Hopeless loss of Identity: Legal Advice Please?

I'm here seeking help for a friend.





He is 27, lost his license, SS Card, Birth Certificate, carries no Med Insurance, Lost his car title, No Passport.





He recently got a Certificate with his brother's help. Went to DPS to get a new ID: License suspended. Must have two supporting documents to obtain an State ID.





Mind you, this is not responsible behavior, but we're trying to turn it around.





School Records require photo ID, as do vehicle titles. Social Security requires photo ID, and we are left in this vicious circle.





How can he obtain a official photo ID? Needs it for employment and obtaining housing.





There has got to be a way. People lose all their belongings in house fires and incidents, and they have to be able to regain identity... but how?Hopeless loss of Identity: Legal Advice Please?
People do lose all in a house fire and such but they also have bank records, insurance records and such. To the point where you can schedule an interview with DPS.





I went through this whole flippin nightmare once. DPS (DMV where I live) would not give me a new ID without certain things... particularly a photo ID. Social security won't give you a new card without it as well. Same with everything. Every agaency wants something from another so no way out.





I hit on getting a passport. Now they talk about what they call ';pocket clutter';. Library card, bank statements, paystubs and all of that. Voter registration card mailed to your address and such. Did that.





When I got there they were not interested in that. There is a form where a family member can certify that they have known you for five years and they show ID themselves. You will want to go to the State Department site (passports) and look at all of that.





Once he has a passport he will be able to rebuild all easily.





I was amazed that the State Dept. would give me a passport (the uber ID) and DMV wouldn't. I went back to DMV with my passport and all was well. For employment you only have to show a passport... nothing else.Hopeless loss of Identity: Legal Advice Please?
If he was born here in the USA, find people who know him, especially aunts, uncles etc. Also, go to the hospital where he was born. his doctor, the IRS if he has filed an income tax return. Get the people to write a letter verifying they have known this person, any medical records will also help. Having a brother, with, records of his own, a DNA to prove he iS his brother. If he is working and has a work badge, and has been there for sometime, ask the company to put a picture of him on the badge. You say he lost his car title - then his insruance company should have some records on that. If he still has the car,the VIN number can be used to verify the car's owner etc. Does he have any pictures of himself at all? Say with your family and friends? Something here, doesn't seem right though. Anyone loosing all his documentation, there HAS to be a paper trail. When he lost all this stuff, why didn't he go to the Police and tell them? You say, No passport. Sounds to me this is all about his license! Need more information please!