ss number rant

[lauradi7dw]

I was about to renew my driver's license online and was infuriated that they ask for my social
security number (yes, I gave it to them years ago, because I wanted the license). At the bottom of the page is this:
>>If you currently use your Social Security Number as your License Number, the RMV will automatically issue you a State Assigned Number. Federal Law prohibits use of your Social Security Number on a license.<<
My suspicion is that Federal law probably prohibits requiring it when you obtain a license as well, but they won't admit it. (and I don't have time to look it up now). When Florence got hers several years ago they were no longer using it for the number but told her they wouldn't issue a license if she didn't give them the SS number.
Harrumph.
What I don't know is whether they'd ask me for it if I actually went into an RMV office in person,
old license in hand. I think I'll try that.

Comments

dmv

[firesidedog.livejournal.com]

Best of luck to you.I have to go deal with the DMV in about an hour myself.Lucky me!

[calygrey.livejournal.com]

Yes, the do demand it of you if you go in in person. Worse,they demand that you use the name attached to the SS number. I'd used my FirstMiddle name for TWO decades on my license. Now, all of a sudden, I MUST use my name exactly as it appears on my social security card - even though they say explicitly on their website that you don't - and it's law that I can use any damn name I want.

[lauradi7.livejournal.com]

The other, more surprising, thing is that they now require people to remove eyeglasses before being photographed. I pointed out conversationally that as I am required to have them when driving, if I'm ever pulled over I will have them on and therefore look less like my photograph, but that's the new rule.
(also, why can one use a credit card to renew a driver's license but getting a car registered requires cash?)