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upstatecajun (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:46 PM Original message |
State Department wants passport applicants to reveal lifetime employment history |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have no idea where my mother resided a year prior to my birth. Glad I already have a passport. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Really? I could tell you exactly where my mother lived. I have |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I know she was somewhere in Columbus, Ohio, but no street address. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Good job picking the uterus. It's a noteworthy acheivement on your part. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Do you not have a birth certificate? Naturalization papers? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
81. This is for people who otherwise wouldn't be able to get a passport |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
82. +1000 |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. One wonders if yours is a norm or an aberration... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #36 |
55. i have a general memory, but i'd have a hard time pinning down precise times/dates. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
69. Mothers in those days often lived with their parents till they got married. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. That's true. My father lived in several places, but in the |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Me either. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. as the fascists make their moves, I guess the moral is: get passports for your kids |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. All the "fascists" require is a state-issued birth certificate. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. There's no invasion of privacy you won't break a leg rushing to defend, is there? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. How is it an invasion of privacy to submit a birth certificate to get a passport? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Showing your birth certificate is an invasion of privacy? |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:49 AM Response to Reply #43 |
65. are you really that dense? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. All rudeness does is show that the rude person |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. I can't remember my HS GPA. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Please read closely. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. +1 n/t |
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upstatecajun (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. citizenship or identity evidence that is insufficient or of questionable authenticity," |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Any state-issued birth certificate, certification, COLB is fine. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:42 AM Response to Reply #28 |
63. Yep.. they rejected my husband's BC from the hospital. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #63 |
68. I know, those birthers are idiots. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Read it just fine, thanks. I just don't buy the argument that applicants in such a position |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. 45 minutes? I couldn't do it in 45 days. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. Ya think? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. It's no worse than the current situation, where there is no formal way |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Why wouldn't a citizen be able to provide a state-issued birth certificate |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. Obviously there have been situations or there wouldn't be the need to add this questionnaire. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Right -- so the new questionnaire actually should help people |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:02 AM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Right, if they can complete the Sisyphian task successfully. n/t |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
49. It seems like it might be a way |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
56. Where's the fun in being rational and reading carefully? |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. My mother's pre-natal care??? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Hey, CoffeeCat, I want to go on YOUR vacation. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Was there such a thing as "pre-natal care" in the 50s? |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Yes, there definitely was. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Don't you have a birth certificate? That's all you need |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
62. When your parents adopted you, they got some sort of documentation regarding your birth |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. This would only apply if you couldn't supply documentation |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. You mean, like Obama? nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. President Obama has a fine Birth Certificate that meets the |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I know that, and you know that, and most rational people know that, |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
45. I think that's a patently absurd notion. |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. FaShists!!1! |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. This is a non-issue. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. The Social Security Administration should have all the employment information they need |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
64. The "controversy" in this thread is all about the very few people |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. How on Earth would the State Dept. be able to verify any of the info? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. That's exactly it - this has little to nothing to do with getting passports. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. Two ways to read this |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. Here's the thing: People who don't have the documentation |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. No one who has a valid birth certificate needs to worry about this. n/t |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Having a valid birth certificate |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. He has a passport. That's what this is about. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. Apparently, the DOS has not made criteria for who would have to do this public |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. It's for people who can't produce a state-issued birth certificate |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
35. Sorry to pop the panic bubble but there has always been policy |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Sorry, but those views make you a fascist. |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #35 |
70. Thanks for the background |
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Veruca Salt (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
74. +1 |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
37. I had to do the same when I obtained a securities trading license... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
48. wow! |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
50. It is NOT Fascism! |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. It's fascism to ask for proof of citizenship before handing |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Sarcasm miscommunication |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
53. Talk about a misleading headline |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
57. A lifelong American citizen born in GA, by those rules I couldn't get a passport |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #57 |
71. You can't get a birth certificate? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #57 |
76. You could get one by those rules if you have a state issued birth certificate. |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
60. Well thankfully our new "life recorder" technology will solve this. Want an implant? |
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Beth in MN (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
61. Sounds like an agency trying to save their jobs; tried and true beaurocracy |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #61 |
78. No, sounds like they're trying to give people who can't produce |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:07 AM Response to Original message |
66. WHY does the State Dept. want this info? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #66 |
77. 3rd possibility. (the correct one) |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
72. Wow. Checking renewal date now... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. Why? Couldn't you obtain a birth certificate if you had to? |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. Restrictions are tightening |
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Veruca Salt (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
73. Key sentence: "applicant submits citizenship or identity evidence that is insufficient or of |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. Exactly. n/t |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
83. Regulating travel of skilled employees. Not a good sign. |
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