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2SECTION : OBTAINING A LICENSE, PERMIT OR IDENTIFICATION CARD

tion about requirements to obtain a license or the District of Columbia (expired less than 2 vide a Motor Vehicle Report/Driving History
permit and exemptions for certain individuals. years). If you are unable to surrender a valid (printed in English) dated within the last 30
New Georgia Resident Without driver’s license, you must present a certified days, from the country of license issuance;
a Valid License or Permit Motor Vehicle Report/Driving History from • Most non-citizen customers with a valid out
Issued by Another State the state of issuance, dated within 30 days, of country driver’s license, permit, or ID may
showing your status as valid. Non-citizens retain their out of country document upon
Please see the appropriate chapter of this are not required to surrender their foreign issuance of a Georgia-equivalent document.
manual for obtaining a license or permit for non-commercial license or permit; U.S. citizens will not be allowed to retain
the first time in Georgia. • Be at least 18 years of age, or 17 years of age if any licenses, permits, or identification cards
• Under 18 – see Teen Licensing Requirements surrendering a valid license equivalent to a issued to them by foreign countries;
Georgia Class C license with no time, route, • Successfully complete the knowledge, road,
on pages 30–32; purpose or passenger restrictions; and vision exams;
• 18 or Older – see Obtaining a Class C license – • Your Social Security Number will be verified • Present mandatory documents to prove iden-
with the Social Security Administration. You tity, citizenship or lawful presence, Social
Applicant Not Currently Licensed on page 12. must present proof of your Social Security Security Number, and residency. See pages
Transferring from Another Number. See page 10 for further details; 10-11 for the complete list;
State or District of Columbia • Provide proof of identity. For a complete list • If under the age of 18, additional requirements
of acceptable documents, see page 10; will apply. Please see pages 30–32 for more
Under Age 18 with valid out • Provide proof of citizenship or lawful pres- details on teen licensing requirements;
of state license or permit ence in the United States (see page 10). All • Licenses, permits and IDs issued outside the
documents must be originals or certified District of Columbia or any other state of the
If you hold a valid driver’s license or instruc- copies. Faxed copies will not be accepted; United States are non-transferable. A customer
tional permit issued by any other state of the • Provide two documents to prove Georgia holding any document issued outside of the 50
United States or by the District of Columbia, you residency. For a complete list of acceptable States or District of Columbia must complete
will normally be eligible to obtain a comparable documents, see pages 10-11. the full process for issuance of a new document
license or permit issued by Georgia. However, • Pass a vision test. in Georgia, including all tests required for the
the state of issuance may have requirements class being requested, if applicable.
for teenage drivers that differ from Georgia. Transferring a License/Permit/ID • Citizens of certain foreign countries may be
For more information, please call the Customer From Another Country or U.S. Territory exempt from knowledge and skills testing. For
Contact Center at (678) 413-8400. • If you do not have the out of country license/ a list, visit dds.georgia.gov.
18 or Older with a valid out
of state license or permit permit/ID in your possession, you must pro-
• Surrender a valid license issued by another

state or territory of the United States or by

DANGER

ALL DMVs are not Alike!!!

Beware of fake DMV websites that charge for training materials or informational material.
Most customers arrive at these sites by doing a browser search for “Georgia DMV,”
“Georgia License Renewal” or similar generic searches.
Please read the pages of these sites carefully, because by law they are required to inform
users that the site is not affiliated with any State or Government Entity. They are privately
owned sites that will have .com or .org at the end of their website address (url). The official
state of Georgia websites will have .gov as is the case with www.dds.georgia.gov.

DDS partners with www.eregulations.com to provide the electronic version
of the GA Driver’s Manuals at no cost to customers.

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