In Michigan you need a) something with your SSN (SSN card, W2, or pay stub), b) proof of legal presence (birth certificate, passport, naturalization card, or whatever documentation you have if you're foreign), c) proof of identity, and depending on how convincing you may need more than one (I remember using my passport, old California driver's license, and a school ID for that, although it turned out any two of those would have sufficed), and d) proof of state residency (utility bills, lease, mortgage, etc.). In my case I didn't have my SSN card, either, so I brought a pay stub, a passport, a California driver's license, as many school IDs from various schools as I could find, and the title deed to my condo. Oh, and the only allowance they make for minors here is that the proof-of-state-residency can be in their parents' name as long as they can prove that their supposed parents are actually their parents.
In California, where I originally got my license when I was 16, you need a) your SSN card (which my mother actually does have, I just don't have it) or various military stuff, b) proof of name and legal presence, c) proof of name. The only difference is in California you apparently don't need to prove state residence.
So, yeah, the two states I've gotten driver's licenses in do require proof of legal residency in the US.
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Date: 2011-04-25 03:49 pm (UTC)In California, where I originally got my license when I was 16, you need a) your SSN card (which my mother actually does have, I just don't have it) or various military stuff, b) proof of name and legal presence, c) proof of name. The only difference is in California you apparently don't need to prove state residence.
So, yeah, the two states I've gotten driver's licenses in do require proof of legal residency in the US.