Question: I need to get state ID. Can you print information about where to go and what papers to take, plus how much it will cost?
Answer: You indicated that you are a U.S. citizen who lives on Oahu, so we’ll focus on providing information for that applicant category.
You must apply in person at a driver licensing office, not a satellite city hall. You must present a completed application and original or certified copies of documents that prove your legal name, date of birth, Social Security number, that you are in the U.S. legally and that you reside primarily in Hawaii (we’ll list more information on acceptable documents in a bit). The cost is $40, payable by cash, check, Visa, MasterCard or Discover card, according to the city website.
There are five driver’s license/state of Hawaii ID offices on Oahu. All but the Waianae office are open Monday through Friday (except holidays) from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Waianae office is open only Tuesdays and Thursdays, according to the city website.
>> City Square-Main Station: 1199 Dillingham Blvd. in Honolulu
>> Koolau: 47-388 Hui Iwa St. in Kaneohe
>> Kapolei: 1000 Uluohia St. in Kapolei
>> Wahiawa: 330 N. Cane St. in Wahiawa
>> Waianae: 85-670 Farring- ton Highway in Waianae
You indicated that you lack Internet access, so you can pick up a hard copy of the application in the driver licensing office. The application also is available as a fill-able PDF at 808ne.ws/1mVYBJX.
AS FOR acceptable identifying documents, a list of commonly accepted ones follows. Any one is enough per category, except for proving Hawaii residency, which requires two documents. (For online users, an interactive guide walks applicants through this step; find it at www2.honolulu.gov/documentguide.)
>> Legal name: birth certificate, U.S. passport or marriage certificate
>> Date of birth: birth certificate, U.S. passport or driver’s license
>> Legal presence (showing that you are lawfully in the United States): birth certificate or U.S. passport
>> Social Security number: Social Security card, W-2 form or 1099 form
>> Hawaii principal residence: Voter registration card, pay statement, utility bill or bank statement (two documents are required for this category)
All documents must be valid and current, and your name must be consistent on each.
We’ll emphasize that notarized copies and faxes are not accepted; only originals or certified copies.
The city lists other acceptable documents, as well as other information about getting a state ID, at www.honolulu.gov/csd/stateid.html.
Q: Will China be invited to participate in the 2016 RIMPAC exercise out of Pearl Harbor?
A: China has already been invited, a U.S. Navy spokeswoman confirmed. She declined to say much more than that.
“All 21 nations that participated with the United States in Rim of the Pacific 2014 have been formally invited to return for RIMPAC 2016. We are still in the very early stages of the planning process so it would be inappropriate for me to confirm participating units this far in advance,” said Lt. Julianne Holland, a deputy public affairs officer with Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet. The 3rd Fleet, based in San Diego, is part of the U.S. Pacific Command.
RIMPAC, the world’s largest international maritime military exercise, is held biennially in June and July of even-numbered years. It is hosted by the U.S. Pacific Fleet, which is based at Pearl Harbor.
The 2014 exercise included 49 ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel that massed in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. China participated for the first time that year.
Mahalo
I want to thank the four young men who picked me up and walked me to my car after I fell in a parking lot in front of a grocery store in Ewa Beach on Feb. 7. They were very helpful and I want to say mahalo and aloha.
— Diane Bollet
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