ID from dmv

[Hello729 74]

Hi all, is it possible for my finance to get an id from dmv with only a ssn card?  

[aaron2020 11,651]

No.

 

https://www.dmv.org/ca-california/id-cards.php

[Hello729 74]

2 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

No.

 

https://www.dmv.org/ca-california/id-cards.php

Thank you.

[JFH 12,190]

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[accumbyte 149]

35 minutes ago, Hello729 said:

Hi all, is it possible for my finance to get an id from dmv with only a ssn card?  

Here is the info from CA DMV: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/dl/dl_info#idrenew But it would be "Limited Term" and expire on the I-94 date: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/dl/dl_info#ltlp But ID renewal when your fiance gets the EAD and/or GC would be free because the initial ID fee would be valid until your fiance's birthday in 2025.

Edited January 27, 2019 by accumbyte

[Just Paul 4,595]

17 hours ago, Hello729 said:

Hi all, is it possible for my finance to get an id from dmv with only a ssn card?  

Similar experiences here in Arizona with ssn.  Got a Limited Term State ID, then Limited Term Driver's Permit and now Limited Term Driver's Licence.  In our case with Green card but you can get with K1. 

 

I think your first will expire when the K1 expires.  Then you get another Limited Term  after AOS

[Ontarkie 14,268]

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[Mike E 11,740]

CA dmv wants proof of address. That is generally hard to get for someone fresh off the boat.  However CA DMV has an exception: a bill from the utility company showing the USA citizen’s address combined with a marriage certificates showing the address of the couple as the same as the utility bill.  

 

In addition the k-1 visa holder needs a passport, the k-1 visa, and the I-94.  Lore is that if there are fewer than 60 days left on the visa, no ID will be issued.   

 

Also, for AOS our lawyer wanted my wife’s name added to the utility bill. This is very hard to do.  It cannot be done over the phone as the credit check for the new SSN will fail. If done in the office it is easy in theory.  In practice the utility company (PGE) got the K1 visa holder name corrrct on the new bill and mangled my surname. So now the new bill is useless for AOS and would have been useless for getting her DMV ID.  

 

The steps in this process must be followed precisely.  

[Mike E 11,740]

On 1/26/2019 at 5:46 PM, accumbyte said:

Here is the info from CA DMV: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/dl/dl_info#idrenew But it would be "Limited Term" and expire on the I-94 date: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/dl/dl_info#ltlp But ID renewal when your fiance gets the EAD and/or GC would be free because the initial ID fee would be valid until your fiance's birthday in 2025.

I expected my wife’s limited term CA state ID to expire on the day her K-1 expired. But oddly the ID she received expires in 2024. It has the limited term on it.  

 

I think we might have gotten really lucky with the DMV and I am inclined to advise her to wait until we’ve submitted AOS paperwork and have the receipt from USCIS before tempting fate with the instructional drivers permit.