TWICcard

Let's just say that this program is yet another shining example of a incompetent government monstrosity. You will be dealing with not 1 but 2 of these entities. The TSA and the DHS. 1st if you do not have a document listed in column A and need to provide 2 documents from column B, you will immediately be met with, "you need a document from column A." Yes I know they say column B is sufficient, but it is not. I was a military brat born in the canal zone, and any educated person will know that this was US turf in the early 70's. Unfortunately for me, the poor clerk I was dealing with could not grasp that the canal zone was given over to the country of Panama in the late 70's. **facepalm #1.** So when I provided a military DD 214 AND a valid drivers license, I was told that this was not enough information. So, they were not even following the protocols they listed. **facepalm #2** So the remedy was that I had to spend $130.00 bucks for a passport I will likely never use just to get this TWIC card. This process has been so much of a cluster, it is laughable. My advice is to take a couple asprin before diving into this project because it will be a drawn out process completely encumbered by idiots. Time line: Replacement social security card-2 weeks minimum. Passport-4-6 weeks if lucky. TWIC card-at least 72 days. 18 week process. If you have ever had a legal oops (which I have not) prepare for it to take even longer.