Originally Posted by
crescatfloreat
Why not just get the Passport Card and be rid of the states' nonsense with regards to their "real" and "unreal" IDs?
ooh good idea. It’ll be a good backup. I know there’s a fee but that’s ok.
Originally Posted by
dvpatel
Not sure if you are using sane logic. We got our UNREAL ID converted to a REAL one effortlessly. We took an appointment at the DMV, took our required documents which they scanned and gave them back to us, we paid the $13 needed fees for a duplicate license and we got our REAL star Driver's license in 2 weeks. This was in Julyish 2019 so pre-Covid. Since they keep extending, now, it seems, we wasted $13 x 2 as we could have done it at next renewal but my renewal is in 2022.
My CA dmv (in-person in 2018?) advised that they actually take my actual CA DL during the REAL DL process and I didn’t like the idea of not having a photo id; they only give a piece of paper as a temporary CA DL. It would also be unfun if I needed a photo id inbetween the time of going to dmv and returning home. So I’m less in a rush to change my CA DL if I don’t need it. I have zero intl travel plans and still will order my passport soon - and I like the idea of that passport card. It would at least be fun.