MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

DRIVER AND VEHICLE SERVICES

445 Minnesota St., Saint Paul, MN 55101
Phone: (651) 297-3298 TTY: (651) 282-6555
dvs.dps.mn.gov

Standard DL/ID Identification Requirements

Minnesota Rules Parts 7410.0100 to 7410.0600
To apply for a Minnesota driver’s license, identification card, or permit, you may present either:
A Minnesota driver’s license, identification card, or permit that is current or expired for five years or less if it has a photo
or one year or less if it does not have a photo.
If you do not have one of the items listed above, you must present one primary and one secondary document.
The primary document must contain your full name and the month, day and year of your birth. Any document not in
English must be accompanied by a qualified English translation.
If the name on your Minnesota driver’s license, identification card or permit has changed or the names on your primary and
secondary documents do not match, you must also present proof of your legal name change(s).
If you have previously had a Minnesota driver’s license, identification card, or permit in a name that is different from your
current name, then you must present proof of legal name change. Acceptable proof consists of certified marriage
certificates, certified divorce decrees or other certified court orders. Divorce decrees or other court orders must specify
the name change. Your name change documents need to show a clear link between your primary and secondary
documents.
The name on the Minnesota driver’s license, identification card or permit that is issued to you will be the name on the
primary document or legal name change document.
If you are a temporary United States resident, you may need to show additional proof of your lawful admission period,
such as form I-20, DS-2019, I-797 or other official immigration document or receipt.
Documents are subject to verification and may not be accepted if laminated or otherwise altered.
Primary Documents Secondary Documents
• Certified birth record issued by a government bureau of vital • Another primary document
statistics or board of health in the United States, District of • Photo driver’s license, state identification card or permit, issued by a
Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico or the United States Virgin Islands U.S. state other than Minnesota, the District of Columbia, Guam,
• Certificate of Birth Abroad (FS-545 or DS-1350) issued by the U.S. Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands or a Canadian province or
Department of State territory, that is current or expired for five years or less
• Report of Birth Abroad of a United States Citizen (FS-240) issued by • U.S. social security card (nonmetal) or Canadian social insurance
a U.S. embassy card - If you have had a name change but have not updated your
• Certified adoption certificate from a U.S. court name change with the Social Security Administration, you must do so
prior to applying for any driver's license or identification card type.
• Valid, unexpired U.S. passport book or card
• Certified birth certificate from a government jurisdiction other than
• Secure unexpired Minnesota tribal identification card.
the U.S., the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico or the U.S.
• Unexpired active duty, reserve or retired U.S. military identification
Virgin Islands
card (DD-2 or Geneva Conventions Common Access Card)
• Certified government-issued marriage certificate
• Valid, unexpired passport from a country other than the U.S. with
• Certified U.S. or Canadian court order with full name and date of
an unexpired I-94 form or with an unexpired I-551 stamp
birth
• Canadian birth or naturalization certificate with an unexpired I-94
• Certified secondary or post-secondary school transcript containing
form attached (Must be presented with a photo Secondary
legal full name and date of birth
Document issued by a Canadian government agency)
• Current secondary school (grades 7-12) student identification card
• One of the following valid, unexpired documents issued by the U.S.
with student’s name, photograph and date of birth or unique
Department of Justice or U.S. Department of Homeland Security
identification number (identification card must have the academic/
 Employment Authorization card with photo (I-688 or I-766
school year or issue date printed on the card)
series)
 Permanent Resident or Resident Alien card (I-551 or I-151) • Government employee photo identification card from a jurisdiction
 Re-entry Permit/Refuge Travel Document (I-327, I-571) in the U.S. or Canada
 Certificate of Naturalization (N-550, N-570, or N-578) • Current U.S. Uniformed Services Identification card (DD-1173) or
 Certificate of Citizenship (N-560, N-561, or N-645) certificate of release or discharge (DD-214) issued by the U.S.
 United States Citizen Identification Card (I-179 or I-197) Department of Defense
 Northern Mariana Card (I-873) • Unexpired color-photo permit to carry a firearm or concealed
 American Indian Card (I-872) weapon, issued by a U.S. police department or sheriff
• Current pilot’s license issued by the Federal Aviation Administration
• Valid Minnesota Deptartment of Corrections or Federal Bureau of
Prisons ID card

Rev. August 2021