[GekkePrutser]

Yes Ireland has this too. It's frustrating. They don't have a population registry so proof of address is a 'utility bill'. But to sign up for utilities you need a bank account which requires proof of address. Well you get it.

Also relying on something from a commercial entity that's so easy to fake is weird.

[ghaff]

It's sometimes the case in the US as well. When I got my RealID driver's license I had to show some sort of utility bill as a proof of address--which, as you say, could be pretty easily faked.

[kevin_thibedeau]

I recently did this and had two utility bills. But two isn't accepted so I was given an affidavit form where I wrote down that I was who I claimed to be.

[GekkePrutser]

Lol if you're going to take the user's word for it, why even bother asking for proof :)

[kevin_thibedeau]

It was pretty ridiculous. I already had a passport, other state DL, SSN, and birth certificate. The points for proof of residence are the dumbest part of RealID.

[ghaff]

Someone I knew had some rigamarole to get their kid his first license because he didn't have any utility bills or whatever to prove his address. :-/

There's this weird thing that de facto you need state residency and a permanent address to live "normally," have government ID, etc. but there's not AFAIK any actual specific legal requirement to have same.