IRRITATION!

So, today's project was supposed to be changing all of my Canadian identification to reflect my new last name and address. I called Revenue Canada and did that successfully (although spoke to someone so heavily accented that I had to ask him to repeat himself about twenty times and when I asked him to repeat the information back to me he kept saying "Atlantic, Georgia' and it took me quite some time to explain that it was 'Atlanta, not Atlantic!') and also called Manitoba health and was successful. However, Revenue Canada does not issue any ID cards and MB Health will not issue a new card to a non-resident, even for the purposes of identification, and none of the other places would change my information so I am currently ID-less. It is a very awkward feeling.

I can change my SIN (Americans, that's like your SSN) but only by sending in my ORIGINALS of my marriage certificate and birth certificate. So, in other words I can't do that because then I couldn't change anything else until they sent the originals back, which could take 6-10 weeks. I can't change my driver's licence except in person, although after explaining the situation numerous times they have said that they will try to let my dad do it if I fill out a mass of paperwork first, but that will also take weeks if it even happens. And I can't change the passport until I have at least one piece of legal ID in my new name. So...nothing. What the heck do I do now? I can't get any American ID until I have proper Canadian ID and I can't get any proper Canadian ID for, at minimum, a month, probably more like three.

I'm just baffled as to what to do here because I kept telling people on the phone that this could not be the first time this situation happened...but they tell me that it is. And regardless, most of them didn't give a shit. So, I guess I can cross this off my list for now! Grrrr!

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On a positive note, I love getting the mail now! Before the wedding I got several packages of stuff that I ordered for the wedding itself. Then now we have been getting wedding cards and birthday cards (Paul turns THIRTY on Sunday. Youngster). Plus we got a gift card for Target from my sister which I used to get some of that bedding that I posted pictures of a while ago. I ordered a mattress pad, sheets and pillowcases and for some reason they are sending them all separately so I get a neat new package every couple of days. PLUS, since we successfully paid off some of our debts we get the best letters now. Instead of 'YOU OWE US MONEY, YOU BASTARDS. THE LAWYERS ARE COMING. YOU ARE SCREWED!' we now get these one line letters that say things like 'your obligation toward us is fulfilled' and then I do a little dance. I've also been getting fantastic free samples lately which is always fun too so, yeah, yay, I like the mail now!