Section 1030.5 Procedure for Obtaining a Standard Driver's License or Identification Card

Section 1030.5  Procedure for

Obtaining a Standard Driver's License or Identification Card

a)         An applicant for a standard driver's license or identification

card must appear at a Secretary of State Driver Services Facility and complete

an application form provided by the Secretary of State pursuant to IVC Section

6-106, which shall include the questions listed in Appendix A.  The applicant

shall also provide a Driver Services Facility employee with acceptable forms of

identification provided in Appendix B establishing the applicant's name, date

of birth, signature, Illinois residency and social security number.

An applicant who does not have a social security number and

is ineligible to obtain a social security number shall affirm under penalty of

perjury that the applicant is, at the time of application, ineligible for a

social security number and must present either:

1)         Documentation, issued by the United

States Department of Homeland Security, authorizing the applicant's presence in

the United States (e.g., dependents of H-1B, O-1, and O-2 who are also

ineligible to work), which shall be verified through the Systematic

Verification for Entitlements (SAVE); or

2)         If the applicant does not have

documentation authorizing the applicant's presence in this country,

documentation establishing that the applicant has resided in Illinois for a

minimum of one year and a passport validly issued to the applicant from the

applicant's country of citizenship, or a consular identification document as defined

in Section 5 of the Consular Identification Document Act [5 ILCS 230] validly

issued to the applicant

by the applicant's country of citizenship.  An applicant

for a CDL must provide proof of citizenship or lawful permanent residency.  An

applicant for a non‑domiciled CDL must provide documentation, issued by

the United States Department of Homeland Security, authorizing the applicant's

presence in the United States

sular Identification Document Act [5 ILCS 230] validly

issued to the applicant

by the applicant's country of citizenship.  An applicant

for a CDL must provide proof of citizenship or lawful permanent residency.  An

applicant for a non‑domiciled CDL must provide documentation, issued by

the United States Department of Homeland Security, authorizing the applicant's

presence in the United States.  A CDL or non-domiciled CDL may not be issued to

an applicant without a social security number.

b)         An applicant for a driver's license shall take the following

tests as required in IVC Section 6-109:

1)         A vision test as provided in Sections 1030.70 and 1030.75;

2)         A road test, if required, as provided in Section 1030.85

(exemptions to the road test requirement are provided in Section 1030.88); and

3)         A written test, if required, as provided in Section 1030.80.

c)         Driver's license applicants who are 16 or 17 years of age and

not legally emancipated by marriage shall not be issued a driver's license

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

until the applicant has, in accordance with IVC Section 6-107(b):

1)         Held a valid instruction permit for a minimum of 9 months;

2)         Passed an approved driver education course and submitted proof

of having passed the course as may be required regardless of whether the driver

holds a valid license issued by another state; and

3)         Submitted, on a form prepared or approved by the Secretary of

State, certification by the parent of the applicant, the legal guardian having

custody of the applicant, or, in the event there is no parent or legal

guardian, by another responsible adult, that the applicant has had a minimum of

50 hours, at least 10 hours of which have been at night, of behind-the-wheel

practice time and is sufficiently p

, on a form prepared or approved by the Secretary of

State, certification by the parent of the applicant, the legal guardian having

custody of the applicant, or, in the event there is no parent or legal

guardian, by another responsible adult, that the applicant has had a minimum of

50 hours, at least 10 hours of which have been at night, of behind-the-wheel

practice time and is sufficiently prepared and able to safely operate a motor

vehicle.  The 50 hours shall be in addition to the required hours spent with a

driver education instructor.  The person completing the certification shall, upon

signing the certification, swear under penalty of perjury, that everything

contained within the certification is true and correct.

d)         Driver's

license 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 driver's license 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.

e)         A photograph shall be taken of a driver's license or

identification card applicant unless the applicant is exempt under Section

1030.90.

f)         A temporary driver's license shall be issued at the facility

upon completion of all the requirements of this Section and IVC Chapter 6.

A temporary identification card shall be issued at the

facility upon completion of all the requirements of this Section and 15 ILCS

335

ken of a driver's license or

identification card applicant unless the applicant is exempt under Section

1030.90.

f)         A temporary driver's license shall be issued at the facility

upon completion of all the requirements of this Section and IVC Chapter 6.

A temporary identification card shall be issued at the

facility upon completion of all the requirements of this Section and 15 ILCS

335.

Upon successful completion of verification by the Secretary of

State, which may include, but is not limited to, a facial recognition examination

of the applicant's image against the Secretary of State image database,

verification of residency and social security number, the applicant shall be

mailed a driver's license to the address provided by the applicant.

g)        The fees collected for the issuance of an original, renewal,

duplicate or corrected driver's license shall be in accordance with IVC Section

6-118.

The fees collected for the issuance of an

original, renewal, duplicate, or corrected identification card shall be in

accordance with 15 ILCS 335/12.

h)        A driver's license or identification card issued under this

Section does not meet the requirements of the REAL ID Act and shall bear the

words "Federal Limits Apply".

i)         An applicant applying for the first time for a CDL passenger

endorsement, school bus endorsement or hazardous materials endorsement or

upgrading a CDL must complete entry-level driver training.