Columbia Driver's License Requirements and Applying Process

Columbia Driver's License Requirements and Applying Process

To get the Columbia driver’s license the process of applying and renewal process is as described below

Required Documents to Apply for District of Columbia Driver’s License

Identity Proof: As a proof of identity the applicants can submit one of the following as

  • Us passport
  • Birth certificate

Social Security Number (SSN): The applicant can submit one of the below documents as

  • Social security card
  • W-2 Tax form
  • 1099 which issued before five years

District of Columbia Residency Certificate: Submit any two documents from the below list

  • Medicare benefit statement
  • A valid motor vehicle registration certificate

Legal Presence in the U.S: The process takes at least ten business days to analyze the applicant’s presence in the U.S by using the Systematic Alien Verification of Eligibility

  • S passport
  • A form of I-94
  • The I-551 stamp on the foreign passport
  • A permanent resident card
  • F1 requires I-20 and I-94
  • J1 required DS2019 and I-94
  • The B1/B2 requires an employment authorization card
  • Refugee travel document

Name Change Document: If the applicant has any name changes done then the below list of documents need to submit

  • Marriage or civil union certificate
  • Marriage or civil union dissolution
  • A probate court name change
  • DHS petition for the name change

How to Apply for Learner License/ permit?

Submit Driver License Application

The applicants should complete the Columbia driver’s license application and submit it to the DMV office by completing all the mandatory fields.

Be Handy with Documents

The below list of documents need to submit by the applicants

  • Date of birth
  • Social security number
  • The legal presence in the U.S
  • The residency proof of District of Columbia

Attend the Vision Screening

The vision test conducted to examine the vision capabilities of the applicant and the written test checks the knowledge of the applicant over the road signs traffic rules and road safety precautions

Apply for Knowledge Test

To attend the knowledge test, the applicants should ensure that they have maximum knowledge of road signs, traffic rules and road safety measures. A retest can do by the applicants in case if they have failed.

Pay Appropriate Fees

The applicant has to pay $20 to apply for the learner license

Get the learner License

After completing all the tests and the payment, the applicants allowed to apply for the learner license.

How to Apply for a District of Columbia Driver’s License?

Schedule your appointment in nearby DMV Office

The applicants can visit any nearby DMV office or schedule their appointment online to attend the test

Fill the Driver License Application Form

The application form needs to submit by applicants in the DMV service centre location.

Submit Required Documents to the DMV Office

The documents applicants need to submit at the District of Columbia DMV office listed below

  • Social Security Number
  • Residency proof in District of Columbia
  • Identity and age

Apply for the Vision Test

The Columbia DMV vision test conducted to check the eye capabilities of the applicant under binoculars. The qualification score for eyesight is 20/40 in both eyes and 20/70 in the best eye.

The vision test also includes identifying the traffic light colours and some road rules.

Pay Appropriate Fees

The applicants have to pay $10 to attend the knowledge test

Attend for Knowledge Test

The knowledge test is also called a written test, consisting of multiple-choice questions related to the road signs, traffic rules and road safety measures.

The written test or knowledge test consists of road rules, traffic laws, road signs and driving practices related questions. The written test consists of 25 questions of which 20 of them need to answer correctly to attain a passing score of 80%.

Pay Fee & Get learner Permit

If the applicant doesn’t have a learner permit, then an amount of $20 need to pay to get issued with the learner permit. If the applicant has a learner permit, then they need to submit it.

Get your Temporary Permit  

By issuing a learner permit, the applicants allowed to practice driving in the supervision of adults. The adult learner permit validity is for two years after the day of issuing it.

Practice Supervised Driving

The applicants above 18 need to practice supervised driving, and a driving certificate need to provide, but the applicants above 21 can schedule a road test without submission of any documents

Schedule Road Test

After completing the vision test and knowledge test, the applicants can schedule the road test. After attending the road test, the applicants need to wait for 48 hours to get their results to reveal.

Pay Fee for Road Test

An amount of $10 needs to pay by applicants to attend the road test.

Submit Documents for Road Test

To attend the road test/ driver test, the applicant needs to submit the below list of documents as

  • Learner’s Permit
  • 8 hours Driving completion certificate
  • An insured and registered vehicle documents that used for the road test
  • A valid MVR (motor vehicle registration) certificate

Pay Fees for Driver’s License

 To get issued with a driving license, the applicants need to pay an amount of $47. The payment gateway methods that allowed are check, credit card, cash and money order.

Get Columbia Driver’s License

A temporary driver licenses valid for 45 days issued for the applicant, and a permanent license will issue within ten days.

What are the Types of License Issued in the District of Columbia?

Class D

Class D is a non-commercial driver license issued to vehicles that weigh less than 26,001 pounds. The vehicle should carry up to 15 passengers only

Class A

The Class A license issued to the vehicles with semi-trailers with two or more axles shouldn’t exceed 26000 pounds.

Class B

Issued to the heavy straight vehicles that weight more than 26,000 pounds

Class C

With the class C license, the applicants can transport 16 passengers or hazardous materials.

Class M 

With a valid motorcycle, the Class M license issued to the applicants

How to Apply for Provisional License?

Hold Learner Permit

The applicants need to hold the learner permit for at least six months and in mean times practice driving to attend the road test.

Submit Certification of Eligibility for Provisional License Form

The applicants need to submit the form that consists of driver experience for 40 hours and the photocopy of the driver who taught the classes

Attend the Vision Test

To clear the vision test, the applicants should have eye capabilities of 20/70 in best eye and 140 degrees of field of vision.

Pay Fee for Road Test

The applicant needs to pay an amount of $10 to attend for the road test

Schedule Road Test

The applicants have to drive the vehicle next to the DMV officials. So, the final results are announced by the officials whether you cleared the test or not.

Pay Fees for License

An amount of $10 need to pay as the license fee, and the allowed gateway methods are check, credit card, cash and money order.