Required Documents
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Bring all required documents to your appointment
You will have to return with them later if you don't
Document approval may take more time
It may take more than a day
It may require an additional visit
Documents must be:
- Original documents or certified copies with raised seal, stamp, or signature
- Unexpired
Documents cannot be:
- Photocopies
- Faxed copies
- Laminated
- If your document(s) aren't in English, you must have certified translation(s).
- A translator approved by the division must do the translation.
- The original and the translation count as one document for identification, so be sure to bring both.
- See the list of approved translators.
If your name has changed
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If the name on your license or ID card doesn't match the name on your birth certificate, amended birth certificate, or passport, you'll need legal papers to explain the difference.
- These papers could be:
- A certified marriage certificate from the state
- A divorce decree
- An updated passport
- A new birth certificate
- Adoption papers
- A citizenship or naturalization certificate
- Court papers showing the name change, sealed by the court.
- These papers could be:
- All documents are imaged, stored in a secure database, and returned to you