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"Overview of States' Driver's License Requirements" Chart Updated

Immigrants' Rights Update, Vol. 20, Issue 7, December 6, 2006


     NILC's Tyler Moran recently updated her "Overview of States' Driver's License Requirements" chart, which lists the states that fall into the following categories:

  • States that require a Social Security number (SSN) for a driver's license with no exceptions.

  • States that require an SSN for a driver's license only of people who have been assigned one or are eligible for one.

  • States that have lawful presence requirements in the law.

  • States that have lawful presence requirements that are created by agency policy or the combination of documents required of driver’s license applicants.

  • States that do not have lawful presence requirements.

  • States that accept the ITIN as an alternative to the SSN.

  • States that accept the matrícula consular or other foreign ID card as a form of ID.

  • States that require that the driver’s license expire with an immigrant’s visa.

     More information about state and federal driver's license–related legislation and policy that affects immigrants is available on the "Immigrants and Driver's Licenses" page of our website.

 

 

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