The US has no official ID card. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what it is you don't have, but the US doesn't have obligatory ID cards. If you want to drive or buy age-restricted materials, sure, but to the best of my knowledge Americans are under no obligation to carry an ID card. This whole argument about ID Cards is stupid. Repressive Police dreaming of Orwell's 1984 strongly say that if you are honest , you have no worries.
Most people know each other anyway.
Dave Shea, Penge United Kingdom Ireland does not have ID cards. Obtaining such a permit is an elaborate procedure requiring up up 8 hours. Michelle Groarke, Munich Germany I doubt if South Africa has them - too much a reminder of the pass laws. And it's hard to imagine that nations as large as India or China would be able to have them or to afford the bureaucracies necessry to run them. I found that it helps if you get to the Einwohnermeldeamt before it opens, so you're not stuck behind hoardes of people.