. I had 2 from the DMV and was like, "This is literally you guys! Two separate forms. Two separate dates! You don't trust yourselves enough to get it right more than once!? Like, trust me dude, nobody's going to the DMV pretending to be me. No sane person would put themselves through that torture just to steal my identity... Nobody wants to be me, it doesn't come with a whole lot of perks."

Thankfully, I just had my passport renewed, so I said screw it and got my regular one.

[-] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 3 points 3 days ago

but my passport is supposed to be for international travel, not domestic.

You can get a passport card so that you don't need to carry around the book

[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

my understanding os those are only for border states.

[-] BigDiction@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Do you have a recent W2 or tax return with your current address on it? That + valid passport is good in my state.

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