Originally Posted by
awayIgo
A US identification can be anything--a driver's license, a medicaid or medicare card, a food stamp card, a credit card etc.etc. ALL of these documents are only issued to those who are LEGALLY in the US. --try to open a bank account now a days. --or try to be an illegal and get a credit card. So, holders of these cards are either legal, or they are experts at forgery.
I walked into a Citibank branch in San Francisco and opened a bank account with nothing more than a New Zealand passport and an Australian Driver's License. Not a single piece of US documentation whatsoever (not even a US Immigration Visa). They asked if I'd like a credit card with that. From what you're saying, I could then pass myself off as a legal US resident even if I were to overstay my visa simply because I have a bank account and credit card?