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Flying with no photo ID?
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so I'm flying home for X-mas, but recently had my wallet stolen. the police recovered the wallet and my driver's license, but I have yet to actually talk to anyone who knows how/when/where I can get my stuff back. I've called the detective on my case 4+ times, leaving messages with my case number and name/phone number.
I may have to fly out with no ID, aside from my birth certificate and a debit card. the internet has some conflicting answers. some say you can get through with no IDs at all, if you undergo additional screening. others say you must have some photo ID or it's a no go. I plan to go to the police station on monday just to see if I can get them to help me directly, but otherwise I want to know if I can fly with what I've got.
I may have to fly out with no ID, aside from my birth certificate and a debit card. the internet has some conflicting answers. some say you can get through with no IDs at all, if you undergo additional screening. others say you must have some photo ID or it's a no go. I plan to go to the police station on monday just to see if I can get them to help me directly, but otherwise I want to know if I can fly with what I've got.
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do you not have a passport?
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i'll get there extra early to be safe then.
Call the airline, asap. They should have call centers able to answer you. Or go in person to a police station.
Once back from vacation, I'd recommend getting a passport even if you don't have travel plans - it's really the best document you can have. You may also want to pick up a state ID card and keep it at home. Passports are like $60, an ID is $20 or less (in IL anyway).
You can't have a state ID and a driver's license at the same time. When I got my license, they took my ID and hole punched it, making it invalid for any sort of use.
Everyone should get a passport though. Even if you never plan on leaving the states.
Former Illinois Department of Motor Vehicles employee here. This varies state by state. Illinois, for instance, allows you to both have a State ID and a Driver's License at the same time. In fact, DMV facilities will suggest you get both and you only keep one at you at a time so if you lose your wallet you can get a replacement with zero problems.
This was my experience last August. Had birth certificiate and social security card. Underwent stupid pointless extra screening, took actually not that long (~10 minutes at La Guardia), so I was hanging out in the terminal for a long time... and then my flight sat on the tarmac for four hours, so that was a fun day.
I work for an airline in LAN and we deal with people losing or forgetting their ID all the time. Flying domestically it's really not a big deal at all. Now if you're flying internationally, keep in mind that if your passport is damaged you can be denied boarding.
So odd that would be different. Seems like the gov't would be happy for you to have more IDs. I guess it's more work on their part keeping up the databases, etc.
No. It's the opposite. They don't want you to have multiple valid IDs floating around due to the use of them as fakes for another person. I going to guess that Illinois is one of the rare states that let's you do this. I'd be curious to see which do and don't though.
He mentioned New Hampshire, and the NH DMV system is rather batshit. They give flimsy paper IDs as temporaries until the real ones come in the mail, require destruction of old IDs to issue new ones (or signed acknowledgement that you lost yours)... they're nuts.
@Gilbert0 you can travel to Canada with an "enhanced" driver's license. These are only available from certain border states, though - we have them here in Vermont, and I believe Washington, Michigan and New York offer them too, but not NH apparently? I thought they did.
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970666737/
Canada's got the same thing. Enhanced licenses. But you have to trade in your old ID for the new one for the old one. No multiples allowed, which doesn't help you OP.
I looked it up, you've required a Passport/Enhanced license since Jan 2007 by air and June 2009 by land/sea for cross border travel. Getting a passport is always a good idea.
thanks for the help!
I had no idea what to do, and didn't realize I'd lost it until ~11:00 that night, and I was flying back the following day.
I called the Michigan State Police, who took my report over the phone and faxed a confirmation of lost ID to my hotel.
At the airport I showed them that, explained the situation. They gave me an extra screening and sent me on my way. The TSA was very friendly and said it happens, no big deal.