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With Homeland Security Secretary Michael Certoff cracking down on border crossing documentation beginning the end of the month, the line for Washington's "enhanced driver's licenses" could be long when the state starts accepting applications Tuesday.
Washington is the first state in the Union to create the kind of super license good for border crossing identification by land and sea from Canada and Mexico in lieu of a passport.
The requirement for a passport, passport card or enhanced license has been put off until June 2009 for land and sea crossings, but having an enhanced license will still help travelers from having to bring their birth certificate with them to the border.
Certoff told the news media this week that border officials no longer will simply accept an oral declaration that a person is an American at the border beginning Jan. 31.
They must have a passport, enhanced license or a drivers license and birth certificate or other document to get into the U.S. by land or sea. Air travelers have had to have a passport for more than a year now.
Don't expect a big celebration for the enhanced drivers license debut. The Department of Licensing has cancelled a big ceremony with Gov. Christine Gregoire scheduled for Monday. It will quietly begin accepting appointments Tuesday to get the license Tuesday at 11 licensing offices across the state.
Each applicant will be photographed and interviewed. They must bring with him identification, proof of citizenship and residency to the interview. The specifics are available at the DOL Web site: http://www.dol.wa.gov/driverslicense/edlproof.html.
After double checking the documentation through various databases, the DOL will issue an enhanced license. Processing may take a week or more.
The extra cost of the new super license will be $15 more than the regular renewal cost of $25. Identification cards will also be available for non-drivers.
Some of the documentation requirements on the DOL Web site appear to be somewhat ambiguous, so expect some delays until the process works out the bugs.
Here are the five licensing offices in the Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia area accepting appointments for the enhanced licenses:
Parkland: 253-536-6000
Lacey: 360-407-0041
West Seattle: 206-764-4001
Bothell: 425-489-1718
Smokey Point: 360-653-8278
See the DOL Web site for a list of all 11 enhanced driver's license offices.
