Section 1030.8 Procedure for Obtaining a Real ID Compliant Driver's License or Identification Card

Section 1030.8  Procedure

for Obtaining a Real ID Compliant Driver's License or Identification Card

a)         An applicant for a Real ID compliant

driver's license or identification card shall visit 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 provided

in Appendix A.  The applicant shall provide a Driver Services Facility employee

with acceptable documents as provided in Appendix D establishing the

applicant's identity (name and date of birth), United States citizenship or

lawful status, signature, social security number and Illinois residency.

b)         An applicant for a Real ID Compliant

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)         Applicants for a Real ID compliant driver's

license 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; 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 responsibl

um of 9 months;

2)         Passed an approved driver education course

and submitted proof of having passed the course as may be required; 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 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)         Applicants for a Real ID compliant driver's

license 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 Real ID

compliant driver's license or identification card applicant.

f)         A Real ID compliant driver's license or

identification card shall bear the applicant's full legal name (first name,

middle names and last names).  Use of initials or nicknames is prohibited.

g)         The applicant's social security number

shall be verified via Social Security Online Verification (SSOLV) and shall be

reverified at every renewal

nse or identification card applicant.

f)         A Real ID compliant driver's license or

identification card shall bear the applicant's full legal name (first name,

middle names and last names).  Use of initials or nicknames is prohibited.

g)         The applicant's social security number

shall be verified via Social Security Online Verification (SSOLV) and shall be

reverified at every renewal.

h)         If an applicant presents a United States

passport or passport card, it shall be verified via the U.S. Passport

Verification Service (USPVS).

i)          If an applicant presents a foreign

passport accompanied by an I-94 reflecting the date of the most recent

admission into the United States, a permanent resident card or an employment

authorization document, it shall be verified via Systemic Verification for

Alien Entitlements (SAVE) and shall be reverified at every renewal.

j)          If an applicant presents a certified birth

certificate issued by a State Office of Vital Statistics or equivalent agency

in the individual's state of birth, it shall be verified via Electronic Verification

of Vital Events (EVVE) only if EVVE is able to verify birth certificates from

every state and territory dating back to a time sufficient to verify applicants

of every age.

k)         The Secretary shall not issue a Real ID

compliant driver's license to any person who holds a Real ID compliant

identification card in Illinois.  The Secretary shall not issue a Real ID

compliant identification card to any person who holds a Real ID compliant

driver's license in Illinois.  The Secretary shall not issue a Real ID

compliant driver's license or identification card to any person who holds any

type of a driver's license or identification card in another state.  To

determine if an applicant holds a driver's license or identification card in

another state, the Secretary shall submit an inquiry via State to State (S2S)

Verification Service

river's license in Illinois.  The Secretary shall not issue a Real ID

compliant driver's license or identification card to any person who holds any

type of a driver's license or identification card in another state.  To

determine if an applicant holds a driver's license or identification card in

another state, the Secretary shall submit an inquiry via State to State (S2S)

Verification Service.

l)          A secure temporary driver's license or

identification card, valid for 90 days, 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 examination of the

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

verification of residency, the applicant shall be mailed a Real ID compliant

driver's license or identification card to the address provided by the

applicant.

m)        An applicant whose immigration documents are

submitted to SAVE for verification and for whom SAVE requires additional

verification shall be issued a 90-day temporary driver's license or

identification card.  The temporary driver's license or identification card may

be re-issued for another 90-day period.  If the applicant is unable to resolve

the issue with SAVE by the end of the second 90-day period, no driver's license

or identification card shall be issued to the applicant.

n)        The fees collected for the issuance of an

original, renewal, duplicate or corrected Real ID compliant 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 Real ID compliant

identification card shall be in accordance with Section 12 of the

Identification Card Act.

o)        A Real ID compliant driver's license shall

expire in accordance with IVC Section 6-115

duplicate or corrected Real ID compliant 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 Real ID compliant

identification card shall be in accordance with Section 12 of the

Identification Card Act.

o)        A Real ID compliant driver's license shall

expire in accordance with IVC Section 6-115.  A Real ID identification card

shall expire in accordance with Section 8 of the Identification Card Act.

p)        The Secretary shall photocopy or scan and

maintain the documents submitted to the Secretary by a Real ID applicant.

q)         A Real ID compliant driver's license or

identification card shall bear a gold star.  A Real ID compliant driver's

license or identification card issued to an applicant who is not a United

States citizen, not permanent resident, does not have an approved application

for asylum in the United States, or did not enter the United States in refugee

status shall bear the words "limited term".

r)         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.