Stodgord said:
I think it was his responsibility to prove to the government who he was and not for the government to prove. If it took 11 years is because he allowed it to be somehow. In the US, if the computer says I am dead I must prove the government that I am alive by providing substantiated proof. Me moving around and looking alive is not a valid proof. Samething in the DR, you must pay and provide substantiated proof of who you are before you get any type of offical document.
Something I forgot to mention earlier...
If this guy served in the US military, then why didn't he contact the appropriate agency to obtain copies of his records??
Why didn't he contact both the state he served in and also the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis?
Unless you are a veteran who served 40 years ago and "lost" your records in the big fire at St. Louis in 1973, it's easy to get access to your records, specifically your 201 file.
In either case, all you have to do is submit a Special Form (SF) 180 via fax or mail.
(For all you laypersons, a 201 file is basically a record of all of your military documents, such as enlistment contracts, promotions, unit changes, etc. )
And in every service member's 201 file, there are also copies of enlistment documents, i.e., birth certificate, social sercurity card, drivers license.
There is also an SF 86 which is the form used by the Defense Security Services (DSS) to initiate background checks and security clearances.
EVERY service member, from cook to fighter pilot, has filled one out at least once. Not every service member has a security clearance but every single person in the armed forces has to have, at a minimum, a background check conducted by DSS.
Although the waiting period may be a bit lengthy, i.e., 90 - 120 days, there is no way in hell that it would take 11 years.
So if anyone can give me a reason why this guy couldn't produce verification to resolve this situation, then I would be most interested in hearng it.
I'm sorry but this guy is a real moron. Probably was an 11B.
I don't buy for one second that he couldn't gets his hands upon his personnel records.
Somewhere out there, a village is missing their idiot...