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Department of Transportation wisconsindmv.gov page 1 of 4 Acceptable Documents for a Wisconsin Driver License or Identification Card Application BDS316 1/2021

When applying for an original Minimum stay requirements Free ID and Identification (first) Wisconsin instruction permit, for temporary visitors Card Petition Process (IDPP) driver license or identification (non-immigrants) Getting a free ID for voting is card (ID), you must provide Legal presence documents must easy even if you do not have acceptable documents showing: show a minimum stay of: the documentation to get a y Proof of U.S. citizenship, legal y More than 12 months total regular Wisconsin ID! permanent resident status, legal OR more than 6 months y Go to the DMV to apply conditional resident status or remaining at the time of y Bring the following, if available: legal presence in the U.S. application for a driver license. » Proof of Name and Date of Birth y Proof of your name y More than 6 months total (such as birth certificate) and date of birth. OR more than 3 months » Proof of Identity y Proof of identity. remaining at the time of (Social Security card, / y Proof of Wisconsin residency application for a ID card. card, etc.) if you are 18 years of age or » Wisconsin Residency older (two proofs required for If you legally change (Utility bill, government REAL ID compliant card). your name, first update your mail, lease, etc.) » y Provide Social Security number. name with the Social Security Proof of U.S. Citizenship Administration and wait 48 hours (U.S. birth certificate or » If you are not eligible for a citizenship paperwork) Social Security number, you before going to the DMV. » Social Security Number must sign form MV3741, Social When you visit the DMV to change y If you don’t have all or any of Security Number Non-Eligibility your name on your driver license these, you can still get an ID Certification Statement. or ID card, you must present for voting. Just bring what you proof of your name change. have to the DMV, fill out 2 Information for all documents Acceptable documents are: y Documents presented as proof forms and you will get a photo y must be original. Photocopies Certified marriage certificate ID document in the mail that are not acceptable. y Certified record of divorce you can use in time for voting. y Documents with a photograph y Certified court order y Once enrolled in IDPP, DMV of a person will be accepted y Valid unexpired U.S. passport will work with you to identify only when the person issued in your current name any remaining documents is readily recognizable needed to continue with the from the photograph. REAL ID driver license and verification of your application. y The Department will decline to ID card applicants y Once your application accept any document presented y If you present a valid, unexpired materials are fully completed if it has reason to suspect the U.S. passport in your current and DMV has verified your authenticity of the document. name, you do not need information, you will be issued y Questionable documents to present documents to a Wisconsin Identification card. require additional review. prove past name changes. y A valid document is one y If you do not present a valid, that is not expired. unexpired U.S. passport in your current name, you must present documents to prove each name change from birth to present. page 2 of 4 Acceptable Documents for a Wisconsin Driver License or ID Card application

Acceptable Documents for Proof of Legal Presence FOR REAL ID COMPLIANT CARDS 6. U.S. Certificate of 14. Transportation Worker Naturalization (federal Identification Credential 1. Valid U.S. passport form N-550) (TWIC card) issued by or passport card 7. U.S. Certificate of Citizenship DHS/Transportation 2. U.S. State or local government (federal form N-560) Security Administration issued certificate of birth 15. U.S. Department of State (certified copy only; birth 8. Unexpired foreign passport with a valid unexpired U.S. reception and placement registration and hospital program assurance form certificates are not acceptable). visa affixed accompanied by the approved I-94 form (refugee version) which shall In accordance with Puerto include or be accompanied Rican law, as of October documenting your most recent admittance into the U.S. by federal form I-94, arrival 30, 2010 Wisconsin will not and departure record accept any Puerto Rican 9. Unexpired employment birth certificate certified authorization document 16. Documentary proof before July 1, 2010. More (federal form I-688B or I-766) specified in s.343.14(2)(es), information at www.pr.gov. which is successfully verified Stats, that is approved by the federal authority 3. If you obtained U.S. citizenship through the DHS/USCIS a. Valid foreign passport through the adoption process Systematic Alien Verification for containing a valid non- (Child Citizenship Act of Entitlements Program (SAVE) immigrant visa and I-94, 2000), and you do not possess arrival and departure record a valid U.S. passport, you FOR NON-COMPLIANT CARDS may provide evidence of U.S. b. Valid foreign passport citizenship with the following Everything from the REAL ID containing an expired non- immigrant visa and I-94, documents (please note that compliant list above, or: a Certification of Birth Facts is arrival and departure record not an acceptable document): 10. Valid foreign passport with c. Pending or approved appropriate application for asylum » Proof of finalized documents, which shall in the adoption and, include or be accompanied d. Valid re-entry into the » Foreign passport from your by federal form I-94, arrival United States in refugee country of birth (valid or and departure record. status I-327 or I-571 expired), which may include Note: The appropriate e. Pending or approved the temporary I-551 stamp or, immigration documents application for temporary » I-551 Permanent Resident determine legal presence, protected status in card from the time that not the passport itself. the United States you entered the U.S. 11. Valid Temporary Resident I.D. f. Approved deferred action 4. Consular Report of card (federal form I-688) status (including the U.S. Birth Abroad 12. Valid refugee travel document Department of Homeland 5. Valid I-551, Permanent Resident (federal form I-571) Security’s Deferred Action for card issued by the Department 13. Notice of Action Childhood Arrivals program) of Homeland Security (federal form I-797) or a pending application for (DHS)/U.S. Citizenship and Note: Document must adjustment of status to legal immigration Services (USCIS). provide conclusive proof permanent resident status or Note: Non-expiring I-551 of legal presence and be conditional resident status. documents issued from 1977 accompanied by other to 1989 are acceptable. supporting documentation.

If you are not a U.S. citizen, you must present proof of legal presence every time you apply for a new card. page 3 of 4 Acceptable Documents for a Wisconsin Driver License or ID Card application

Acceptable Documents for Proof of Name and Date of Birth FOR REAL ID COMPLIANT CARDS 5. U.S. Certificate of Naturalization 10. A Wisconsin driver license (federal form N-550) bearing your photograph 1. Valid U.S. passport or passport card 6. Certificate of U.S. Citizenship 11. A Wisconsin identification (federal form N-560) card issued under §.343.50, 2. Certified birth certificate or bearing your photograph equivalent document from the 7. Unexpired Employment state, territory, or certificate Authorization document 12. Federal I-94 Arrival/Departure of birth abroad issued by U.S. (I-688B or I-766) Record (Parole or Refugee Dept. of State (federal forms 8. Unexpired foreign passport version) and MV3002 FS-545 or DS-1350). In with a valid unexpired U.S., 13. A federal temporary resident accordance with Puerto Rican visa affixed, accompanied card or employment law, as of October 30, 2010 by the approved I-94 form authorization card Wisconsin will not accept documenting your most recent (federal form I-688, I-688A) any Puerto Rican birth admittance into the U.S. 14. Native American Identification certificate certified before July card issued in Wisconsin FOR NON-COMPLIANT CARDS 1, 2010. More information at 15. Court order with your full www.pr.gov Canadian birth Everything from the REAL ID name, date of birth and court certificates are not acceptable. seal. (This does not include Compliant list above, or: 3. Consular Report of an abstract of criminal Birth Abroad 9. A foreign passport with federal or civil convictions). 4. Valid I-551, Permanent I-551 resident alien registration 16. Armed forces of the U.S. Resident card issued by receipt card or federal I-94 ID card issued to military DHS/USCIS. arrival and departure record personnel; Common Access Note: Non-expiring I-551 that identifies your first and card or DD Form 2. documents issued from 1977 last names, and your day, to 1989 are acceptable. month and year of birth

Acceptable Documents for Proof of Identity — FOR REAL ID COMPLIANT and NON-COMPLIANT CARDS The following is a non-exhaustive list of documents acceptable as proof of identity. Per Trans 102.15 (4)(a), any original and authentic document identifying the person by name and bearing the person’s signature, a reproduction of the person’s signature, or a photograph of the person is acceptable. 1. A valid (or expired eight years 7. A parent or guardian having legal 13. Social Security Administration or less) photo driver license custody identifies person under SSA 1099 form or photo ID card issued by the age of 18 and the parent or 14. Non SSA 1099 form Wisconsin or another jurisdiction, guardian shows a valid Wisconsin 15. Paystub with your name except a province of the driver license or ID card and entire Social Security Dominion of 8. Transportation Worker number listed 2. U.S. passport or passport card Identification Credential 16. Or provide BOTH of the valid or expired 5 years or less (TWIC card), issued by DHS/ following documents: and issued at age 16 or older Transportation Security a. An unexpired foreign passport 3. Military discharge papers Administration with a valid unexpired U.S. including certified copy of federal 9. A valid photo ID card from any visa affixed, accompanied form DD-214 U.S. university, college, technical by the approved I-94 form 4. U.S. government and military college or high school. The card documenting your most dependent identification card must contain your name and recent admittance into 5. Marriage Certificate or certified photograph. the United States copy of Judgment of Divorce 10. Unexpired temporary driver b. A document to demonstrate 6. Documents permitted under license or ID card receipt, a non-work authorized status proof of name and date of birth, including receipts from other 17. A government-issued product if it bears your photograph jurisdictions from a federal, state, or 11. Social Security card issued by the city agency with the applicant’s Social Security Administration name and signature. 12. W-2 form including your name, 18. DOC Offender ID Card with address and Social Security number photograph and full name listed. page 4 of 4 Acceptable Documents for a Wisconsin Driver License or ID Card application

Acceptable Documents for Proof of Wisconsin Residency FOR REAL ID COMPLIANT and The following documents must 14. A photo identification NON-COMPLIANT CARDS be originals. Printed electronic card issued by a Wisconsin copies are not acceptable. accredited university, All documents for proof of Wisconsin college or technical college 9. Deed/title, mortgage, that contains the photo residency must contain your name rental/lease agreement for and address of student and current Wisconsin address. Wisconsin property (lease REAL ID compliant cards require must include your landlord’s 15. Employee photo ID card two (2) proofs of residency. name and phone number) issued by current employer 16. Tribal identification card Printed electronic copies 10. Government-issued 17. Homeless Shelter are acceptable for the correspondence or product Documentation. following documents. issued from a federal, state, county or city agency Documentation from a 1. Paycheck, stub or earning (original or certified copy) homeless shelter or social statement with your employer’s a. Benefit statements and service organization providing name and address enrollment confirmation services to homeless individuals. 2. Utility bill for water, gas, letters regarding programs The letter should identify the electricity or land-line such as Quest or Forward are individual, describe the location, telephone service. Includes acceptable for beneficiaries include the address for the cable and internet services and their dependents, person to accept mail and be 3. Mobile phone bill but the cards are not. on letterhead signed by a social services representative. 4. Financial statements: bank b. Change of address confirmation statement for a checking, letters from USPS 18. Wisconsin driver license or ID card (can be expired) savings, money market or c. Unexpired concealed with your current Wisconsin brokerage account; credit card carry license address on the card statement or loan statement 11. Department of Corrections 19. Parent or guardian may present for auto, or personal documentation: Letters their Wisconsin driver license 5. Valid Wisconsin hunting from probation/parole or ID card. Address on record or fishing license agents on letterhead must match with the child’s 6. Medical billing statement 12. Report card, school transcript current address on record from doctor or hospital or certified school record for people under age 26. 7. Service welcome letters: 13. College enrollment includes bank, credit documentation or Form 2019, card, utility and others Certificate of Eligibility for 8. Insurance documents for Exchange Visitor (J-1) Status, auto, health, home, life and with a current Wisconsin rental: may include welcome address. Includes college letters, billing statements acceptance letters, financial or explanation of benefits aid documentation or tuition statement