Illinois Administrative Code
Title 92 - TRANSPORTATION
Part 1030 - ISSUANCE OF LICENSES
Section 1030.6 - Procedure for Obtaining a Visa Status Temporary Visitor's Driver's License Pursuant to IVC Section 6-105.1(a)
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Any foreign national who wishes to obtain a temporary visitor's driver's license (TVDL), pursuant to IVC Section 6-105.1(a), shall go to one of the designated TVDL Secretary of State Driver Services Facilities located throughout the State. An application form, provided by the Secretary of State pursuant to IVC Section 6-106, shall be completed by the applicant. The questions contained on the application form are provided in Appendix A. The applicant shall also provide a Driver Services Facility employee with acceptable forms of identification described in Appendix B to establish the applicant's name, date of birth, signature for comparison, Illinois temporary residency, and authorization of legal presence in this country. The applicant shall also provide a government-issued photo identification document and shall affirm under penalty of perjury that the applicant is at the time of application ineligible for a social security number.
b) Except as otherwise provided, a TVDL shall only be issued to an individual who is authorized to reside in this country for one or more years and has at least six months of authorized presence remaining at the time of application. Individuals currently holding a TVDL who have been granted a temporary extension to remain in this country pending a decision on a request for a status change, upon presentation of documents issued by USCIS, may be issued a TVDL for the period of the temporary extension. Applicants who are citizens from a country that has been designated for temporary protected status by the United States Department of Homeland Security and who were not in the United States at the time temporary protected status was designated are exempt from the provisions of this paragraph.
c) The applicant shall take the following tests as required in IVC Section 6-109:
d) Applicants who are 16 or 17 years of age and not legally emancipated by marriage shall not be issued a TVDL without the written consent of the applicant's parent, legal guardian or other responsible adult, regardless of whether the required written consent also accompanied the person's previous application for an instruction permit and, in accordance with IVC Section 6-107(b), the applicant has:
e) Applicants who are 18, 19 or 20 years of age who have not previously been licensed and who have not successfully completed an approved driver education course or the classroom portion of an approved driver education course shall not be issued a TVDL unless the applicant has successfully completed an adult driver education course offered by an adult driver education course provider and proof of that completion has been submitted to the Secretary by the adult driver education course provider.
f) Each TVDL applicant shall have a photograph taken, unless exempted by Section 1030.90.
g) A TVDL shall only be issued in Class D, L or M, as established in Section 1030.30.
h) A temporary driver's license shall be issued at the facility upon completion of all the requirements of this Section and IVC Chapter 6. Upon successful completion of verification by the Secretary of State, which may include, but is not limited to, a facial recognition check of the applicant's image against the Secretary of State image database and verification of residency, the applicant shall be mailed a driver's license to the address provided by the applicant.
i) Each original TVDL shall expire 3 years after the date of issuance or at the time the individual's authorization to remain in this country expires, whichever is earlier. However, the TVDL of an individual 81 years of age or older shall expire in accordance with IVC Section 6-115(g) or at the time the individual's authorization to remain in this country expires, whichever is earlier.
j) Each renewal TVDL shall expire no more than 3 years after the expiration date of the current license or at the time the individual's authorization to remain in this country expires, whichever is earlier. However, the TVDL of an individual 81 years of age or older shall expire in accordance with IVC Section 6-115(g) or at the time the individual's authorization to remain in this country expires, whichever is earlier.
k) The fees collected for the issuance of an original, renewal, duplicate or corrected TVDL shall be in accordance with IVC Section 6-118.
l) Any person who wishes to renew a TVDL shall go to one of the designated Secretary of State Driver Services Facilities located throughout the State no more than 90 days before the expiration date of the current TVDL. An applicant for renewal shall comply with the provisions of subsection (a). The applicant shall also be retested in accordance with IVC Section 6-109.
m) The Secretary of State shall not send a renewal notice to the holder of a TVDL.
n) The design and content of a TVDL shall be in accordance with IVC Sections 6-105.1 and 6-110 and Section 1030.90. The license shall be distinctive in nature to identify it as a TVDL and shall contain the phrase "not valid for identification".
o) Each TVDL issued to applicants under 21 years of age shall be in accordance with IVC Sections 6-107.3 and 6-110(e) and (e-1). A TVDL issued to an individual under the age of 21 years shall expire 3 years after the issue date or when the individual's authorization to remain in this country expires, whichever is earlier.
p) A foreign national who is issued a TVDL shall not be required to surrender his/her foreign country driver's license.
q) A Central Unit will be established within the Driver Services Department. The responsibilities of this Central Unit shall be to provide assistance to Driver Services Facility employees responsible for the issuance of a TVDL and to individuals applying for a TVDL; resolve cases in which the USCIS was unable to provide first level verification via the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Program of USCIS documents presented by TVDL applicants at the Driver Services Facility level; perform liaison services to USCIS; and provide written notification of an applicant's eligibility or ineligibility for a TVDL.