[MelZ]

Originally Posted by JoannP

Ok ladies.....just a piece of advice.....

I went to get my FL license and brought all of the necessary paperwork. So I thought ! I brought my RI license, my passport, birth certificate, utility bills in my name ( to prove that I do live here). Well, DMV says that I need to show a paper trail since my birth certificate had my birth name and my RI license had another. This all has to do with the Security Act in effect. No problem, what do I need and I will go and get it. They tell me that I needed my marriage certificate to show how my name got changed. OK. I go home and get my marriage certificate and I think, well let me bring my divorce papers from my first marriage. You never know. Well, I show them my marriage certificate, which has my maiden name and my 1st married name.
RED FLAG!!!!I need to show a marriage certificate for the first marriage.....
Well, when I got divorced, they (the court system)kept the marriage certificate. I do not have one. BUT I do have the divorce papers. So I asked if the divorce papers would help as they show my birth name to my 1st married name. They said no. HELLO!... why would I pay for a divorce from a man I was not married to!!!! Well, now we have to have a "meeting " with the supervisor..... After stating the scenario again, they finally agreed that I was who I was...and they gave me my license.

Just remember...bring everything....they need a paper trail....it is for security purposes !

When we got our FL driver license ( in May) all we had to show was a Passport, proof of residence and turn in NY license. If you showed them a valid Passport why do you need the other stuff?