Drivers license rant

[TxDispatcher]

It’s very easy and makes so much sense (sarcasm, for those who might miss it) you just have to do what I did. Take the ID card that the DPS office issued you (ya know, the one they can’t use to figure out who you are…yeah, that one) and go to the courthouse. There you can use said ID to obtain a certified copy of your birth certificate, then take the certified copy of birth certificate (you know, the one you obtained using the ID that the DPS office can’t use to figure out who you are) back to the DPS office, and they will issue you a new ID 😑 complete and utter lunacy…just idiotic and a waste of time. Makes zero sense…which is the good old government way 😂

[stryker93]

It’s very easy and makes so much sense (sarcasm, for those who might miss it) you just have to do what I did. Take the ID card that the DPS office issued you (ya know, the one they can’t use to figure out who you are…yeah, that one) and go to the courthouse. There you can use said ID to obtain a certified copy of your birth certificate, then take the certified copy of birth certificate (you know, the one you obtained using the ID that the DPS office can’t use to figure out who you are) back to the DPS office, and they will issue you a new ID [emoji58] complete and utter lunacy…just idiotic and a waste of time. Makes zero sense…which is the good old government way [emoji23]

Same story for me. Absolutely stupid.

[Mudslinger]

It’s very easy and makes so much sense (sarcasm, for those who might miss it) you just have to do what I did. Take the ID card that the DPS office issued you (ya know, the one they can’t use to figure out who you are…yeah, that one) and go to the courthouse. There you can use said ID to obtain a certified copy of your birth certificate, then take the certified copy of birth certificate (you know, the one you obtained using the ID that the DPS office can’t use to figure out who you are) back to the DPS office, and they will issue you a new ID 😑 complete and utter lunacy…just idiotic and a waste of time. Makes zero sense…which is the good old government way 😂

I got a headache reading that!

[TxDispatcher]

Same story for me. Absolutely stupid.

The workers all agreed with me…which is example enough that some idiot with more time on their hands than they knew what to do with it, decided “everyone else must sit in an office with nothing to do as well. I know, let’s make them jump through hoops after decades of simplicity”

[TxDispatcher]

I got a headache reading that!

I literally was lost as to how it made a lick of sense. The DPS employees as well as the courthouse employees all thought it was as stupid as I did 😂

[Throwin Darts]

Same exact thing happened to me. Went back for the second time with my passport and got to the point where I had to pay $33 or so to finish my renewal and their credit card machine crapped out. So I had to come back again. Took me 4 trips to the DMV to renew my license

[wheels]

Yep when u go down take BC or you will be mad… 53yo and they had no idea if I was American…

[Old Bald Guy]

Pretty sure the birth certificate, ss card, passport requirements were put in place to keep illegals from getting or renewing a DL.
It's pretty easy actually once your birth certificate and SS card are in their system.

[eradicator]

I did online for the past two renewals as well before this one. Your number will come up eventually where you have to go in and take a new pic and check your eyes if you are required to use corrective lenses. My new one is good for 8 years thankfully. CHL is 5.


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You have to take an eye test every time you have to renew in person. I barely passed this last time, getting old is Hell And like you stated earlier, easiest transaction/experience I've ever had at DMV

[Greenheadless]

It’s very easy and makes so much sense (sarcasm, for those who might miss it) you just have to do what I did. Take the ID card that the DPS office issued you (ya know, the one they can’t use to figure out who you are…yeah, that one) and go to the courthouse. There you can use said ID to obtain a certified copy of your birth certificate, then take the certified copy of birth certificate (you know, the one you obtained using the ID that the DPS office can’t use to figure out who you are) back to the DPS office, and they will issue you a new ID 😑 complete and utter lunacy…just idiotic and a waste of time. Makes zero sense…which is the good old government way 😂

Seems legit…………..for the govt…….

[sqiggy]

Sounds like that part might have been missed.

But I did just order 3 copies of my birth certificate.

No copies!! I also found out the hard way!!!
OP, I went thru the same mess just last year. I think I went 4 times before I got it all sorted out. Went to big town to little town, didn’t matter, they all suck.
For me, getting a BC was like a act of congress. Thank goodness my mom is still alive cause she is the one that was able to get one.

[Smart]

No copies!! I also found out the hard way!!!
OP, I went thru the same mess just last year. I think I went 4 times before I got it all sorted out. Went to big town to little town, didn’t matter, they all suck.
For me, getting a BC was like a act of congress. Thank goodness my mom is still alive cause she is the one that was able to get one.

I’m pretty sure by copies he means replacements. You have to order notarized BC copies/replacements from your county of birth if you don’t have the original. As long as the copies have the raised notary seal they will be fine. I needed one in the mid 2000s for a passport and was able to call the county I was born in with no issue. You should have been able to do the same.

[sqiggy]

I’m pretty sure by copies he means replacements. You have to order notarized BC copies/replacements from your county of birth if you don’t have the original. As long as the copies have the raised notary seal they will be fine. I needed one in the mid 2000s for a passport and was able to call the county I was born in with no issue. You should have been able to do the same.

Nope, no copies. That’s why I said I found out the hard way, or at least that’s what they required where I went.
I could have done it online but they send the paperwork like 2 months in advance and the wife misplaced it. She only found it AFTER I went thru my ordeal.

[C.W.Ashby]

It’s very easy and makes so much sense (sarcasm, for those who might miss it) you just have to do what I did. Take the ID card that the DPS office issued you (ya know, the one they can’t use to figure out who you are…yeah, that one) and go to the courthouse. There you can use said ID to obtain a certified copy of your birth certificate, then take the certified copy of birth certificate (you know, the one you obtained using the ID that the DPS office can’t use to figure out who you are) back to the DPS office, and they will issue you a new ID 😑 complete and utter lunacy…just idiotic and a waste of time. Makes zero sense…which is the good old government way 😂

EXACTLY my point. NUTS

[Mudslinger]

Nope, no copies. That’s why I said I found out the hard way, or at least that’s what they required where I went.
I could have done it online but they send the paperwork like 2 months in advance and the wife misplaced it. She only found it AFTER I went thru my ordeal.

Still wrong. Certified, notarized copies are fine with any DMV. Ask me hw I know!