Acceptable Documents for a Wisconsin Driver License or ID Card application
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Acceptable Documents for Proof of Identity — FOR REAL ID COMPLIANT and NON-COMPLIANT CARDS
e following is a non-exhaustive list of documents acceptable as proof of identity. Per Trans 102.15 (4)(a),
any original and authentic document identifying the person by name and bearing the person’s signature,
a reproduction of the person’s signature, or a photograph of the person is acceptable.
1. A valid (or expired eight years or
less) photo driver license or photo
ID card issued by Wisconsin or
another jurisdiction, except a
province of the Dominion of
Canada
2. U.S. passport or passport card
valid or expired 5 years or less and
issued at age 16 or older
3. Military discharge papers
including certified copy of federal
form DD-214
4. U.S. government and military
dependent identification card
5. Marriage Certificate or certified
copy of Judgment of Divorce
6. Documents permitted under
proof of name and date of birth, if
it bears your photograph
7. W-2 form including your name,
address and Social Security
number
8. A parent or guardian having legal
custody identifies person under
the age of 18 and the parent or
guardian shows a valid Wisconsin
driver license or ID card
9. Transportation Worker
Identification Credential
(TWIC card), issued by DHS/
Transportation Security
Administration
10. A valid photo ID card from any
U.S. university, college, technical
college or high school. e card
must contain your name and
photograph.
11. Unexpired temporary driver
license or ID card receipt,
including receipts from other
jurisdictions
12. Social Security card issued by the
Social Security Administration
13. Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate
release ID card
13. Social Security Administration
SSA 1099 form
14. Non SSA 1099 form
15. Paystub with your name
and entire Social Security number
listed
16. Or provide BOTH of the following
documents:
a. An unexpired foreign passport
with a valid unexpired U.S.
visa axed, accompanied
by the approved I-94 form
documenting your most
recent admittance into
the United States
b. A document to demonstrate a
non-work authorized status
17. A government-issued product
from a federal, state, county or
city agency with the applicant’s
name and signature.
18. DOC Oender ID Card with
photograph and full name listed.
Acceptable Documents for Proof of Name and Date of Birth
FOR REAL ID COMPLIANT CARDS
1. Valid U.S. passport or
passport card
2. Certified birth certificate or
equivalent document from the
state, territory, or certificate of
birth abroad issued by U.S. Dept.
of State (federal forms
FS-545 or DS-1350). In
accordance with Puerto Rican
law, as of October 30, 2010
Wisconsin will not accept
any Puerto Rican birth
certificate certified before July
1, 2010. More information at
www.pr.gov Canadian birth
certificates are not acceptable.
3. Consular Report of Birth Abroad
4. Valid I-551, Permanent Resident
card issued by DHS/USCIS.
Note: Non-expiring I-551
documents issued from 1977
to 1989 are acceptable.
5. U.S. Certificate of Naturalization
(federal form N-550)
6. Certificate of U.S. Citizenship
(federal form N-560)
7. Unexpired Employment Authoriza-
tion document (I-688B or I-766)
8. Unexpired foreign passport
with a valid unexpired U.S.,
visa axed, accompanied
by the approved I-94 form
documenting your most recent
admittance into the U.S.
FOR NON-COMPLIANT CARDS
Everything from the REAL ID
Compliant list above, or:
9. A foreign passport with federal I-551
resident alien registration receipt
card or federal I-94 arrival and
departure record that identifies your
first and last names, and your day,
month and year of birth
10. USCIS Reception and Placement
Program Assurance Form
11. A Wisconsin driver license
bearing your photograph
12. A Wisconsin identification
card issued under §.343.50,
bearing your photograph
13. Federal I-94 Arrival/Departure
Record (Parole or Refugee
version) and MV3002
14. Federal I-94 Arrival/Departure
Record (Refugee version)
15. A federal temporary resident
card or employment
authorization card
(federal form I-688, I-688A)
16. Native American Identification
card issued in Wisconsin
17. Court order with your full
name, date of birth and court
seal. (is does not include
an abstract of criminal
or civil convictions).
18. Armed forces of the U.S.
ID card issued to military
personnel; Common Access
card or DD Form 2.
19. Dept. of State Transportation
Boarding Letter