Van Life Essentials How to get a Real ID Drivers License While Living in a Van
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- Опубліковано 1 кві 2017
- For nomads, getting a Real ID Drivers License has become much more difficult in the last few years, so what we need are work-arounds to get around the harsh rules. In this video, we'll show you how to get proof of residence even for a full-time nomad!
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I went to South Dakota in December 2016 stayed one night in a motel, took the receipt to DMV and got my real ID compliant drivers license
Where did you have them send it to?
Its a damn shame that your birth certificate is not good enough. Nobody should have to have a permanent address this is the land of the free right.
Too much freedom for collaterals of debt per HJR 192
The Union is gonna Union..
t watson... think Obama.
God forbid you are a divorced female who didn't go back to using your maiden name. You have to show why you have a different last name. I was divorced for nearly 40 years and had to get a copy of my marriage license to show a different last name. You have to have that along with your birth certificate now.
@@fm00078 Obama wasn’t in office in 2005. Sorry try again.
Thanks always, Bob. You are a true hero! I know that you have saved lives. How many suicidal, hopeless people have found you and your youtube site? Only God knows, but you give inspiration and renewed hope to people who feel trapped by life circumstances that have left them feeling bereaved and bereft...You have found your calling and purpose in helping and teaching others who have found themselves in dire straits. You've opened up new options and possibilities for so many that have only gotten one bad blow after another...God bless you.
In my state, they require a bill such as a utility or phone bill. I had neither. But I did have a bank account with direct deposit. I simply asked a friend if I could use his address & he said yes.Then I went to the bank & had them add the 2nd, physical address, below my PO Box address. Then I had them print me out a copy of my bank statement on which contained their letterhead & both of my addresses. I then took that to the DMV as proof of permanent physical address & it was accepted. Later if you want you can go back to the bank & have the 2nd address removed from your billing address. You should only have to do this once in your lifetime unless the rules change. Just tell them each time you renew that nothing has changed. I kept it on mine just in case, for now, as a commercial truck driver I don't need any more headaches than I've already got.
Use your thumb print at the scanner at the port of entry
If you have a passport you are good.
This guy always give such IMPORTANT INFORMATION. I don’t even benefit directly from a lot of his content because I live in Canada and the laws here are different but I still benefit indirectly from applying what I learn here to what I can in Canada 🇨🇦.
Please keep making QUALITY CONTENT like this brother!
Yeah, they told us Social Security #'s would not be used for ID either.....They Lied!
maybe everyone need to buy a house together to used that address
jose garrido lol
Hahaha!!!😀
hahaha good one!
A mail house
Hell yeah!
I really appreciate the way you give information. I DO NOT think you "babble on" as some ignorant viewer suggested! Please don't change your format. Your personality comes through in your videos. Your personality is what attracts the viewer, keeps us watching and creates a believable, trustworthy relationship with you. You got 100,000 viewers by being YOU! We don't want to watch an automiton who spits out information. We want to watch Bob, our friend, the guy we've come to know and trust. Keep being you Bob. Let the critics make their own channel. You've had it right since you started. You give invaluable information the way a trusted old friend would. Thank you for all you do.
You don’t think he babbles? Do you listen? That’s all he does.
I'm leaning towards Montana for residency. It's tough to pass up an 8 year license & permanent registration for $180. Staying in an RV camp 60 days & producing the mountain of paperwork needed are the biggest challenges.
With all the people who are living in their cars, vans, RVs, tents, etc this is a real issue that needs to be addressed. I’ve had seasonal jobs that provide an address so it’s not a problem for me personally. I’ve also had a passport, which works for everything.
if the government tells you its not creating a data base, it is.
They love CONTROL and POWER over the people.
If you get a non-compliant drivers license and a Passport Card ($30/10 years) you can use the passport card to get on an airplane or any federal installation. A passport card will fit in your wallet and so long as it is kept in the secure pouch, it will remain secure. The passport card will work for land and sea borders with Canada and Mexico and can be used to sea voyages to most of the Caribbean, Bahamas and Bermuda such as if taking a cruise or the ferry between St. Thomas USVI and Tortola BVI.
Is that true today in 2021, friend?
We are not too far away from being chipped like animals. Thank you for sharing, happy trails to you.
I find with all your tutorials, that you really do care about others. also, your information makes me feel secure & I can't thank you enough!
We need an updated version of this video. Great info. Thank You Bob 🙏👍🐕🦺
This is something that has been on my mind for some time. I really don't want to rely on anyone, here in Massachusetts it's hard to find people to help you. I know this is not the same in other states there are people who will help. I don't want to brake any laws I just want to live the last of my days and have no trouble with anyone
it's hard to find people to help you. I know this is not the same in other states there are people who will help... in every state you're on your own
Use a hotel or RV park physical address then use a ups address for mailing.
The only way to do that is to live in nature without technology and 1st world comforts... AKA the NORMAL way humans have always lived on our earth!
Getting close to the mark of the beast.
Ok, ill give you a way to get a permanent residence in Texas.
Hit the land for sale sites and restrict the search to $1-$1000. You will find land that falls into that category. Some of it is lots in a small town, some of it is land in the country. Most of it will be less than 1 acre. Annual property taxes will be less than the cost of the land in most cases.
Not long ago there was several residential lots in a small north Texas town that had no deed restrictions. $800 a lot. Pull in, park your RV on the lot, put up a mailbox, and you are good to go.
If I remember correctly you have to live there for 6 months to claim residence.
Look down by Van Horn and you can get 5-10 desert acres for under $1000.
Very interesting Bob, thanks. I'm an American citizen and have been living in Australia for the last 26 years so I have no idea about these changes. Well presented and informative. Cheers!
The last few years have presented quite a few changes, Paul. It's difficult to keep up even if you are here in the states! I'm glad you found the video useful.
I assume that as a US Citizen, even living abroad that you have to file a US tax return each year, but that you
get about a $100,000 USD exclusion amount for income earned on foreign soil, that you don't have to pay US income tax on...
Paul , still has the hassle of having to go through the hoops of filing taxes every year with the Federal Gov for sure. and maybe state taxes in some cases. i will be facing this next year.
Bob... no planes flew into the towers... go study this and see that the footage shown on TV was not real, pure montage... this has now been demonstrated without doubts. NO hijackers even existed. ...pure controlled demolition orchestrated by your own government... to shock the people and create the pretext for going to war. Please go study that before you die! do not leave this Earth until you see this clearly! and the owners co-conspirators set up massive double insurance to collect billions on buildings that were basically already condemned!
@@zerosparky9510 Yes, this is true. I moved house in Australia in 1994 and failed to inform the IRS. I hadn't filed for over 25 years. Just got back on track in 2021. Cost a packet but I got a COVID cheque that paid for most of it. What a late reply this is. At least something good came from the 9/11 conspiracy post ;-)
I know this is an older video, but you have no idea how many videos I have watched trying to find different info about mail and IDs, you answered all my questions in this one video. 🙌🏼 thank you!!!! I hope you are still doing well! Moving into my car in about 60 days. I won’t be moving around the country, but at least I’ll be able to stay in a place I love and keep my job. ✌🏼
Such great info for someone getting ready to become a nomad. Thank you so much.
Thank you Bob. I appreciate all this information. I am preparing right now.
Bob you are a font of useful information!
Why thank you Stephen Locke Cyclone Drifter!
CheapRVliving Bob, this is unrelated, but I don't know how else to catch your attention. I'm interested in a heat buddy heater, but I saw a video of your's that said the quality isn't the same now. I had the video in my playlists, but UA-cam terminated my account for some reason. They never explained why they terminated me.
Hi Bob,. interesting about the drivers license. I am a resident of Texas preparing to become a Nomad in the near future. your videos open alot of questions I had. thanks buddy. I will continue to watch.
Thank you for helping us make the move. Barry and I just bought our RV and are getting ready to get started. Take care. Joanne
Thanks for being fair in your explanation of the real ID. I am not a nomad yet but hope to be in the future.
Great videos Bob. Very informative. Especially this series.
Mr. Wells, First, I want to say thank you, and very much. This was a great video for me to happen upon right now. See, I will be becoming a nomad within the next six months or so. By total choice, I must add... And judging from your quite apparent love of the life, I've made a sound decision.
I was just browsing, looking for a good source of info, and here on UA-cam, I have found just that! Great.Stuff!!
I just subscribed, and again,
Thank You... Allen
Thank you Bob for the information you are providing this community,
Great information Bob thank you.
I am looking forward to the baby steps to becoming a nomad videos!
Thank you GW and COMPANY!
Thank you Bob-- just what I needed to know :)
Thank you Bob! Very informative!
Bob, as usual you are awesome!!!
Another easy way to get a Real ID license is this. Rent the cheapest room you can find on Craigslist in some college town where you can month to month rent. If you are older, just tell the owner that you are going to take night classes or finishing up some degree. Next, go to a local cell phone company like Bumblebee, or any of those cheap local cell phone providers that do not require a contract, or sign up for cheap internet, DSL or cable modem that does not require a contract. When you get your first bill after signing up, take that bill along with a month to month lease, and or any first class mail posted to you, or a postal service change of address form, and get your real ID license. Pay the 1st months rent and leave, or if you pay at the end of the month just bail!!! lol (oh ya,cancel service and drop off your cable modem at the local office) Forward your mail to PO box or mail forwarding service and hit the road.
You are and a good man thanks for all your information
As always awesome video & content Bob!
Thanks for watching LALI!
Thankyou bob for all the information
Again, a great deal of sound advice. Trying to impress on my adults sons on much of what you touched on in this vid. But you how well THEY listen. ~lol~ Thanks Bob. Aloha.
Sometime the best lessons are learned the hard way Permanent Camper. :) Aloha.
I'm in the throws of "baby steps" looking forward to that video;)
Thanks for that excellent information
Thank you for sharing !
The best information out here!
So helpful!
Information update ***
Thanks Bob, this video helps me a lot!!
To update some of the info here....
If a nomad chooses to go the South Dakota route...for ID and State residency, I was recently told that when you leave SD, you do have a real ID and you are indeed a resident of SD.......BUT......you're still walking away with a PMB address and that will not fly with your banks or with certain other institutions.
Tyvm Bob
Thanks Bob!!
Luv it!! Awesome educational VLog. than-U Bob
Thanks for watching lacsa727!
Thank you sir, very helpful info.
I'm glad I just renewed my passport!
Great video. Glad you mentioned Nevada. I want to move to Las Vegas
This is important information!
Wow what an eye opening video
Thanks for this video. It was truly interesting. It was an eye opener when you said without the real id your looked at as either homeless or a terrorist.
Thanks You are so good.
Thank you Bob!
Thanks for watching Jim.
very informative bob
Probably the best video on mailing and driver's licenses for nomads. If you are an international nomad though, things become more complex, you may have to surrender your driver's license to get out of jury duty. Because you cannot use the forwarding mailing address on the driver's license, you will not know if you have been summoned for jury duty, this is because the notices are sent to the address on the driver's license. If you can use a family member as a residential address then that's great, you can keep the driver's license.
You Rock Bob.
I have a Real ID compliant DL for Wyoming where it is tough to gain residency. I will let you know how it goes when I have to renew my DL next month and whether I have to jump through the same hoops as I did the first time. Thankfully my license expires just before I leave for the nomad life so I don't have to worry about it for another four years.
A day old or 30 day address is obviously temporary. It’s great that some states operate this way for RVers but it means multiple people who R not family have the same address.
Hey Cody n bob thank you 😊
Missouri is not so far federally ID compliant...only way is to apply for passport...I know I've tried to get that gold seal...they the "dmv" will say they dont know what I'm talking about. ..and time is up Jan 2018. ..without a passport I would not be able to get on a plane or go in a federal building etc...and actually a post office is federal..think about that. What a world we live in. 😞just saying
You was borned with an undeniable proof of your identity. Your thumb print. Ask for the id scanner and DO NOT GIVE THEM EXPLANATIONS
Very informative 🤔
Last year I found a Mail Forwarder who also had campsites & cabins to "rent". He would help to do all the paperwork for reg car., DL, Voter registration, residency for firearms, etc. Looks like I visit him.
Great story about the 19 high-jackers. Humpty Dumpty is another of my favorite fairy tales.
State of Pennsylvania hands drivers license right there when photographed. but great information on other states.
Building 7 never got hit by a plane yet it also fell straight down defying the laws of gravity! Also no video was ever released that showed a plane hitting the Pentagon yet dozens of high definition cameras surround the Pentagon. 13 is a masonic number. I really hope the truth comes out one day.
engineerjay420 it’s already out, it will prevail, we will win this fight
Bob, your "friend" is awesome!
I have had Drivers licenses with PO BOXES & PMB (Personal mailboxes like UPS Stores) on driver licenses that didn't have any type of restrictions on it out of Texas and Ohio.
In Florida, I have never seen the RV park on the list, though was never looking. We sign up for voter registeration with your driver's licence here. When you sign up for a DL. I lived with my dad and they took, and gave me a federally complaint driver's licence, a note written by my dad that I lived with him and he was with me. He had to sign it within a certian date and have certian wording. I don't remember if they required him to be there but I didn't have a utility bill, or any bill. So that worked for me. I can see someone having friends or relative do that for them and having a federal compliant driver's licence.
thanks Bob
Thanks for watching Bobbie!
thank you
sound advice as usual Bob.
thanks for the video. seeing what options are for me, as going out of country for around 15--18 months i think.
oh i live in the state of KY. right now the Real ID act for license does not go into effect until 2019. when i am out of country. just great.
Good lord thats crazy its went too far great information bob thanks its so complicated take a lot of research it all to find a state for residency.
It's crazy complicated, but worth it!
What you are doing is renewing your contract with DC as collateral for the national debt.Use your thumb print on the scanners available at the ports of entry. That's the most real id and is free. It works
I love this video! Bob, you wound up giving quite a civics lesson as well as how to be a nomad.
Thank you
Got my new ID out of Oregon, which is not Real ID compliant yet, so I will use my passport card, just renewed, if I need to. So glad I did that before I sold my house. I have to say I think the paperwork part of the nomad life is the hardest part to get through. Should be joining the nomad life in the next 10 days after one more repair on the Expedition. Thank you for another informative video.
Kathy, given the hoops recently put in place I encourage everyone who can to take care of these matters prior to hitting the road. Thank you for watching, congratulations on starting your journey!
Minnesota did not issue a real id compliant license when I renewed a couple of months ago... but I am going to get a passport
There is also a Passport ID Card that is considered Real ID compliant since it is issued by the Federal Government. It is as easy (arguably even a little easier) as obtaining a Passport.
great advice Bob thank you... especially the end of your segment. here in Pennsylvania which is not in compliance and the legislature has until 2018 to be federally in compliance. another thing you missed is that you may not even be able to get on any transportation such as Amtrak or Interstate busing.i have experienced this while trying too go from South pa too n.y. state ..too bury a relative...hoops are me before the r.v.
Thanks for sharing your experience Raymond.
Get a P.O. box #, use the address of post office on your Liscense! We did, and were Nomads for 1 year! Good Luck!
P o box won’t work when you vote.
You need a residence address.
Real ID act allows for a real ID compliant driver license. Real ID driver license and social security card is proof of residence.
A passport will allow entry onto airplanes or blm or national parks (federal land) or federal building.
Also, in Nevada, if you have a friend or relative with a current VALID Nevada Drivers License or ID Card with the correct Residential Address printed on the front of the identification, that person may go with you to the DMV and vouch for you living with them at that address-They just present that License or Id and be that person and That's it... =) Also, In Oregon, six months of rv park receipts are required to prove residence.... But again, any friend or relative with an Oregon License or ID may accompany you to the DMV office, present that identification at the window with you, so long as you have all of the other documentation you require, that will be your proof of residence
The $30.00 in South Dakota residence, it would cost you a lot of gas to get there, so 1 day in Las vegas would probably be cheaper
arizona used to issue anyone a drivers license with a reciept from a rv park or a motel but it had to be for longer then 1 night or day
I used my land deed I own my place
you can also use any canseled letter
for my ID i asked them if I could use my RV as the address. I said my address was 1968 Winnebago
That's funny. What was there reply? Better yet, 1968 Winnebago Drive.
PO BOX as the truck drivers do. But you have to pick your mail at general post main personally
..and ? How far did you get ?
Lol
Actually you can get on a plane with that ID you have, Bob. You will get extra screening but you won't be denied access. You'll be run through ncic etc.... after that you're good to go, just give yourself an extra half hour at the airport.
THUMB PRINT SCANNER
thanks for the video. I will be moving to el Salvador next year and I am starting to thing about ways to file my income taxes. according to the American embassy there are tax attorney in el Salvador that I can hire for this. but eventually my license is going to expire ( in 8 years) and this is where your video comes in handy. I will probably ask for help from friends or my kids if they are responsible enough to work out a deal with them. I will also retire from the army after 21 years next year. thanks again for your sharing your knowledge.
@1:50 That's how it is on indian reservations. we have to go to the post office to get our mail.
Guess I'm lucky to be Canadian, I can run south over the winter for 6 months, and return over the summer. That is when things get back to normal.
What about social security needing an address? They send mail to your mailing address on occasion and don’t accept a PO Box. They could stop depositing your checks in your checking account.
Love the campground. Where are you filming this?
OMG I NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED YOU COULD US A HOUSE FOR SALE AS A ADDRESS LOL THAT'S WILD 👍👌😎
Wait what
land of the free, home of the brave. feels grate
Hi Bob. Watch that Sun, getting a bit burned there! Thanks for the info. Interesting how complicated it is getting.
I got a big desert hat, the trick is in remembering to put it on.
Yes, and the shade is inconvenient for the camera, but at other times gives some protection.
Also once you get a real ID driver's license, passport and social security card photo copy them and keep copies so that if you lose one or all it will be easier to get them replaced.