[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

This is going to be scary for those of us who were born with one last name, eventually got married and took our spouse's last name. The new laws require more forms of ID now than just a REAL ID, if you change banks for your monthly social security deposit.

But what if the bank changes itself? Will we have the same account and routing number? If not, this could get messy. I know my birth certificate has my first, middle, and last name at birth. My REAL ID Drivers License has only my first and last name at marriage, and so does my social security card. I'm not sure where my marriage certificate is, but if I need a new copy it involves more paperwork and fees, plus Connecticut requires a postal money order only and not a personal check, and they don't take credit cards for payment. So that means more fees.

All this to prove that I am the person I was when I first filled out my Social Security deposit information, and all because I'm a married woman who took my husband's name when I got married, and that last name doesn't match the last name on my birth certificate. Which - they knew, because they gave me that Real ID, which required all that information back when I still lived in Connecticut.

/// Never mind. Can't convince the world that they key to not panicking is preparation for reasonably foreseeable events.