If I Can't Vent Here...
Anyone out there had their U.S. passport application delayed because the identification provided "is not sufficient for passport purposes?"
So the birth certificate with the seal and the TN driver's license are not sufficient...
To add to the joy I have to fill out some questionnaire accounting for my whereabouts and detailed work history over the last 10 years. In addition I have to dig up obscure documents like old school transcripts, yearbook photos, selective service registration cards, old work id's, medical records, and whatever else, spanning a wide range of time (like 5 years old at least).
Who keeps old documents like those around anymore? I threw out my yearbooks years ago (bad memories). Identity theft specialists recommend shredding most of what is included on the passport office's "personal identification list."
Maybe I need to contact a state representative and ask him "what the heck?"
Not whining as much as seeking insight and possible strategies/shortcuts.
Gotta love bureaucracy...
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Been there done that :) Not just with me but my wife is Colombian and you can't imagine the nightmare we had to go through to get her citizenship here! There's no wonder why there are so many illegal's in this country… It would have been much easier to allow her visa to expire and live here illegally than to go through the process we had to go through! It’s sad, but that’s the system… Hope you get your passport straightened out and I wish you the best of luck! Rob
The New Orleans Office called me yesterday and the guy on the phone was nice about it. He put me at (some) ease about the whole situation. What was critical was not getting bitter or angry about the hassle because that energy can spill over into other parts of my life. I mailed in my "document" yesterday and pray to God that this will suffice. Does sound like a new clickbank product...
I just applied for a passport for my son, it was easy and fast. They wanted his birth certificate (if you don't have it, you can order it online for $20), 2 pictures, and I also returned his old passport. Both parents needed to be present to sign the documents (at the post office). That's all. 3 weeks later, he had his passport. I am not sure why they are giving you such a hard time. Normally, all you need is to return your old passport, if you don't have one, you need to provide birth certificate and photo id.
Big Brother is watching or trying to anyway. We have similar stuff here in Africa, but not too well enforced all it takes is a bribe here and there and off you go. Our bank has lost our FICA documents for the third time and that really gets to me. I hate bureaucracy!!!
From what I've read online from other unhappy applicants if my driver's license is less than 6 months old (mine is for this address but not this state) then I have to provide all this other "stuff." That makes no sense. I figure it will take less time to "play along" and fill out this ridiculous form (they already have my dough anyway) than it would to find someone there with some common sense. I am glad I started this process early I don't go to Brasil until October but what a pain...thanks for the moral support everyone.
Wonder why they're giving you such a run around. I don't even know where my birth certificate is. They're so sloppy where it counts and nit picking where it's not required. Hope at the end of all this, you're going to take your passport on a fun vacation to an exotic land.
Thanks.