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ganita

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My case is in line for an interview and I just got a yellow letter from USCIS, asking me to bring to the interview:

- a state ID or driver license
- all my passports, including those they have expired

I'm just wondering how common is for them to ask for these requirements.
I think the reason they ask for my passport is that I have traveled abroad in many countries during these last 5 years.
While , the reason they might ask for my ID is that I have lived in a couple of states.

Actually, my state ID is from California, while I now live in Chicago. Do you guys think that would be a problem?
It's an ID, not a driver license. I have never owned a DL in the USA, that's why I deemed it unnecessary to change it.
I used a CA ID even when I was living in WA state.

Thanks
 
They ask everyone this, and you ought to have gotten an Illinois ID as soon as you moved there. Apply for it now. If you don't get it in time, you won't be in trouble per se, but it's illegal.
 
Illegal? I didn't know it's illegal to hold a ID from another state. There is only the requirement that you need a driver license within 30 days from moving to a new state. I don't drive, so I thought that rule applied to people that have only ID.

do you guys think it will bean issue if I get the ID after more than 6 months that I moved in this state?
 
ganita said:
do you guys think it will bean issue if I get the ID after more than 6 months that I moved in this state?
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Since there is no law that requires you to have state ID unless you drive, it is not an issue. If the USCIS IO wants you
to show some evidence you do live at teh address where you live, prepare some utility bill, mortgagage document/lease
agreement etc.

Even if you drive, most state hornor out of state driver license until it expires. It is said only Virginia
enforce laws that reuires drivers to switch to VA driver license within 30 days of movingto Virginia.
 
If you're not driving, you're not required to have a driver's license or state ID. But you have an ID from state A, you should not use it after you've moved to state B (apart from the 30-day grace period, or temporary moves like 6-month business project or studying for a degree).

So if you simply put that California ID in a box after moving to Chicago, you did nothing wrong by failing to get an Illinois ID. But if you actually used that CA ID in Chicago for an official purpose like employment or a bank account, that's illegal (although not enforced often unless you did something more legally significant like voting). Don't bring the CA ID to the interview. Either get an IL ID or leave the CA ID at home.
 
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Thank you for your answers, guys.
I guess i will get an IL ID, since I have to show one to them according to the yellow letter.

Do you guys know if the interview date notification is sent just after the yellow letter? I had to wait almost 4 weeks after FP to get in line for the interview, but the yellow letter was sent only 5 days after that? Seems kinda a weird pattern.

Also, will the interview date be posted online? It didn't show up anything about the yellow letter.
I'm changing apartments and I'm kinda worried that my interview notification date might get lost.
I know I should file online the AR-11 form, but sometimes they keep sending at the old address.
 
ganita said:
Thank you for your answers, guys.
I guess i will get an IL ID, since I have to show one to them according to the yellow letter.
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That yellow letter is generic and it often isn't necessary to bring what it requests.

You don't really need an IL ID; you can explain that you don't drive and you have your passport and GC to use when an ID is necessary. But you may need something to show as evidence of state residence, so bring something like bank statements, mortgage/lease documents, utility bills etc.
 
Thanks for your answer, Jackolantern.

do you know if you can check the date of your interview online?
 
Hah, of course. You're right. One isn't required to have non-driver ID. If you have proof of address, take that instead. Like they've said, leave the CA ID at home.
 
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