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[fairyarmadillo]

So I'm applying for a passport; I went and did my paperwork, gave them my very old stamped birth certificate which they immediately stapled, and wrote my checks. Last week I got a packet from the Department of State saying additional information was needed to process my application. Nobody else I know has had this happen and I can't help but think

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[mzsa]

Wow! That is very weird. I've never heard of them needing that much information.

[fairyarmadillo]

I called them today and they said this is routine and basic information. :(

[fxl]

That is really messed up. I just got mine, and there were no secondary checks, just the original form, etc.

Unusual name?

[fairyarmadillo]

Nadja Kali Asiya Herreshoff

[myuphrid]

Also required are:
- A gold nugget
- Five (5) coconut husks
- The tears of a virgin
- The manuscript for "Cardenio"
- A jar of hens' teeth
- A grand unified theory that explains gravitation on a quantum level
- The Holy Grail
- A duck's toenail clippings
- A two (5)-sided polygon
- Your first-born child
- Nine (hi) pieces of eight

The above must be provided on a 5.25" floppy disk.

Seriously though, this all sounds more than a little wretched. SOrry about this bureaucratic obstacle course you're being put through, hun. *cuddles*

[benchilada]

Well, we're gonna have to swim to China. Ain't gonna has no babby.

[myuphrid]

Babby is not formed on man-powered trans-Pacific crossings, evidently.

[fairyarmadillo]

Thanks! Composing an email to la mama in re: EVERY ADDRESS WE'VE EVER HAD. >:(

[sjp]

Strange, you usually only get asked that when you're applying for a Visa.

[randomcamel]

Did you give them something with the application that documented your name change?

[fairyarmadillo]

Nope, name change isn't going to be legal for a few more months so I didn't put Robot on the form. I figured it'd be easier to change that later.

[radiumhead]

wtf?? mine was simple.

birth certificate, ss card, pay stub, drivers liscense. there mightve been one other thing but i think that was it.

[fairyarmadillo]

I think it's because of my foreign sounding name. :(