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Sophomore mistaken for green card holder of same name, issued faulty license by DMV
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Mazelle Etessami ’14 sat, awaiting her license test, in a California Department of Motor Vehicles office the morning of Jan. 23. Unlike most drivers, nathanson ’s/chronicle whose licenses Mazelle expire on the fifth Etessami’14 birthday after the date of application, Etessami received a license that expired less than a year after taking the test. “Initially I was confused because [my license] came three days after I
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passed, and my sister hadn’t gotten hers until at least a week after her test,” Etessami said. “So that was sort of suspicious.” She then noticed that the sticker indicating that she had registered as a blood and tissue donor, which was important to her, was not present on her license. Etessami’s mother called the DMV and was informed that their records showed that her sophomore daughter had a green card expiring on Nov. 25, the same day that the license was set to expire. “That doesn’t make any sense because I was born on the third floor of Cedars-Sinai and have never lived anywhere other than Los Angeles,” Etessami said. Etessami’s mother tried faxing her
daughter’s legal birth certificate to the Winnetka office, but she was told that she would have to come in and get a new license for her daughter. “I really don’t understand how they could have a date for my green card expiring and a number for the card and everything,” Etessami said. “Also if I were an immigrant I would have had to fill out so many extra forms which I clearly didn’t. It’s been a really funny story to tell because no one has heard of something like this happening.” According to the California DMV’s website, over 8 million driver licenses and identification cards are issued every year. Within that number, presumably, is an immigrant with a green card that expires next November holding a license with a donor card for a 16-yearold Mazelle Etessami.
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