Surcharge for paper bill

[Bunzee]

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[PatrickFromNYC]

Under RealID, once you move to another state you need some kind of formal utility bill (can be a phone bill) to prove residency to get a new DL... there are other ways to prove residency but its the only way thats cheap, fast, and easy.

It can be very difficult to prove residency without a proper bill (of some kind) on paper showing you get important mail at your new address.

I went through this the last time I moved, it was a pain in the ass- I ended up having to go to the local town hall (which, incidentally, takes longer than the dmv usually does) to get a nortorized writ of residency (which cost something but I don't recall what it was), and then I had to take that to the dmv to get my new DL. If I had gotten a phone bill or an electric bill in my name, on paper, it would have saved me a few hours and whatever the notarization fee was.

Maybe I'm missing something Sarah but every online bill payment I deal with offers the option to download a copy of your bill?? ATT, Time Warner, ConEd etc....

[SarahG]

Under RealID, once you move to another state you need some kind of formal utility bill (can be a phone bill) to prove residency to get a new DL... there are other ways to prove residency but its the only way thats cheap, fast, and easy.

It can be very difficult to prove residency without a proper bill (of some kind) on paper showing you get important mail at your new address.

I went through this the last time I moved, it was a pain in the ass- I ended up having to go to the local town hall (which, incidentally, takes longer than the dmv usually does) to get a nortorized writ of residency (which cost something but I don't recall what it was), and then I had to take that to the dmv to get my new DL. If I had gotten a phone bill or an electric bill in my name, on paper, it would have saved me a few hours and whatever the notarization fee was.

Maybe I'm missing something Sarah but every online bill payment I deal with offers the option to download a copy of your bill?? ATT, Time Warner, ConEd etc....

Here's the problem- to prove residency you need to show that the bill was MAILED to your new address as a way of saying "I live here and I get important mail here"