espencer85
Registered Users (C)
Hi i hope you can help me with my problem and the situation is
this
I live in St. Louis Missouri and i went to the DMV here to apply for a
drivers license, i pass the test and they gave me my drivers
examination record to take to the Department of Revenue but they didnt
accept my papers and they didnt want to give me a drivers license and
here its why:
I'm mexican and i married a US citizen, i have my marriage certificate
(with i know is not helpful for this case, and i applied for a
permantent resident status (i-485 wich i have proof of)
I went to 2 Departments of revenue and in the 1st one they told me that
since my I-94 was expired they could not give me a license, i explained
that since i'm married i dont have to ask for another i-94 and that i have
proof that i'm adjusting my status but they didnt listen
In the second one they told me that if i'm not US citizen the ONLY
legal document they accept is the permanent resident card since they
have to take a copy of it with an alien number and the expiration date,
I did a research and in the DOR web page says that if i'm an applicant for
adjustment of status (which is exactly what i am) i can ask for a
driver license and also in every department of revenue they have a big
poster wall saying that if i'm not a US citizen i should give proof of
my lawful presence by showing an immigration paper with the current
status OR AN APLICATION OF ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS
I asked the manager in the second DOR that if its saying in the wall
that i could show an aplication of adjustment of status (wich i was
having in my hand at that moment) as proof of lawful presence why they
dont want to accept mine, she just said "i dont know, we just accept
permanent resident cards"
I told her that what about an US Employment Authorization Document?
(wich even when i'm approved with and they sent it by mail to me now i
dont have to show it since like i said before in your webpage and in
the walls of every DOR says that if i have proof of adjusting my status
i can apply for a drivers license) she said no, i asked what about a US
social security card and she said no too
So the documents that i have are:
1.-Mexican passport (wich is proof of identity)
2.-Proof of Residency
2.-An USCIS notice saying that right now i'm applying for adjustment of
status (I-485), it doesnt says i was approved or denied because that
would be a permanet resident card and i would not have to be writing
right now but as it says in page 4 of documents required for a drivers
license if i am an APPLICANT for adjustment of status i am then
elegible for one and the documents i have to show are and i quote
"immigration document indicating status" (i-485 wich says APPLICATION
to register permanet residence OR ADJUST STATUS) AND one of the
following: employment authorization document (wich even when mine is in
the mail right now they told me they wont accept) or a passport
So as you can see i have all the requirements for a drivers license but
the people in the DOR dont want to give me one for one or another
reason but is maybe is because like the manager of the 2nd one said she
just doenst know
Hope you can help me with my case, thank you
this
I live in St. Louis Missouri and i went to the DMV here to apply for a
drivers license, i pass the test and they gave me my drivers
examination record to take to the Department of Revenue but they didnt
accept my papers and they didnt want to give me a drivers license and
here its why:
I'm mexican and i married a US citizen, i have my marriage certificate
(with i know is not helpful for this case, and i applied for a
permantent resident status (i-485 wich i have proof of)
I went to 2 Departments of revenue and in the 1st one they told me that
since my I-94 was expired they could not give me a license, i explained
that since i'm married i dont have to ask for another i-94 and that i have
proof that i'm adjusting my status but they didnt listen
In the second one they told me that if i'm not US citizen the ONLY
legal document they accept is the permanent resident card since they
have to take a copy of it with an alien number and the expiration date,
I did a research and in the DOR web page says that if i'm an applicant for
adjustment of status (which is exactly what i am) i can ask for a
driver license and also in every department of revenue they have a big
poster wall saying that if i'm not a US citizen i should give proof of
my lawful presence by showing an immigration paper with the current
status OR AN APLICATION OF ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS
I asked the manager in the second DOR that if its saying in the wall
that i could show an aplication of adjustment of status (wich i was
having in my hand at that moment) as proof of lawful presence why they
dont want to accept mine, she just said "i dont know, we just accept
permanent resident cards"
I told her that what about an US Employment Authorization Document?
(wich even when i'm approved with and they sent it by mail to me now i
dont have to show it since like i said before in your webpage and in
the walls of every DOR says that if i have proof of adjusting my status
i can apply for a drivers license) she said no, i asked what about a US
social security card and she said no too
So the documents that i have are:
1.-Mexican passport (wich is proof of identity)
2.-Proof of Residency
2.-An USCIS notice saying that right now i'm applying for adjustment of
status (I-485), it doesnt says i was approved or denied because that
would be a permanet resident card and i would not have to be writing
right now but as it says in page 4 of documents required for a drivers
license if i am an APPLICANT for adjustment of status i am then
elegible for one and the documents i have to show are and i quote
"immigration document indicating status" (i-485 wich says APPLICATION
to register permanet residence OR ADJUST STATUS) AND one of the
following: employment authorization document (wich even when mine is in
the mail right now they told me they wont accept) or a passport
So as you can see i have all the requirements for a drivers license but
the people in the DOR dont want to give me one for one or another
reason but is maybe is because like the manager of the 2nd one said she
just doenst know
Hope you can help me with my case, thank you