Wednesday, September 26, 2007
A Wasted Day of DMV Hell
Attempting to change my driver's license yesterday was foiled by the US State Department having my passport in process with my only birth certificate. California refused to acknowledge the validity of my Oregon Driver's License, even though they have to recognize it as valid ID to drive on the roads. The bureaucratic mess leaves me unable to change my residency status for at least a few more days. I should still be able to make the year and 1 day window for next fall, but now it is getting close because I have to count the 10 days allowed to change a license in the calculations for residency. I hate bureaucracy in all it's detestable forms. I met my cohort on Monday in the History Dept, it was described as particularly small this year at 30 (last year being 49) with a total dept grad population of roughly 180 at all levels - spread over roughly 100 professors. Everyone I met seemed of high quality with a very diverse range of topics. I'm off to do more paperwork - Be well!
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If anyone strikes fear in the hearts of bureaucrats, its you. Give 'em hell.
The DMV hassled you because you live in LA County. I hazard to guess that everyone gets hassled in LA county. Down here in the OC, if you look white (which I do), then there is no hassle. I didn't even bring my birth certificate to the DMV. I did bring my (expired) passport and my SS card both of which I offered to the person issuing the license. He declined saying that he only needed to see those if the SS number and my name didn't sync.
Best of luck to you - and keep the OC DMVs in mind.
Sorry to hear about that nonsense, dude. Needless to say, I sympathize with everything to do with being a UC grad and being more than a little worried about the money aspects...
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