I was going to go get my state ID today, but am moving on monday and dont yet have anything that shows my name and new address.

Does it have your current address on it, or is it just name and photo???

Seems so ... current ..no idea

http://www.youfinishit.com/youfinish...ge/georgia.jpg

Dont you have your name on the rental contract of your new address? That should be sufficient prove that your are a Georgia resident.

http://www.dds.ga.gov/drivers/DLdata...47740603&ty=dl

we dont get our rental agreement until monday - I'll go get it next week - hubby should hopefully have his SSN by then and can apply for his test!!!

why not just wait a few days then?

This is what is on the ID Card. It looks just like the drivers license except there is an identifier on it that indicates that it's only an ID.

i havnt got a 'state ID' just a driving licemce. am i doing something wrong?

You only need one. An ID is for someone who doesn't drive or isn't qualified to but needs a government issued form of identification.

also known as a liquor card, around here at least

but it's so kack looking no one believes it is a real ID around here

Why are you getting a state ID? You need a driver license!

I cant drive!!!!!

Direct tv wont let us set up an account unless they see a copy of my id - stupid fools!!!

So go and learn -- like yesterday. BTW, an inability to drive will not prevent you from getting a driver license -- this is America!

On the Direct TV thing, don't bother. You've just arrived in a new country and there are lots of things to do like, for example, learning to drive. There's absolutely nothing worth watching on American TV anyway, be it cable, satellite or the rabbit ears.

You should learn. It will improve YOUR quality of life in so many ways. Atlanta is too big for you not to know how if that's the case. You need to explore while you can. You'll never know if this is only a temporary thing. You might move back to London never haven really experience Atlanta and all the Georgia has to offer.

Direct TV is doing a good thing in protecting you by asking for a picture ID.

???

The benevolence of US corporations never ceases to amaze me.

Identity theft. If she holds proper ID, not faked, then it protects her and the company. She could be using someone else's ID and credit card to establish an account for free service. It's rampant in case you didn't know.