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Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe
Ya know, just go online to the county website in which you were wedded, and follow the FAQ that responds to the inquiry: "How do I get a copy of my marriage license?" There's no MBA required here, no degree in the science of rocketry, no Mensa membership either.
If it had been done long ago, this "emergency" because of NEW LAWS would not be an "emergency" which causes one such panic.
By the way, the law isn't really NEW. It was passed twenty years ago in 2005. Its many postponements have been publicized over the years as states invested in the technological infrastructure to make it happen. It's been a complete foreseeable eventuality for two decades, thus NOT an "emergency."
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Yeah I did a google search using different phrases for social security law changes in 2005, and came up with one initiative by Bush to make some changes, and it was rejected. I saw another one that had to do with government pensions and windfall exemptions, which never got past the "introduced" stage.
There was nothing requiring people to have an online account in 2005. There was nothing requiring people to prove their citizenship AFTER they'd already been approved and receiving social security benefits, just because they changed direct deposit bank accounts for their monthly payment. Also in 2005, people still could get monthly checks in the mail. They can't do that anymore. None of that was a thing in 2005.
In addition, having a REAL ID means you have already verified your identity, including any name change for marriage or other reasons, with the government. That's a criteria for getting a REAL ID in the first place. And yet, the SSA won't accept the REAL ID as proof of identity, if your current name isn't the name on your birth certificate. Even though - you had to have that proof, when you got the REAL ID.