I dont post much about adoption stuff as it relates to our kids. I post a ton of pictures of our boys and I love them with my heart, but when I see them I dont just see some cute little boys adopted from Taiwan, I see my sons. I certainly dont see my adopted sons. This is why tonight a frustrating experience became harrowing when we took our boys to the DMV to get state issued IDs for an upcoming trip. I looked at the web site and found that I had to bring the boys birth certificates, social security numbers, and one other form of identification. We brought their shot records which is listed as an acceptable form of ID. (If you are still reading, this probably should be a blog post, but I dont really feel like it.) Anyway, everything was fine. They even said we didnt need the shot records since we had everything else. Then the manager came out and started scrutinizing their certificates of foreign birth issued by the state of Tennessee. She said these dont prove they are legal citizens. Then we showed her their social security cards. She said that doesnt mean they are citizens. Ok, so how can we prove they are citizens (and really our quest wasnt to get a citizenship ID, just a photo ID.) I dont think a photo ID would be accepted as proof of citizenship anyway. She said she would call her boss. The boss told her that we needed to bring original adoption paperwork (which is in Chinese by the way) and a certificate of citizenship (which doesnt have our boys American names on them). So the quest to get my boys state IDs continues and I have the following thoughts: 1. The state of Tennessee issued my boys certificates of foreign birth which list their American names and Abbey and I as their parents, but will not use that same certificate and other provided information to issue them an ID. This doesnt compute for me. Can someone explain it? 2. All adoption blogs and our agencies recommended that we readopt to make things easier for our boys in the future, but so far all that readoption has done is been expensive and caused us to bring more paperwork because now we have to prove that the kids on the birth certificates are the same that are on the readoption papers that are the same on the original Chinese papers that are the same on their certificates of citizenship. So, even though the website says we had to bring 2 forms of ID and social security number, we were told we had to bring 5 different forms of ID and social security number. 3. I find it concerning that our government would give illegals a social security number which is essentially what I feel like we were told if their social security numbers arent significant proof enough that our boys are legally in the United States. 3. When the uniformed person, who is quite aware that she doesnt know what she actually wants from you, starts telling you all of the things you need and the other workers are behind her just shaking their heads, it doesnt build your confidence in the system. 4. When your child says are we in trouble? Do they not believe Im an American? Do I have to go to jail? it makes you want to move to a foreign country where your family would be less conspicuous. It also makes you absolutely sick at your stomach. 5. I appreciate our family, friends, schools, doctors and others who just see us as normal family with four beautiful boys and dont ask us to see their paperwork and prove their citizenship. 6. This is a bonus for those who kept reading: my wife is a rockstar because she almost always does the boys homework with them. I hate homework!
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 00:50:37 +0000
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