California State ID I-94 60 Day Question

[Rc123rc 528]

My wife got denied for a California State ID today at the local DMV Office. The office said something about 60 days but I can't find anything in DMV about any 60 day rules regarding an I-94. My wife has been in the country for 41 days and her I-94 expires Dec 27th. Do we have to wait for the EAD now before we can try again? This was certainly a fly in the ointment. We sent in our AOS package so we should see an NOA1 within 7-10 days.

[MariaR323 199]

She will have to wait until she receives the EAD or Green Card approval.

From California DMV website:

If your BD/LP document has an expiration date of less than 60 days, you may complete your licensing requirements (knowledge/vision/driving tests), but you will need to submit another BD/LP document with an expiration date of 60 days or more before your driver license or identification card is mailed to you.

Here's the link: https://dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/dl/dl_info#Residency Documents

Maria

[Rc123rc 528]

So let me see if I got this straight for applying for a CA State ID.

1) After entering on a K-1, 1-30 of 90 days of the I-94 you can apply for an CA ID but it expires when the I-94 expires.

2) For 31-90 days of the I-94 you cannot get a CA ID

3) You can try again when you get your EAD. Is that EAD in hand or is an EAD NOA1 good enough or is that one of those DMV Office discretionary things?

Thanks for the previous answers. It cleared a couple of things up.

[MariaR323 199]

Yes, that's exactly it. I'm sure you could probably make a case at the DMV with the approval notice in hand, but to be on the safe side I'd most likely wait for the actual card.