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===:-csEcnON 2: OBTAINING A UCENSE, PEAMrr OA 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
driver's license, you must present a certified days, from the country of license issuance;
New Georgia Resident Without Motor Vehicle Report/Driving History from • Most non-citizen customers with a valid out
a Valid License or Permit the state of issuance, dated within 30 days, of cow1try driver's license, permit, or ID may
Issued by Another State 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-equivaJen t 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 • Beat least 18 yearso age,or17yearsof age if any licenses, pe n nits, or identification cards
f
• Under 18-see Teen Licensing Requirements surrendering a valid license equivalent to a issued to them by foreign countries;
onpages26; Georgia Class C license with no time, route, • Successfully complete the knowledge, road,
• 18 or Older - See page 6. purpose or passenger restrictions; and vision exams;
• You must lrnowyour full Social Security • Present mandatory documents to prove iden­
Transferring from Another umber which will be verified with the Social tity, citizenship or lawful presence, Social
State or District of Columbia Secuty Admintion. Securit Number, and residency. See page 6
• Provide proof of identity. For a complete list for the complete list;
Under Age 18 with valid out of acceptable documents, see page 6;
of state license or permit • lf under the age of 18, additional rc.'quiremcnts
U you hold a valid driver's license or • Provide proof of citizehip or lawful pres­ will apply. Please see pages 8-9 for more
instructional permit issued by any other state ence in the United States (see page 6). All details on teen licensing requifements;
documents must be originals or certified
of the United States or by the District of Faxed copies will not be accepted; • Licenses, prmits and IDs issued outside the
e
Columbia, you will no1mally be eligible to District of Columbia or any other state of the
obtain a comparable license or permit issued • Provide two documents to prove Georgia United States are non-transferable. A customer
by Georgia. All Georgia requirements residency. For a complete list of acceptable holding any document issued outside of the SO
including school registration, driver education documents, see page 6. States or District of Columbia must complete
and ADAP are required before the out of • Pass a vision test. the full proce for issuance of a new document
state license can be transferred. in Geor gi a, including all tests required for the
class being requested, if applicable.
18 or Older with a valid out
of state license or permit Transferring a License/Permit/ID • Citizens of cert foreign countli.es may be
From Another Country or U.S. Territory exempt from knowledge and skills testing. For
• U you do not have the out of country license/ a list, visit dds.georgia.gov.
• You must surrender a valid license issued permit/ID in your possession, you must pro-
by another state o territory of the United
or by

A DMVs not Alike!!!

Beware of fake OMV websites that charge for training materials or informational material.

Most customers arrive at these sites by doing a browser search for "Georgia OMV,"
"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 (urQ. The official state of Georgia websites will have .gov as is the case with
www.dds.georgia.gov.