KGanzert said:The best way to obtain a driver's license while waiting for your documents:
- First get an EAD ( even if you don't plan to work ).
- After you receive your EAD, get a SS#.
- Take with you the receipt letter from the immigration department saying that your status is pending to the DMV, together with your passport and SS#.
The letter from INS showing your pending status is very important! Please don't forget to take that to the DMV.
- When you talk to the DMV drones, don't show your EAD card unless they ask for it.
- If they ask for the EAD they will probably issue a driver's license for as long as the EAD is valid.
-If you don't show the EAD, they will issue a license for up to 7 years!! That's what happend to me. I didn't show my EAD and I got a 7 years license.
tjeff said:I got my DL for 5 years, and I didnt have ssn yet at that time and I only showed them my passport and my marriage license,I came here under tourist visa B2.
VLOP2003 said:Hey Is There Anyway To Get A Dl In Az If:
You Have Your Hs Diploma
If You Go To The Irs And Ask For The Tax Payer's Return With No Ssn
If You Have A Banking Account
I Dont Know .. Do You I Can Get A Dl If I Dont Have A Ssn But I Can Get A Chekings Account With Some Other Documents .. Do You Think With That I'll Prove My Ssn ??
And My Hs Diploma Will Prove My Residency And Also If I Have The Tax Payer's Will Help
Or There Is No Way To Get It??
Please I've Been Trying But There Is No Way Please Tell Me If I Can Do Ti Or There Is Some Other Ways To Do It?
VLOP2003 said:hey is there a way to get an arizona driver's license because the law here says that i can get a banking account BUT NOT a driver's license so i was wondering is there any possible way to get a DL with my bank account???..
VLOP2003 said:i mean having a bank account would help me to prove ssn (even if i dont have one), right? would that help??
VLOP2003 said:or if i have my HS diploma... i dont know does that help at all???
VLOP2003 said:or having a fake SSN would help to get a DL using the SSN to get a tax payer's id and show that in the MVD can i do that here in AZ or there is no hope at all???
VLOP2003 said:i've been here in AZ for the last 2 years and YES as an illegal i crossed the border with my visa b1/b2 and they dont even know im still in the country .. so i dont know.... im from mexico and i know for a fact that the INS is not gonna help so im trying to find ways to get a driver's license ......but honestly i dont know much about this deal... please help me and tell me if there any ANY way to do it.... thank you ... sincerely thanks!!
VLOP2003 said:requirments for the DL in AZ :
http://www.azdot.gov/mvd/formsandpub/viewPDF.asp?lngProductKey=1410&lngFormInfoKey=1410
is says that i can get one DL showing 3 documents listed under secondary and 1 MUST be under primary
so look i have my foreign passport listed under primary and i can go to the bank and ask for a bank account (listed under secondary) and i need one more right? so i can show the id from my HS right?? and that makes them 3 // now tell me if im crazy .... because its sounds to good to be true ... please someone tell me if i can do that to get a DL ?? in AZ .. AM I CRAZY?!?!?!
VLOP2003 said:thanks for that explanation .... i dont know .....is it worth trying?? can they away my passport and visa if i present it to the MVD ...?? because I DONT HAVE THE FORM I-94 because i crossed and they dont ask me for that i just crossed i have my visa but they dont even know im here.. does that help?
VLOP2003 said:thanks again !!! for all the info.
but even if i have a car and i know i can apply for my mexican DL .....i am IN NEED of one because i wanna go to college and that could help me alot to get in-state tuition so yes, i really need a US DL ... can i get a NM DL and drive in AZ during my college 2 years ?? because i live in AZ , i have everything in AZ ..... do you think that would work ???
amirali said:Hello,
Has anyone out there got a California driver's license with Form I797 - Notice of Approval.
On California DMV website it states that you can use Form I797 as An acceptable birth date/legal presence (BD/LP) document(s).
So has anyone gotten a Driver License using JUST form I797 only??
Please advise,
Thanks!!!!!!
JDM818 said:About CA, my driver's license just expired 10 days ago, and I have NO idea how to get it renewed. I'm here with a Tourist Visa. My I-94's expired, and I don't have a SS#. All I have is a passport and my old I-94 stub. When I was at the DMV, I tried to renew it and they told me I needed my passport or SS, but since my I-94 was expired I was afraid to show them. I'm just trying to get it taken care of before I leave again. I've applied for a license extention when I found out about it a week before it expired, and I still haven't heard about it.
Is there anything else I haven't done to get my license renewed? I really still need to drive before I leave.
Any help would be apprieciated.
Thanks...!
I see. Thanks.Karlshammar said:I am not sure why they require proof of legal presence. Usually they only do it the first time, though maybe they keep a record of when your status expires.
If your I-94 is expired you are here illegally and CA does not issue driver licenses to illegal aliens.
So if you are required to show proof of legal presence, unfortunately there is nothing you can do.
is there nothing at all for illegals? Are all the laws about DLs the same regarding social security..because i know California is very strictKarlshammar said:Congratulations!
Yeah, it's always worth trying. A friend of mine who was here without a visa (visa-waiver as a tourist) applied for a CA DL and got it. A lot of the people at the DMV don't know much about USCIS documents and will accept anything from the USCIS. He even got a regular, 5-year validity DL, and he had no SS#, he just got the paper from the SSA saying he's not eligible.