This. Especially if you’re a naturalized citizen. The certificate of naturalization is expensive and hard to replace. It should not be your only id. Keep it in a safe place.
If you are a permanent resident, you should already know that you must carry your card on you at all times. That is more important now then ever.
Note that you will need to mail the original certificate to the authorities to get your passport. You will get it back after a couple of weeks, but in the meantime you will have nothing, unless you paid to get a certified copy. It is a large piece of paper that cannot be folded, so it’s not practical to carry around.
While you’re at it, get your driver’s license updated with the federal id. Make sure the BMV records reflect your status. Register to vote. In other words, document your citizenship in as many ways as possible.
During my recent travels I carried a photocopy of my naturalization document plus my passport. I was not asked for it, but my reasoning was that if they took my passport I at least had something. I also had a physical notebook with important info in it, i.e., not just in my phone.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I keep mine in my work backpack at all times. That bag sits next to my desk when I work at home, next to my person when I’m in the office, and converts to my go back when I go on vacation. It’s with me almost always. I’m a white guy who can trace his family back to ellis island, so my risk is significantly lower that many others, but I’m also very outwardly critical of Nazis, so it’s not no risk.
HubertManne@piefed.social 1 week ago
Im not sure having it on you is the best way to go unless you have two.
dhork@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This is why a passport card is so awesome. Only Costs $30 on top of the passport fee, you can easily keep it on your person, and if ICE confiscates it because “we think it’s fake” you have your actual passport at home that your lawyer can bring to the facility to get you out, once he finds you.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I hadn’t heard of this and now I need to look into it.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s rarely actually on me, but it in the same general location that I’m in in case I need it, but I agree with you
deranger@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Personally, I would rather just get fucked up by ICE rather than comply with the “papers please” state. Who knows, maybe I’ll even end up in the news.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’m sure as shit never unlocking my phone if asked, but I’ll show ID if requested in official capacity. If an unmarked person asks, I’ll tell them exactly where they can shove their request.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 week ago
There. Your great grandpa made a spelling mistake on his citizenship application. Off to El Salvador you go!
BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 week ago
At least if they were to send me to my country of origin, or that if my ancestors, it’d be Germany or Ireland. But we know it would be El Salvador, or the new concentration camp, Alligator Auschwitz.
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 week ago
If they tried to send me to my country of ancestry, it no longer exists
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You can come but we’re not taking the orange turd back!