What is a National ID card?
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A National ID Card is a proposed card, like a drivers license that would be issued to all citizens and would be used to get through airports, borders, etc. The problem in this is that it could be used by future dictatorial regimes to deny travel and employment to their opponents.
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A secure National Identity Card, backed by proof of citizenship or legal status, which is needed for all transactions with any level of government, and enforcement of violations being entrusted to all levels of law enforcement.
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In the US there is no federal law (unless you are a legal alien), but some states and cities have laws requiring people to carry ID.
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Are you a born citizen of Canada, a naturalized citizen of Canada, a landed immigrant or just a visitor passing through Canada?  For a born Canadian you will need 2 pieces of ID, one of which must be picture ID and your birth certificate.  Naturalized citizens will need there citizenship card plus a second piece of ID, probably picture, and maybe also a birth certificate.  All others will need a passport and Visas.  To simplify things get a passport.
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you have to have a government job to get a government ID
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your registered name , which is your identity
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read the link below for your answer. Just remember this.\nDrivers License and ID cards cost money. The Government can't force you to buy them. and the average joe doesn't carru his birth cert with him where ever he goes.\n\nthere are laws that say a person has to have a ID on them at certain times.....like if you decided to walk home at 3 am it's nice to have a ID on you. But it isn't a state law or federal it is local town and city laws.
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Passport and accompaning ID.
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not all places do picture ids... or even ids.... i just have a yellow piece of papper..... i lost it tho.... it was 2 big 4 my wallet.... but u can usually tell whos made of wood, cookiedough or steel by talkin 2 em and askin questions
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Form I-9(Rev 05-31-05) from the US Dept of Labor Handbook for Employers (M-0274), page 3 states that the acceptable forms of ID for proof of right to work inthe US are:  US passport, Certificate of Citizenship (N-560), Cert. of Naturalization, Permanent Resident Card,, etc OR  Drivers License AND SS card or Drivers License (or other form of government issued ID ALONG WITH an original or certified copy of your birth certificate issued by a state or county municipal authority and bearing an official seal. (This means you can't use the one from the hospital with your footprints on it....)  Hope this helps.
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Your drivers license is an ID as long as it is current.\n\nIt is against the law to possess two from of ID from different states.
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I don't like national ID cards because of what they would probably turn into:\n\nAt first it would be great... until the corporations catch on - then they will want to attach your credit to it. \nSmall government will cease the opportunity to "weed out" the REAL citizens who's politics or race they don't like.\nHave you ever tried to get your birth certificate? \nI was born in Indiana but I am constantly having to come up with ingenious ways of "proving that I'm American".\n\nIt's just always bad to start categorizing and labeling people - how long then before we set up the concentration camps?
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There is a form that both you and your employer have to fill out (an I-9)  That lists what forms of ID are acceptable.  If you have a passport, you DO NOT have to show a Social Security card.
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If the card, held up to a particular device, opens a door, it's probably an RFID badge (Radio Frequency Identification).  It's a contactless identifier, which means you don't have to physically touch the reader, so you can leave the badge on your sleeve, in your purse, or wherever, and still operate the door.  They're pretty common, and a web search for "RFID" will yield a ton of information on the subject.
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go to social security office with birth certificate and another form of id, fill out application. They will mail you one in the mail, but if you need a printout just to show your number they can give you what they call a "numi".
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Why do we have to have either? We have a totalitarian government. ID cards will not solve terrorism. And the potential for bureaucratic cock-ups is immense.\n\n'Neonbabe' is incredibly naive, you do have something to fear, the misuse of the information.
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No. You have to go into the SS office and show 2 forms of ID. It makes sure no-one gets a card that shouldn't have one.