The "Impossible-to-Complete" form

Started by TehBorken, Apr 25 11 07:20

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TehBorken

[font face="Verdana"]Here we go... :(
   
 [/font]The U.S. Dept of State is proposing a new Biographical Questionnaire for  passport applicants: proposed new Form DS-5513 asks for all addresses  since birth; lifetime employment history, personal details of siblings;  mother's addresses prior to your birth; any "religious ceremony" around  time of birth, circumstances of birth including names (as well as  addresses/phone numbers) of persons present, & more. Failure to  answer can mean denial of passport, & govt reserves right to use  this info for 'routine uses.'
 
 Just call it the "Impossible-to-Complete" form and be done with it.  Seriously, do you know all of your mother's addresses prior to your  birth? I don't, I couldn't even guess.  Do you know the addresses and  phone numbers of the persons present at your birth? I don't.
 
 Unable to provide the phone number of your first supervisor when you were a  teenager working at McDonalds? That would be a legitimate basis for denial of a  passport to a U.S. citizen.    
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Gopher

Superb! How long before every other country adopts this wonderful form?
A fool's paradise is better than none.