In my life I've never been in or heard of a stranger situation.
I cannot get a state issued driver's license or even a photo ID, which means I cannot get a bank account and DESPERATELY need one for my business.
History: I had a DL in TX 10yrs ago. That license expired when I moved to NYC where I changed my name through common usage. There was no paperwork. It was easy, because most of my checks from extra (film/tv) work and principal roles in movies was being paid in my stage name. Though the bank probably shouldn't have let them through, I was allowed to endorse checks made out to my stage name by signing my birth name underneath. I took some not so good advice and after two years I went to the SSA and had my name changed on my SSN too.
My Grandmother died and left me cash plus money from her estate sale. I used the cash in the last 7 months to buy a car, a box truck, two wide format printers and a plotter, and we knocked out over 70 car wraps we lucked into because he was in the right place at the right time.
We got another fleet order for 17 car wraps weeks ago, deposited their 1st payment of $21,250.00 into his account (like always) and the bank kept it ALL for his back child support. They have paperwork and everything.
I found out the hard way that he owes over $150,000 (no exaggeration) to his first wife in back child support. For whatever reason he didn't appear for an important court date, so ANY monies (including mine) deposited into his account go directly to the state of TX (no, they don't play).
So, here I am with assets and receipts in MY NAME for nearly $30,000 worth of vehicles and equipment. I just got an office and am in the process of getting my Certificate of Occupancy so I can take the new business in my name legit.
Now I live in TX and went to get a Driver's License, took my birth certificate (birth name), social security card (new name), and school transcripts showing my birth name with my social security card and explained the WHOLE STORY so they won't think I'm trying to pull a scam. NO GOOD. Not even for a photo ID. I have to have three state/government issued documents all in the same name, which I don't have.
I asked them what to do and they said it isn't their responsibility to prove who I am, it's mine, and I need three acceptable documents to do that. I've sat in back rooms at the DMV and surely had every background check run on me that they could do as they left me in there alone.
I only have expired ID from NYC that expired over two years ago, and they won't take that because it has my new name. I'm BIG TIME screwed.
No ID.
No business bank account.
I'm going to lose this client.
Any constructive criticism and or advise would be appreciated. Right now I'm less worried about the DMV and more worried about the business bank account that I canNOT get without ID, because I can't register the business with expired ID, and it's all an UGLY cycle of no, no, no.
I've worked my ASS off to create opportunity, and I'm going to lose it because of my exes secrets.
Please help?!
