California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 2.0 - Driver Licenses and Identification Cards › Section 16.06 - Secondary Review

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) If
				  an applicant is unable to comply with subsections (a) or (b) of Section
				  16.04, the applicant shall present
				  sufficient information to enable the department's investigative division to
				  verify the applicant's identity as stated in the application for a driver's
				  license. The applicant shall establish residency by submitting a document as
				  specified in Section
				  16.10. The applicant shall
				  establish identity by participating in an interview at the department's
				  investigative division and submitting as many as possible of the following
				  documents:
(1) School documents, including any
				  document issued by a public or private primary, or secondary, or post-secondary
				  institution, college, or university that either includes the applicant's date
				  of birth, or if a foreign school document, is sealed by the school and includes
				  a photograph of the applicant at the age the record was issued.
(2) Documents issued by or filed with a
				  government within the United States or the United States government as follows:
(A) U.S. Department of Homeland Security
				  (DHS) Form I-589, (Application for Asylum and for Withholding of
				  Removal);
(B) U.S. DHS Form I-20
				  (Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant (F-1) Student Status -- For
				  Academic and Language Students or Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant
				  (M-1) Student Status -- For Vocational Students);
(C) U.S. DHS Form DS-2019 (Certificate of
				  Eligibility for Exchange Visitor (J-1) Status);
(D) Court documents where the applicant is
				  named as a party to the court proceeding;
(E) Income tax returns;
(F) A driver's license.
(3) Documents pertaining to civil marital
				  status or civil unity, including marriage licenses or domestic partner
				  registrations; if the language on the marriage license is in a language other
				  than English, the marriage license shall be accompanied by a certified
				  translation or an affidavit of translation into English.
(4) Divorce decrees; if the language on the
				  decree is in a language other than English, the decree shall be accompanied by
				  a certified translation or an affidavit of translation into English.
(5) Foreign passport, consular identification
				  card, foreign national identification card, or a foreign driver's license. If
				  the foreign driver's license is in a language other than English, it shall be
				  accompanied by a certified translation or an affidavit of translation into
				  English.
(6) Identification cards
				  that contain a photograph of the applicant issued by a government within the
				  United States or the United States government.
(7) Birth documents including a birth
				  certificate or adoption records.
(8) Any of the above documents that list the
				  applicant's spouse, domestic partner, child, parent or legal guardian provided
				  the applicant also provides a birth certificate, adoption records, marriage
				  license, or domestic partner registration to trace the
				  relationship.