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0 pointslaidoffamazon1y ago0 comments

Problem with the passport card is it requires me to send my existing passport for several weeks. In the event of a government shutdown I'd be SOL.

REAL ID is plausible but I don't really trust it, given that illegal immigrants can get identity cards in my state.

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alephnerd1y ago

> I don't really trust it

REAL ID is a bare minimum. It shows that you at least have legal residency.

FWIW it's trusted by DHS so that's all that matters for your usecase or assumption.

If you are worried about the risk of being hauled by ICE, then you should get a REAL ID.

> it requires me to send my existing passport for several weeks

Last I remember, you can do it in person.

Here are the passport offices - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/get-fas...

> In the event of a government shutdown

The US Passport Office remains open during the commonly termed "government shutdowns"

int_19h1y ago

If it's the same process as getting a passport in the first place, you have to give them the documentation proving that you're a citizen, and they sit in it for a while before eventually mailing it back to you.

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