<p>To the O/P and to others who keep their passports in their dorm rooms</p>
<p>Please be advised that stolen (or lost passports) are a serious security issue.
The U.S. government does not release information on how many American passports have been stolen or lost.
However, Canadian officials say that over 60,000 Canadian passports are either lost or stolen every year:</p>
<p>I don’t have an easy answer on where a passport can be safely and conveniently stored while a student is attending college.</p>
<p>But one should think of a passport as a very highly valuable piece of personal property and all attempts should be made to keep them in as secure a location as possible.</p>
<p>Also, in a safe place, keep a copy of the passport number and the date and place where the passport was issued.</p>
<p>I agree completely, but first call your school and find out what it will take for you to get into your dorm room during Winter Break. You may have to make special arrangements.</p>
<p>If I were your parent, I would be mildly annoyed that I had to drive with you to your school to pick up your passport, but if we got there and you couldn’t get into the dorm because you hadn’t made prior arrangements, I would be furious. You would still be hearing about it when you’re 40.</p>
<p>Of course, it’s likely that your parents are nicer than I am, but still, call your school first.</p>
<p>You guys are awesome Thanks, you made me feel way better.</p>
<p>My parents are pretty nice, lol - I just hate inconveniencing them and wanted to try to get the state ID first (probably a dumb idea). When I called the school, they said they would be able to open the dorms for me 24/7, which was nice so I figured I could go at night after my mom got out of work if all else failed. </p>
<p>I went to the DMV with my shoddy proof of address and they almost didn’t accept one of them, the one I printed from my prepaid cell phone account. I explained that it was the only one I had and the lady took it to ask someone else about it. Honestly, at that point I didn’t care and was ready to go get my passport with my mother. Thankfully, it was accepted and I was out of there in under two hours with my ID in hand. So happy everything is handled! And the ID only cost me $22.50! I thought it would be at least $70. </p>
<p>I also scheduled my driving test for Jan 18th, when I come back from California. I actually took it in August and was completely unprepared and failed. … Yes, embarrassing. :rolleyes: </p>
<p>The funny thing (well, it’s funny now) is that today, as soon as I got home, I received two pieces of mail. >.< One was my magazine invoice and the other was a delivery from Amazon that came in an envelope. Timing is everything!
Oh, well. I’m just glad I got everything handled before my trip. Thank you all so much once again, I knew I could count on you. I tried to spread reputation around as best I could.</p>
<p>Yeah, in this day and age of everyone having color printers and sophisticated image editing software, it is odd that the DMV still accepts bills and statements with an address as proof of identity and address.
I’ve personally seen it happen.</p>
<p>Since we’re on the topic, does anyone know the limitations on use of an enhanced id? My son got one last summer since we didn’t have time to renew his expired passport. Does the enhanced id only allow travel to Canada and Mexico?</p>
<p>baseball, assuming that enhanced ID laws are the same for all states (I know the MI laws but I’m not sure if they’re universal), they are good to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean.</p>
Thanks, you made me feel way better.</p>
So happy everything is handled! And the ID only cost me $22.50! I thought it would be at least $70. </p>