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Additional Documents for a Commercial Driver's License or Commercial Learner's Permit

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  • Commercial Driver's License
    • What is a Commercial Motor Vehicle?
    • Who are Commercial Drivers?
    • Applying for a Commercial Driver's License or Commercial Learner's Permit
    • Additional Documents for a Commercial Driver's License or Commercial Learner's Permit
    • Commercial Learner's Permit Information
    • Renewing Your Driver's License or CDL
    • Obtaining a Replacement Commercial Driver's License or Commercial Learner’s Permit
    • CDL Classifications, Endorsements and Restrictions
    • Virginia Commercial Driver's Manual
    • Hazardous Materials Endorsement
    • CDL Knowledge Exams
    • Commercial Driver License (CDL) Skills Tests
    • Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Medical Certification Requirements - FAQs
    • Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Medical Certification Requirements
    • CDL Disqualifications
    • CDL Skills Test Eligibility Requirements
    • Commercial Driver Improvement Clinic Program
    • Commercial Driver License (CDL) Testing Locations
    • About CDL Driver Training Schools (including Three Failures)
    • The Third-Party Tester Program
    • Virginia Community College CDL Course for Three Exam Failures
    • Virginia Community Colleges Offering a CDL Course for Three Exam Failures
    • Skills Performance Evaluation Program
    • Driver Alert Voluntary Driving Record Monitoring Program
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In addition to meeting Virginia’s licensing requirements, all applicants for an original, renewal, or replacement CDL or commercial learner’s permit will also be required to present one of the following documents:

For U.S. Citizens or Legal Permanent Residents of the United States

  • Valid, unexpired U.S. passport or passport card
  • Official birth document issued by a U.S. state, jurisdiction or territory (Birth documents issued by a hospital, notifications of birth registration, and foreign birth certificates are not accepted.)
  • Consular Report of Birth Abroad issued by the U.S. Department of State (FS-240)
  • Certificate of Birth Abroad (FS-545)
  • Certification of Report of Birth of a U.S. Citizen (DS-1350)
  • U.S. Certificate of Naturalization
  • U.S. Certificate of Citizenship
  • Unexpired permanent resident card (I-551)

Note: If you have presented one of the documents above to DMV since January 1, 2004, you will not be asked to do so again.

For Applicants Domiciled in a Foreign Jurisdiction

  • Unexpired Employment Authorization Document (EAD Form I-766) (not acceptable for REAL ID)
  • Unexpired foreign passport accompanied by an approved I-94 form documenting the most recent admittance into the U.S.

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