I have gone through so many dreamless nights over some utter BS provision by the state, so I feel your pain deeply on this. My husband's Thailand ID was almost certainly stolen by his brother (who is if extended family lore is to be believed back in jail again. Thankfully, by the way) but the entire situation is a gigantic mess. At the same time I cannot access the system to even try to make my husband a tourist visa to come to America (US immigrant visa processing was suspended by Trump in January from Thailand and 74 other countries). I've tried dozens of times with near as many different error screens. Mass confusion reigns as digital ID takes over.
There are presently no choices for me to make. Though I continue to search, at present I live at the whim of the system.
Unless one pays for a service such as Life Lock, which as far as I know, did not exist in 2000, the most common way one learns that they are a victim of ID theft is when they have some interaction with an entity that requires proof of one’s identity. In my case, renewing my driver’s license. Once a victim of ID theft, nothing is the same. I could no longer renew my DL as I did before. As my ID is flagged as stolen, the DMV needs several days to verify I am me before they can issue a new DL is one example.
When it was discovered that my ID was stolen by my brother, the DMV notified the sheriff of the county then lived in to be arrested. This happened just before I was to leave town for my first post graduation job and then off to Japan. Given that the sheriff had been contacted and I was soon to be overseas, I naively believed that the departure and entry stamps in my passport would shield me from any liability criminals incurred under my name. Given the difficulties I had renewing my own driver’s license, in should be impossible for him to steel my identity again. It’s the same person. He is known to the system.
However, it at not be him, or more likely, not only him. As my parents’ home is my home of record, my parents still receive mail addressed to me. The U.S. Gov has informed me through them that my service record had been part of at least three data security breeches. Before placed behind a pay wall, years ago I began occasional searches of myself online. I learned many fascinating things about myself. I learned that I had been divorced three times. Had at least 3 children. Professional and trade certificates issued under my name and SSN# in states I have never been to. What concerned me after the passport revocation provision was snuck into a bill and not discovered by House Republicans who had caught it during at least 5 earlier attempts was that I also saw that there lawsuits and more importantly, liens against me.
If the government believes anyone owes $50,000 or more to them for whatever reason, they are to pull that person’s passport. The only way to resolve it is to first pay the debt, then sue the government in court for a refund. Until the debt is paid to the government, no passport. Image the abuse this allows. Imagine the further jeopardy all we who have had our identities stolen are put in.
Now, even though I was eventually “caught” for not paying into the pension system here, I am caught up as far as legally required but it looks like the Japanese government can now still use the fact that I was in arrears to revoke my permanent residence visa. The speed this new government is moving on these issues is uncharacteristic.
At present, I see no way to rectify any of these issues.
I have never been an anarchist, however, if governments refuse to hold themselves to the rules and refrain from changing law at the detriment of those who were and would remain law abiding, what purpose do they serve?
It's hard to imagine, accept and understand how a brother could/can/continue abusing family.
I have just such a cousin.
He abused his mother, wives (exes in turn), siblings and children across decades of unfathomable crimes. Although I gathered data supporting circumstancial evidence… No one would help me expose him to prosecution and when my aunt died, my will to “get” him died too.
Sadly, for me, it is not hard at all. This is who he is and always was. Not a serious collector, but whenever I got a wheat penny or a buffalo head nickel and other such coinage or bills as change or payment on my paper route as a kid, I would keep them. He stole them and gave them classmates, apparently in an effort to buy friends. I recently learned that he stole the entirety of our parent's pay one month and handed it out to school mates at school. My mom learned of this from a phone call from the school. He is a pathological liar. Not a single thing he says can be taken at face value. He owes his own daughter a huge sum of money, threatened threatened to "call the law" on her for taking her childhood photographs with her when she left home. In short, he is white trash and has long been thus.
I have gone through so many dreamless nights over some utter BS provision by the state, so I feel your pain deeply on this. My husband's Thailand ID was almost certainly stolen by his brother (who is if extended family lore is to be believed back in jail again. Thankfully, by the way) but the entire situation is a gigantic mess. At the same time I cannot access the system to even try to make my husband a tourist visa to come to America (US immigrant visa processing was suspended by Trump in January from Thailand and 74 other countries). I've tried dozens of times with near as many different error screens. Mass confusion reigns as digital ID takes over.
I'm sure there's a better way
How can you prove ID theft?
I hope the facts reveal your innocence soon enough to help your choices.
Prayers for you 🙏
There are presently no choices for me to make. Though I continue to search, at present I live at the whim of the system.
Unless one pays for a service such as Life Lock, which as far as I know, did not exist in 2000, the most common way one learns that they are a victim of ID theft is when they have some interaction with an entity that requires proof of one’s identity. In my case, renewing my driver’s license. Once a victim of ID theft, nothing is the same. I could no longer renew my DL as I did before. As my ID is flagged as stolen, the DMV needs several days to verify I am me before they can issue a new DL is one example.
When it was discovered that my ID was stolen by my brother, the DMV notified the sheriff of the county then lived in to be arrested. This happened just before I was to leave town for my first post graduation job and then off to Japan. Given that the sheriff had been contacted and I was soon to be overseas, I naively believed that the departure and entry stamps in my passport would shield me from any liability criminals incurred under my name. Given the difficulties I had renewing my own driver’s license, in should be impossible for him to steel my identity again. It’s the same person. He is known to the system.
However, it at not be him, or more likely, not only him. As my parents’ home is my home of record, my parents still receive mail addressed to me. The U.S. Gov has informed me through them that my service record had been part of at least three data security breeches. Before placed behind a pay wall, years ago I began occasional searches of myself online. I learned many fascinating things about myself. I learned that I had been divorced three times. Had at least 3 children. Professional and trade certificates issued under my name and SSN# in states I have never been to. What concerned me after the passport revocation provision was snuck into a bill and not discovered by House Republicans who had caught it during at least 5 earlier attempts was that I also saw that there lawsuits and more importantly, liens against me.
If the government believes anyone owes $50,000 or more to them for whatever reason, they are to pull that person’s passport. The only way to resolve it is to first pay the debt, then sue the government in court for a refund. Until the debt is paid to the government, no passport. Image the abuse this allows. Imagine the further jeopardy all we who have had our identities stolen are put in.
Now, even though I was eventually “caught” for not paying into the pension system here, I am caught up as far as legally required but it looks like the Japanese government can now still use the fact that I was in arrears to revoke my permanent residence visa. The speed this new government is moving on these issues is uncharacteristic.
At present, I see no way to rectify any of these issues.
I have never been an anarchist, however, if governments refuse to hold themselves to the rules and refrain from changing law at the detriment of those who were and would remain law abiding, what purpose do they serve?
It's hard to imagine, accept and understand how a brother could/can/continue abusing family.
I have just such a cousin.
He abused his mother, wives (exes in turn), siblings and children across decades of unfathomable crimes. Although I gathered data supporting circumstancial evidence… No one would help me expose him to prosecution and when my aunt died, my will to “get” him died too.
I hope you get justice.
Sadly, for me, it is not hard at all. This is who he is and always was. Not a serious collector, but whenever I got a wheat penny or a buffalo head nickel and other such coinage or bills as change or payment on my paper route as a kid, I would keep them. He stole them and gave them classmates, apparently in an effort to buy friends. I recently learned that he stole the entirety of our parent's pay one month and handed it out to school mates at school. My mom learned of this from a phone call from the school. He is a pathological liar. Not a single thing he says can be taken at face value. He owes his own daughter a huge sum of money, threatened threatened to "call the law" on her for taking her childhood photographs with her when she left home. In short, he is white trash and has long been thus.