Sly Bald Guys Forum
Discussions About Being Bald => Bald Stories => Topic started by: Baldstu on May 02, 2012, 06:45:44 AM
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I know this subject has arisen before , but must admit that looking at my passport photo it shows me bald as indeed does my drivers license . I have the ability to grow my hair which could happen with the limitations of vacations when you can get lazy . Technically your appearance has changed , this could be dodgy when you go through border controls .
So it is an incentive not to be lazy and stay legally bald .
Drivers licences are the same , although we dont have official ID requirements whenever I pick up a parcel from the sorting office and other places they require photo ID so what is the driving license in the UK other than a ID card . The UK governemnt spent a lot of money into feasablity studies of ID cards mandatorily enforced . this caused a hell of a row . I assert its already happened in the UK
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National ID cards with photos....you guys in the UK are always ahead of us.....LOL.
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When I last renewed my license in late June 2010, just before my birthday, my license still listed my hair as "black" even though I was freshly shaved...I asked about this and the lady said that "bald" was not a choice on the computer at the time so, they simply put the last hair color listed. When I renew in 2014, maybe the computers will actually list "bald" as a hair color choice (BTW, couldn't she could have put "none" for hair if bald was not an available choice?) IJS....
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I have a whole series of ID's/licenses. First is hair on head/smooth face. Second is bald head/hair on face. Next is smooth head/smooth face. Latest was 40 days of hair (looks like a military cut) with hair on my face. I love showing them to people just to show of my different looks
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All I've got is an ID card ever since I was 14.
No one will recognize me from that photo. In Romania, the authorities seems not to care, so why bother? I'll change my ID when it expires, in 2015 :d
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My UK passport comes up for renewal within the next 9 months.
Back in 2003, I was fat and had hair. When I get my new mug shot, that means I'll have to stay bald and bearded for another 10 years. Oh well...
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My UK passport comes up for renewal within the next 9 months.
Back in 2003, I was fat and had hair. When I get my new mug shot, that means I'll have to stay bald and bearded for another 10 years. Oh well...
There have been worse fates--you could have renewed six months ago!
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There have been worse fates--you could have renewed six months ago!
LOL. :D
Test come in August when I take the train from London to Germany. I shall attempt to travel on a passport 9.5 years old. "That's you ?!"
Edit: couldn't resist digging out a picture of me in 2003.
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Test come in August when I take the train from London to Germany. I shall attempt to travel on a passport 9.5 years old. "That's you ?!"
No problem I should think as long as you leave the keffiyeh at home in the closet.
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Dont think you will getany hassle Jules from the German border control , they may remind you about your passport though .
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I had my drivers license updated 2 years after I went bald. My passport is current.
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I annoyingly had to get a new passport a year ago... Thinning combed over hair included! I wonder if I'll get through customs.
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no hair for quite some time on passport and DL. I need kindergarten picture of my hair to prove I had hair ... LOL
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I was thinking about this just the other day, since my drivers licence photo, I have lost like 30-40 kilos, gone from a full beard to a van dyke and gone sly. If someone wanted to seriously look at my ID I wonder what they would think...
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I must renew my identity book one of these days as it is ancient and almost falling to pieces. I look forward to sporting the new bald look on my ID, and drivers licence photo, as I intend staying sly for life! I don't however look forward to waiting in the long queues at the "Home Affairs" Office as this is renowned as a very long and painful process over here, unfortunately.
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no hair for quite some time on passport and DL. I need kindergarten picture of my hair to prove I had hair ... LOL
Similar case for me, somewhat. I've been buzzing my head since '04 and shaving sly since '07. The picture on my license is from '06. Only difference is now I have a lot more hair on my face. 8)
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no hair for quite some time on passport and DL. I need kindergarten picture of my hair to prove I had hair ... LOL
Similar case for me, somewhat. I've been buzzing my head since '04 and shaving sly since '07. The picture on my license is from '06. Only difference is now I have a lot more hair on my face. 8)
My passport picture is from March 2003. The last time I used it was to cross from UK to France. UK border official could not believe it was the same person !
In any case, will need to renew my passport at the end of this year, so a chance to update my picture.
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When I'm asked for ID, I always make the joke that I changed my hairstyle a bit. Always gets a laugh. My license expires in 2014. I know that Ohio has a code "BAL" for bald for the Hair Color field, so I am looking forward to being listed as "BAL".
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I know that Ohio has a code "BAL" for bald for the Hair Color field, so I am looking forward to being listed as "BAL".
Why on earth would the authorities want to include a requirement listing your hair colour on their licences.
Next they'll be asking for a "clothes your are wearing field" ?
Not sure how being bald effects your ability to drive a car.
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Guess it's for ID purposes, since it also shows height, weight, and eye color.
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Guess it's for ID purposes, since it also shows height, weight, and eye color.
All sounds rather unnecessary to me !
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In addition to my driver's license, I've got 2 government issued credentials for my job, one from the Coast Guard the other from the Transportation Security Administration. All three show me with hair and two with facial hair as well. Didn't have any problems at all going through security at the airport when I came home on vacation 3 weeks ago.
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All my documents have my picture before going sly and I must admit that some authorities do double check and take extra time than with the others, but there will be a time to update them.
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I shaved my head in around 1999 I think. That passport expired in 2005. So for 6 years I had a passport photo showing long curly (think long-haired Sammy Hagar in VHS!) after I shaved it. Nobody ever refused entry with it, but it caused great amusement to many customs officials over those years, as they passed it among themselves laughing the whole time!
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Several years ago, I was stopped for a traffic offense. Per SOP, the officer walked up to my vehicle, and made the usual inquiry 'do you know why I stopped you, and 'show me your drivers license'. On the license, it listed me as 'Hair: Brown', even though I'd been in slick mode for a couple of years. The officer writes the ticket, and hands me a copy, and politely asks me to 'have a good day.'
I looked at the ticket to make sure he had my information correct. I then noticed where it asks for hair color on the citation, instead of listing it as 'Brown', as stated on my license, he wrote 'Bald'. I was happy that his powers of observation went beyond watching for traffic violations. O0
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On a trip to the PRC a few years ago I grew my hair out about an inch...every passport control I went through made an issue of the photo...Hong Kong, PRC but going through TSA leaving and arrival in the US nobody cared.
8)
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I recently renewed my driver's license recently and asked about the hair color question. The had a hair choice for bald but it does show on the license - just in the computer. I listed bald as my "hair color."
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Doug, now you're Sly with papers. Congratulation on your new driver's license. Drive safely!
I need to wait 2 years to renew my driver license and 18 more years to renew my id.
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I need to wait 2 years to renew my driver license and 18 more years to renew my id.
What kind of ID do you have that you need to only renew it ever 18 years?
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I need to wait 2 years to renew my driver license and 18 more years to renew my id.
What kind of ID do you have that you need to only renew it ever 18 years?
I was just going to ask that.
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When I said ID I meant identity card. Depending on my age it must be renewed after 8-10 yers, or 20 or 50.
If the person is younger (like 14 - that's the age when one should get an ID) then the identity card is valid for 8 or 10 years; in my case 20, and for those over 50 it is valid for 50 years.
The drivers license is different then the identity card, at least here in Roumania and it is valid for 10 years.
Oh, and then there's the passport... what long wavy hair I have on that, but that's valid for 5 years.
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I had everything changedto bald for passport and driver's license renewals.
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I am sly in my passport but not on my driver's license. When my driver's license expires ... it will be sly for life.
WARHAWK O0
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Renewing my passport as we speak. Just need to go a photo booth and have it countersigned.
In the guidance notes, says that my passport picture should "keep hair off face". Shouldn't be too difficult.
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Not at all O0 8)
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And this is how I looked 10 years ago when I last renewed my passport.
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A lotta mileage on that old roadmap.
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A lotta mileage on that old roadmap.
Too true. It's been a busy 10 years. Many trips abroad, several changes of job. Grown a beard, lost some weight, lost some hair...
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Those trips abroad will get you every time... :*))
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Those trips abroad will get you every time... :*))
They sure do.
And the cost of getting a new UK passport so I can get back on the road ? £72.50 / about $100.
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Try getting a UK passport from NZ, it's extortionate!
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Try getting a UK passport from NZ, it's extortionate!
That bad? I'm due a new one I'm three years, not sure of prices from Japan though...
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Really should get myself a passport, I had a child passport, but for some reason I never upgraded to an adult one, I don't remember why...
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$110 currently to renew a US adult passport.
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Current cost of an ordinary Australia passport is an extortionate A$238.
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:O You gotta be kidding me... I would never have thought it was that much.
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:O You gotta be kidding me... I would never have thought it was that much.
Yea, that's why you don't want to get one unless and until you need one.
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At that price, I'm never gunna need one! My priority is too see as much of Australia as I can anyways, it's such a beautiful, why go anywhere else!
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My priority is too see as much of Australia as I can anyways, it's such a beautiful, why go anywhere else!
This is how I felt after 3 terrific months exploring Australia.
Mr Jules ... in a wintry London, UK
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At that price, I'm never gunna need one! My priority is too see as much of Australia as I can anyways, it's such a beautiful, why go anywhere else!
When you get to Alice Springs have one for me mate.
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Hey, I was wondering the other day if USA citizens need a passport to just go to Canada or Mexico. Perhaps you can just use a driver's licence or something like that??
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At that price, I'm never gunna need one! My priority is too see as much of Australia as I can anyways, it's such a beautiful, why go anywhere else!
When you get to Alice Springs have one for me mate.
A mate and I had a plan to go up north, we no longer talk... but when I get there, and I will, I'll be sure to try and have one for everyone haha!
Hey, I was wondering the other day if USA citizens need a passport to just go to Canada or Mexico. Perhaps you can just use a driver's licence or something like that??
I've sometimes wondered the same thing, I would assume you'd need one.
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Yes, US citizens do need passports for going to and returning from Mexico and Canada. It would be a bad bad idea to lose one's passport!
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There we go, I knew someone would come up with the goods, makes perfect sense to me. Thanks Gutsy O0
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My friends from Montana got in lots of trouble for trying to go over without their passports, not the best idea.
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It's just in the past few years that passports were required for crossing to Canada and Mexico.
Previously, a drivers license was sufficient, but no longer.
Now if you are an illegal immigrant, then you don't need an ID. Just let yourself in.Seems boarder patrol is prohibited from controlling access to illegals.
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It's just in the past few years that passports were required for crossing to Canada and Mexico.
Previously, a drivers license was sufficient, but no longer.
Ah there you go!
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At that price, I'm never gunna need one! My priority is too see as much of Australia as I can anyways, it's such a beautiful, why go anywhere else!
I was stunned to see a New Year's Eve Picture, at least that's how it was represented, from Lorne. In it there was man in some sort of semi-visible plastic ball being rolled about.
Things must have changed. Decades ago, a mate of mine from Geelong, and I used to drive down to Lorne to go surf casting. Then, this is possibly 1968?9? it was a sleepy little spot on the road with a decrepit hotel that catered mainly to fishermen such as ourselves. Then, there weren't as many people in the place as were shown in the photo. I recall chatting about it with a friend in Darwin who was the Queen's Rep? Governor? Governor General Something of that nature. And that area was amazing. There were road trains, no rail, the Dream Waters, Katherine River Gorge Fanny Bay with its infinite supply of Crocs....This was all before the place was torn down by the typhoon. I've never been back, too many friends were killed and, now, as I look at the pictures, it's not the up and at 'em sort of place it was. I remember flying in and out on AnsettANA and, when we landed at Alice, they first put up netting before they opened the ventral staircase the bugs were so bad.
A long, long time ago......Sorry to take up your time with wool gathering.
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At that price, I'm never gunna need one! My priority is too see as much of Australia as I can anyways, it's such a beautiful, why go anywhere else!
I was stunned to see a New Year's Eve Picture, at least that's how it was represented, from Lorne. In it there was man in some sort of semi-visible plastic ball being rolled about.
Things must have changed. Decades ago, a mate of mine from Geelong, and I used to drive down to Lorne to go surf casting. Then, this is possibly 1968?9? it was a sleepy little spot on the road with a decrepit hotel that catered mainly to fishermen such as ourselves. Then, there weren't as many people in the place as were shown in the photo. I recall chatting about it with a friend in Darwin who was the Queen's Rep? Governor? Governor General Something of that nature. And that area was amazing. There were road trains, no rail, the Dream Waters, Katherine River Gorge Fanny Bay with its infinite supply of Crocs....This was all before the place was torn down by the typhoon. I've never been back, too many friends were killed and, now, as I look at the pictures, it's not the up and at 'em sort of place it was. I remember flying in and out on AnsettANA and, when we landed at Alice, they first put up netting before they opened the ventral staircase the bugs were so bad.
A long, long time ago......Sorry to take up your time with wool gathering.
No apologies necessary pardner. Interesting read. I had an Uncle that knew Reggie Ansett.
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My ten year passport runs out at the end of January and needs re-newing. This will be my first without "hair"...Hmmmmmm? Not allowed to wear a hat on passport photos, so Im buggered!
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I recall chatting about it with a friend in Darwin who was the Queen's Rep? Governor? Governor General Something of that nature. And that area was amazing. There were road trains, no rail, the Dream Waters, Katherine River Gorge Fanny Bay with its infinite supply of Crocs....This was all before the place was torn down by the typhoon. I've never been back, too many friends were killed and, now, as I look at the pictures, it's not the up and at 'em sort of place it was. I remember flying in and out on AnsettANA and, when we landed at Alice, they first put up netting before they opened the ventral staircase the bugs were so bad.
A long, long time ago......Sorry to take up your time with wool gathering.
I lived in Darwin for a few years -- the Queen's rep is the Administrator.
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As American CItizen's we do need to have a passport to cross over into Canada or Mexico as is also needed to go to other countries. I need to renew mine again in 2016. We used to be able to get by just producing a copy of a birth ceritficate. Actually I think it is much easier to just have a passport even though they are not cheapto obtain.
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At that price, I'm never gunna need one! My priority is too see as much of Australia as I can anyways, it's such a beautiful, why go anywhere else!
I was stunned to see a New Year's Eve Picture, at least that's how it was represented, from Lorne. In it there was man in some sort of semi-visible plastic ball being rolled about.
Things must have changed. Decades ago, a mate of mine from Geelong, and I used to drive down to Lorne to go surf casting. Then, this is possibly 1968?9? it was a sleepy little spot on the road with a decrepit hotel that catered mainly to fishermen such as ourselves. Then, there weren't as many people in the place as were shown in the photo. I recall chatting about it with a friend in Darwin who was the Queen's Rep? Governor? Governor General Something of that nature. And that area was amazing. There were road trains, no rail, the Dream Waters, Katherine River Gorge Fanny Bay with its infinite supply of Crocs....This was all before the place was torn down by the typhoon. I've never been back, too many friends were killed and, now, as I look at the pictures, it's not the up and at 'em sort of place it was. I remember flying in and out on AnsettANA and, when we landed at Alice, they first put up netting before they opened the ventral staircase the bugs were so bad.
A long, long time ago......Sorry to take up your time with wool gathering.
Ah yes, Lorne has change A LOT since then, it is now a party town during the summer months, it starts in November with the "schoolies" (kids finishing high school) and from then it pretty much turns into a Tourist town until March/April and then goes into hibernation until the summer again. But New years eve is massive down there as well, there has been known to be lots of trouble down that way but it seemed to be pretty good this year.
I think it I go to the Northern Territory I would never come back haha, it just really seems to be my kind of place. Hot most of the time, work hard, play hard, just sounds great to me... but the flies! It always surprises me how they just seem to multiple into the billions during the warmer months! Even down in Victoria...
@ Tom, that's pretty cool!
I lived in Darwin for a few years -- the Queen's rep is the Administrator.
The Queens representative is the Governor-Genera. But in actually researching, the Administrator is appointed by the Governor-General, is I guess a representative of the representative of the Queen... lol! So there you go, you learn something new every day!
As American CItizen's we do need to have a passport to cross over into Canada or Mexico as is also needed to go to other countries. I need to renew mine again in 2016. We used to be able to get by just producing a copy of a birth ceritficate. Actually I think it is much easier to just have a passport even though they are not cheapto obtain.
It makes it easier for them to control who goes across the border too, I mean, with just a birth certificate alone you could really be anyone crossing the border! At least the passport has photo ID.
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I saw a doco on TV about being a paramedic in Mexico and in that doco they went from mexico to US [don't know which state] and they had to show documents to the US blokes and they had to wait for several hours to cross because of stringent measures the US blokes were taking -- probably looking for drugs and stuff.
But when they went back into Mexico they didn't have to show anything or even slow down -- just drove straight across a bridge at speed after passing a big billboard that read 'No More Weapons'. Can any US bloke tell me whether this is real -- can you just drive straight over like that? Could be handy for Walter White.
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Sounds about right. I recently had occasion to go from Tombstone to Ciudad Nogales and we went right thru. Northbound is quite a different story.
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Living in California which borders with Mexico, i can definitely say that leaving the US is much easier that entering. Sometimes I think it would be much easier to come back over the border into the US with a bunch of illegals. They don't seem to have much trouble entering the US at all. Lol.
As for being sly on my ID, I've never really thought about it. I've had it taken with and w/o hair and have never had any trouble with people believing it was me or not. They always say they can tell it's me by looking at my smile. Lol:P
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My driver's license photo is a shot of me at 22; I'm 30 now. Not only do I no longer have long hair, I imagine my face looks a bit different.
I haven't had any comments on using my ID since going sly. Pre sly I'd get a comment every once in a while about how I should go back to having blonde highlights like in the license photo.
Just realized my passport is expired so I don't have to worry about that photo matching my current appearance, since I'll need a new one anyway, but my license is still good for another 4 years and I'm just so...lazy... about bureaucratic stuff like that. Toss up as to what I'll end up doing, probably update my passport for international travel and just leave the license as is.
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It's just in the past few years that passports were required for crossing to Canada and Mexico.
Previously, a drivers license was sufficient, but no longer.
Now if you are an illegal immigrant, then you don't need an ID. Just let yourself in.Seems boarder patrol is prohibited from controlling access to illegals.
There is an exception to having a passport in order to cross back and forth between the US and Canada by land and sea. It is the "Enhanced Drivers License". Not everybody in the US or Canada can get one. You have to be a resident of the following states and provinces to be able to get one: Michigan, New York, Vermont, Washington, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. In Washington, where I live, I believe they cost $15 more than a standard drivers license. It is a cheaper alternative to the passport. Here is the link to the information:
http://www.dhs.gov/enhanced-drivers-licenses-what-are-they
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Hey, I was wondering the other day if USA citizens need a passport to just go to Canada or Mexico. Perhaps you can just use a driver's licence or something like that??
No, actually. You just need something to prove you are a US citizen. In border states we have an advanced DL that works for Canada, Mexico, and most caribbean nations. France as well.
The trouble is not getting into Canada, it's with trying to come back home. Canadian citizens need a passport or government ID to come here, but not to get home.
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Passports in the UK and never had any trouble , both do show me sly , but I have lapsed .
Currently sly for 14 days
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Now I'm officially bald I just got my renewed passport with a photo of my shaved head. My drivers license photo has had me with a shaved head since 2005
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Hair colour refers to eyebrows, armpits, crotch etc
Let it say whatever on the document. As long as your pic lines up.