The change, which starts today, is said to bring greater protections against counterfeiting and limit identity theft, according to state officials.
You can now expect your new ID to arrive about 10 days after a visit to the BMV.
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(Original post 2/28/2018): In the first inconvenience ever attached to paying a visit to the BMV, Ohioans will no longer be able to receive same-day drivers licenses.
Adjusted to meet new federal standards and implement greater security measures, any license issued or renewed starting July 2 will be mailed to the driver’s home. From that point, Columbus Dispatch reports the licenses take about 10 days to arrive.
The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles has announced it will issue temporary ID cards that indicate the driver has obtained and is waiting for their drivers license to arrive in the mail. The licenses will continue to cost $25.75.
Implemented to reduce the occurrence of counterfeit IDs and identity theft, drivers can also obtain a license emblazoned with a star. The star marker is being offered in accordance with new travel security guidelines, which require the symbol, and are set to take effect in October 2020.
This article appears in Feb 28 – Mar 6, 2018.
Gee, and it used to be so hassle-free to visit the DMV. ..snort.
The dentist is less hassle…and you even get your fillings on the same day.
So WTF does the star mean? Will cops trust a car with a driver who has the star?
And if your homeless?
If they print a temp. card….. why cant they print the normal card? This has got to be the most ignorant developement made. You think they cant still make fake ones? How does this improve security?
So, My license expires on my birthday 6/20/18 and would normally run through 6/20/2023, but if I get my license before July 2nd, it will be the “old” non-compliant type, and I won’t be able to board an airplane with it after 10/2020.
Unless of course I pay an extra $25.75 for a duplicate license after July 2nd, or continue to drive on an expired license for 12-days, and then get my license renewed in the new format, within the 30-day grace period. before testing is required to be licensed.
Think I’ll take my chances and save the $25.75.
Same game-plan worked for over 6-months while my vehicle was for sale, and I didn’t want to pay twice for new plates.
(Just moved some abandoned valid stickers from an existing plate, to my “expired” plate, they boil-off and re-stick real nice, and the ink linking the sticker to the plate smears well when heated, for a triple-double.)
I have been stopped for a minor traffic violation with the expired plates, but citing officer didn’t write me up on the plates issue because he assumed it was BMV’s bureaucratic snafu, which he said was extremely common occurrence.) My insurance carrier didn’t much care either.
oh great so lets make it easier to steal a persons drivers liscense or id now all the bottom dwelling low lifes can walk or drive right up to your mail box and get it instead of directly into the hands of the person who its issued to your system is a joke
“Adjusted to meet new federal standards and implemented for greater security measures, and to reduce the occurrence of counterfeit IDs and identity theft, ” Blah blah blah, yadda yadda yadda.
Sounds like its more about counter-terrorism efforts and about tracking the movements of civilians, than about identity theft and fraud. The more measures that are taken, and the more the screws are tightened, the greater the realization that the terrorists have already won.
Hey, lock up the barn door, Clyde, the horses are gone. Those horses vanished .a long time ago.