# Possible Real ID problem? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 29, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664 "2025-04-29T20:02:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/301 "2025-08-08T05:18:31Z")
Amazing! ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/302 "2025-08-08T05:27:26Z")
Huzzah! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/303 "2025-08-08T09:03:49Z")
Oh wow! That’s terrific. It’s still a slog, but now you have a path to getting ID to fly. Congrats! I think you’re still going to need to find someone to swear or affirm that that’s you. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/304 "2025-08-08T10:30:02Z")
YAY!!! 🥳 🎉 🥂 ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/305 "2025-08-08T11:08:59Z")
Great news! ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/306 "2025-08-08T11:22:13Z")
Woot! Any idea if it was Oregon Constituent Services that helped get this done? Might want to thank them in any case… Brain ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/307 "2025-08-08T11:43:08Z")
All I know is that it came back in the original self-addressed stamped envelope My Beloved sent them back in April, so I guess they found what they told me they never found in the records. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/308 "2025-08-08T12:35:09Z")
Awesome news! Hopefully everything else is smooth sailing, now that you can follow the assumed normal process. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/309 "2025-08-08T14:52:15Z")
Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/310 "2025-08-08T15:27:57Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > it came back in the original self-addressed stamped envelope My Beloved sent them back in April, so I guess they found what they told me they never found It finally got to the hands of that one office down in the bowels of the bureaucracy who actually knows where things are and how to get them after bouncing around various inboxes. For all we know the folks at the front office may still not know that employee got it done! But at last THIS part is done, now for the next level of Purgatory… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/311 "2025-08-08T16:09:18Z")
Yaay!!!11!1! ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/312 "2025-08-08T16:57:16Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > But at last THIS part is done, now for the next level of Purgatory… Convincing the person at the DMV that Guam is part of the United States… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/313 "2025-08-08T16:59:22Z")
Nope, it will be convincing them that I am the person mentioned on the birth certificate, even though the last name doesn’t match. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/314 "2025-08-08T17:03:51Z")
Oh yeah, I forgot about that part. THEN you can work on convincing them that you are an American citizen and not one of those Guameranians. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/315 "2025-08-08T17:08:22Z")
Oh, contrare! If they claim that I am Guameranian and not U.S.A.ian, I get a free trip to Guam out of the deal! ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/316 "2025-08-08T17:31:54Z")
Hope it doesn’t take as long as the birth certificate. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/317 "2025-08-08T18:13:29Z")
Great news! Have you decided what you’ll need to do to fix the last name issue? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/318 "2025-08-08T18:14:52Z")
Nope. I’ll see where they want to go from here. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/319 "2025-08-08T19:05:44Z")
Good luck. I do think it may be easier to start with a passport. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664/320 "2025-08-08T19:20:12Z")
It seems that my proof of citizenship is necessary for the passport, and if that turns out to be my birth certificate…same name problem. We’ll see. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664.md?page=17)