I recently changed a PO Box I've had for over 15 years, to another one at another post office.
While the account is in my name, I also use a pen name for some online publishing and correspondence (as well as have a credit card in that name, as a "secondary authorized user").
The problem is, as a result of 9/11, for each name listed for PO Box service, you now need two forms of ID, at least one of which is government issued with photo.
Needless to say, it isn't likely possible to get an official ID (particularly with photo), either for the pseudonym or as a co-ID, linking the two names——or is it?
Is there some process or special SSA or Homeland Security form——declaring under penalty of perjury——that one can declare the person and pseudonym are one and the same or even get a separate government ID card in that name (that the government knows is a pseudonym)?
If not, how do authors/writers, actors, performers, etc., deal with this problem?
I would think that writers, etc., that use pen/stage names get mail addressed to them that way at a PO Box, have bank accounts under that name, etc.
Again, I have no problem with the government knowing my actual name (as long as it's not public record available on the internet), and identity may be too strong a word—it is just the name itself that is different, not a separate "identity" (i.e., there isn't some pseudopersona, false-history with bogus credentials attached to the name). One suggestion I've heard is to set the name up as a DBA, though the problem with that is you have to provide a physical address and it is all public record (you may have to even publish it in the newspaper!)!![Cool :cool: :cool:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
That defeats the whole purpose!
Is there a FAQ addressing this issue?
Ӄαlνιη
While the account is in my name, I also use a pen name for some online publishing and correspondence (as well as have a credit card in that name, as a "secondary authorized user").
The problem is, as a result of 9/11, for each name listed for PO Box service, you now need two forms of ID, at least one of which is government issued with photo.
Needless to say, it isn't likely possible to get an official ID (particularly with photo), either for the pseudonym or as a co-ID, linking the two names——or is it?
Is there some process or special SSA or Homeland Security form——declaring under penalty of perjury——that one can declare the person and pseudonym are one and the same or even get a separate government ID card in that name (that the government knows is a pseudonym)?
If not, how do authors/writers, actors, performers, etc., deal with this problem?
I would think that writers, etc., that use pen/stage names get mail addressed to them that way at a PO Box, have bank accounts under that name, etc.
Again, I have no problem with the government knowing my actual name (as long as it's not public record available on the internet), and identity may be too strong a word—it is just the name itself that is different, not a separate "identity" (i.e., there isn't some pseudopersona, false-history with bogus credentials attached to the name). One suggestion I've heard is to set the name up as a DBA, though the problem with that is you have to provide a physical address and it is all public record (you may have to even publish it in the newspaper!)!
That defeats the whole purpose!
Is there a FAQ addressing this issue?
Ӄαlνιη