(They let me in eventually with a passport. But if they're going to
trust a foreign-issued passport as photo id, it's not really that
obvious to me why they wouldn't trust a foreign-issued driving
licence. It's not like they can really tell whether either of them
are forged.)
What I've never understood is, that, how a gov't issue ID (for the
purposes of allowing entry) is of any use whatsoever.
It's not as if someone is doing a instand background check to know if
the person is a criminal, or wanted, or whatever. It's trivial to forge
a gov't ID.
I'll disagree; it's rather challenging to create a state drivers license or
state ID card which will also pass third-party database verification.
Hence, a requirement for such an ID supplied in advance with enough
time to verify it provides a very solid basis of identification.
(As smb noted, it says nothing at all about authorization, but that's
a different problem which one can address after you have a high
enough certainty for identification).
/John
[snip]
What I've never understood is, that, how a gov't issue ID (for the
purposes of allowing entry) is of any use whatsoever.
No matter how easy to forge, *requiring* them raises the risk/reward
bar. Penalties for forging Q Random Company ID are less than those
related to forging "government issue" IDs. Of course, it moves the
bad guys' gamble to 'will there be a rent-a-cop that doesn't check
the ID book or have they installed actual lookup facilities'?
Cheers,
Joe
I see the frustration, but not the problem.
1. Verify with your supplier that they are sending somebody.
2. Get names and other identifying details to your satisfaction.
3. And this is the tricky part - identify them.
Identification: