Ugh. Identification Madness.

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<p>Okay, so I’m trying to get everything ready in terms of passport, Gov-issued ID, etc.</p>

<p>I’m aiming for a California ID, but my birth certificate is an outdated version, I will have to get a new one from the County Office of Recorders. Which means, it’ll take 20 working days, and I won’t get my California ID in time for when I leave to Georgetown.</p>

<p>Which, isn’t a problem. I’m still 17 and I don’t qualify under the TSA identification rules. I’ll probably have the California ID sent over to Georgetown via snail mail. However, I won’t be able to get my driver’s license until I get my birth certificate, which I can’t get for 20 working days. That said, I won’t be able to take my driver’s license test until I come * back * from Georgetown. Which, of course, is total insanity.</p>

<p>Is there ANY alternative to this? Or is this the only way?</p>

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<p>Do you have a passport? And can’t you just walk into the County Records office and pick a copy up? We can do that here in SF. Have FUN!!</p>

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<p>do you have a learners permit [since you haven’t taken your full license test]? at least in maryland, they look exactly like normal drivers licenses, except they’re oriented vertically and have ‘LEARNERS’ stamped across the top. same plastic material and photograph printed on. passed for photo id getting through security at washington-dulles and sfo airports, as well as at nasa-goddard.</p>

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<p>California learners permit is a piece of paper. </p>

<p>You can walk in and pick up a birth certificate if you were born in that same county. If not, you have to either go to that county or do it by mail.</p>

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<p>You can take your driver’s test in DC and get a DC driver’s license.</p>

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<p>Orange County CA has a quick fax or phone or something??? if you use a credit card and pay a higher fee. I used it several years ago for son’s birth certificate. Other counties might have the same thing, have you already checked?</p>