Reply #5: Does he have any correspondance where he's a signatory? [View All]

Bank card, check book, old bill, bus pass, disability paperwork, release paperwork, tax returns, old paycheck stub? Does he remember his Social Security number? Is there a group he is a regular member of, a church, an AA location? Does he have a former employer that has recent employment records for him?

I know several people and organizations who let SSI recipients use their address as a maildrop while they're getting on their feet; perhaps he can use them as a reference source while he's waiting for his ID.

He's not the first person to lose all his ID in an unfriendly city - there are various sources for replacement ID; the Red Cross and the United Way may have some processes he might be able to use to reconstruct what he lost.

The Department of Licensing issues photo identification cards to non-drivers for a fee of $15.00 for an original. Identification cards can be issued at any age and are valid for 5 years. Duplicate identification cards are $15.00. Renewal identification cards are also $15.00. You must show the same identification as required for a driver license.

If he's gotten a WA state licence before, there may be something on file for them to use as baseline. Most states have some sort of photo/id on computer that he can use to replace a lost card.

The requirements for establishing identity for a Washington State ID or Driver's licence are in the following website:
http://www.dol.wa.gov/ds/id.htm

If he's got a Texas Licence, he can get a replacement if he knows his TX licence number and his Social Security number.
It will probably help if he has family or friends in TX that will be willing to do some digging for him.
see the following TX website:
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administration/driver_licensing_control/dlindex.htm

It will take a bit to get to where he may need to go; he'll probably have to call the DMV location he got his licence from originally, so he may need some telephone and online help.

As for shelters, surely there's one or two shelters other than the main ones that will take him in for a night or so? I hate to ask if he's a regular at a church or synagoge, but many times, a minister/priest/rabbi will be willing to vouch for someone to get them into a shelter until they get their ID situation taken care of.

Good luck to him and to you, for trying to help.

Haele