Women face chaos trying to get a real identity card

At the end of last summer, Dibera Cohen became very good in the local Pennsylvania DMV.

The matter ended with three trips there, along with one side to the author of the writer, to obtain a true valid identity card – and all because her marriage certificate from 1986 was from the peace judge, not boycott.

Starting May 7, no one on a local trip will not be able to use an old driver’s license. Instead, they will need a real identifier or any other form of the correct definition.

Like Kohn, Americans need to bring a large number of documents to DMV, including the original marriage certificate for those who changed their names. It usually takes an original marriage certificate from the country for weeks and costs fees.

Kohn is not alone in real identity difficulties. Although many married or divorced women have the necessary documents on hand or can get them relatively easily, others have been transferred to social media to exchange their difficulties. Business Insider spoke to four women about the long and confusing process.

Representatives of the Transport Administration, TSA, and the Ministry of Internal Security did not respond to a comment on Business Insider.

“Very frustrated”

Kohn, 68, told Business Insider that she may have spent six hours obtaining the necessary certificate – one with a raised official seal – between her many trips and the time she spent in DMV. She has not heard of any of her friends suffering from similar problems.

Jessica, 34, said in Oklahoma, who asked to go with her first name for fear of taking revenge on her ex -husband, that long divorce procedures made it difficult for her to obtain a real identifier in 2020 and 2021, although she did not return to her name before marriage.

“When I went to get my true identity, they wanted my marriage certificate and wanted my divorce document,” Bi told Bi. “I was in the middle of the divorce. I had no divorce document, I had to fight for one.”

In the end, she got a legal document on her lawyer.

Julie Anderson, 58, said she had a “lucky” when applying for a real identification in April this year. Absolute, but with the last name of her ex -husband, she only brought a copy of her marriage license (along with the divorce decree). DMV employee spoke to his supervisor, and then, they accepted its copy.

Anderson told Bi: “The person in the office said,” I am really surprised by their actions. “Fortunately, they did that, because I went to my files and went to everything, so I do not even have a copy of my original marriage license.”

Diane Wagner, 53, was fortunate and found that the entire process was “very frustrated”. She visited the DMV office in Saint Louis, Missouri, three times in one day to try to obtain the appropriate marriage certificate, because the version she had at home was not enough.

“It was a full day running, between waiting in the queue, finding all my elements, returning and waiting for the queue again.”

In the end, I paid fees and submitted for an accredited marriage certificate online, which arrived after about two weeks.

Wagner said: “If I knew that there would be all these holes, I may not have changed my name,” Wagner said.

People scramble to get their identity

The real knowledge law, issued in 2005, was in response to the September 11 attacks. It was initially supposed to enter into force in 2008, but the deadline was paid several times. Now that it is already here, it seems that many Americans are scrambling for their true identity.

Business Insider examined the availability of some DMV offices on May 2. Some offices, like it in Fort Benton, Montana, were opened in early May, while others were completely seized. In Luisville, Kentucky, offices, for example, the early dates were on July 1. “Because of the real identity requirements that have been unloaded, our facilities and our website were flooded with real knowledge requests.”

Illinois has created “only Supercenter”, according to the popup, and some local municipalities host their own events Deal with the surplus. People can still get their true identity card after the new rules enter into force.

On the day she spoke to BI, Wagner tried to get her real identity card. She appeared at 4:40 pm to an office closed at 5 pm

However, it was removed. There were many people in the line.