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Renewing DL after naturalizing

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JeanneAdil Grand Master

JeanneAdil   6,203

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Just FYI

 

Adil came on IR1 9/5/2015

DL 10/2015 with 10 year green card

citizen 9/2019

went to renew DL  in December 2023

DL clerk wanted to see his green card even though there were no restrictions on the original DL

he told her "I am a citizen now" they gave him a paper DL and said they needed to  check status to issue the plastic one

 

i did check the TN site when he told me of this and, yes,  they can ask for proof of a green card or US passport or naturalization certificate  even though the following is allowed for illegals

The state of Tennessee began awarding full driver's license to illegal immigrants in early 2001 without requiring a social security number.

 

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I would venture a guess that this is related to the REAL ID act assuming his current DL is not REAL ID compliant?

 

https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/tnrealid/requirements.html

 

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Did he ever update them after he naturalized? If not that could be why. 

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When my husband got his naturalization in April 2023, they specifically told him that he would need to renew his driver's license after becoming a US citizen. 

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My husband naturalized within a year of needing to renew his DL. We inquired if it was too early and they said come in anyway. We updated his status with SSA first before doing so, then headed over to the DMV. They took a photocopy of his certificate and issued a new DL. It's always a paper document first, as the real one comes in the mail a week later.

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12 hours ago, yuna628 said:

 It's always a paper document first, as the real one comes in the mail a week later.

Depends where you're. Mississippi still prints them right away.

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