Over the past couple of years we have been faced with non-US persons providing the bank with invalid Ids. Well, invalid for our account opening and transactional purposes. What I am wondering, is where these darned things come from. Some of them even tout, "Legal identification" and "This Id card was issued pursuant to certified documentation and is compliance with state and federal requirements.". They are all photo Ids.

I figure that there is some fly-by-night shop that is selling these Id's to immigrants, but after they realize that these Ids are not generally accepted, why would they keep buying them? Why doesn't the govt try to shut these shops down?

The two we have received are "USAID Systems" and "US. ID Card Inc." Anyone have any experience with these?

We've seen a few of them. Apparently some of those packing and mailing chain stores were selling them. After researching a little bit, we determined that they actually asked for some good source documents - birth certificate, voter ID card (a good Mexican ID), etc. when issuing the cards.

We will not accept them, but point out to the person presenting them that the information they gave the mailbox place would be what a government agency (either in Mexico or the US) would ask for to issue a valid ID - and to get one of those and come back to us.

Seemed that the word got around pretty fast in our border communities - we haven't seen one in a while.

I had to post this. While doing some research on one of these companies, I came across this website. It is a Lottery for illegal immigrants to enter in the hopes of winning a greencard. This is awful. Take a look at the fees.

USA Green Card

The cards state on the bottom "Non-Government".
The Attorney General in Oregon has some information as well on this.
We do not allow this to be used as id.
The web site advertises these for $60, however the
people presenting them are paying $160 locally.

Do you mean that complaints have been filed with the attorney general or that information is available to the public through his office? I checked out his website and I did not find any material on this subject.

Here is the link: "These cards are mere novelty items and have absolutely no legal effect."