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What Documents Do I Need To Get My Edl/Eid

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What documents do I need to get my EDL/EID?

This list will help you meet the requirements to get an enhanced driver license (EDL) or enhanced

identication card (EID). We can only accept original documents or government-certied copies with a

raised seal or stamp. We cannot accept internet printouts, temporary, uncertied, notarized, or altered

documents. We may retain copies of any documents you bring.

If you have a Washington driver license or identiﬁcation card with a photo,you will need to bring

the following when you go to a driver licensing ofce:

1. Proof of United States citizenship

2. Social Security number

If you do not have a Washington driver license or identiﬁcation card with a photo,bring:

1. Proof of United States citizenship

2. Social Security number

3. Proof of identify

4. Proof of Washington State residence

Proof of United States citizenship

To prove citizenship, show us of one of the following:

• United States Passport that is valid or has been

expired no more than ve years

• Valid United States Passport card

• Original certied* state birth certicate (issued

by the city, county, or state)

• Certicate of naturalization

• Certicate of citizenship

• Department of State Consular Report of Birth

Abroad

• Valid out-of-state enhanced license or ID

* A certied birth certicate has a registrar’s

raised, embossed, impressed, or multicolored

seal; a registrar’s signature; and the date it was

led with the registrar’s ofce, which must be

within one year of your birth.

Social Security number

Be prepared to tell us your Social Security

number. You don’t need to show us the card. Your

name and Social Security number must match

Social Security records.

Proof of identity

Show one of the following:

• Valid United States Passport

• Valid state-issued driver license, enhanced

driver license, or ID card

• Military ID

• Government employee ID card (state, federal, or

city) showing your name and signature

• Tribal identication card

Proof of Washington State residence

To prove you live in Washington, show us one

document from this list with your name and

current Washington resident address.

• Concealed weapons permit

• Homeowner’s insurance policy or invoice

showing the address of the insured property or

residence

• Home utility bill (such as gas, electricity, water,

garbage, or land line telephone, or cable) or

hook-up work order dated within the past 60

days. You must be the only person named on

the bill or work order.

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Proof of Washington State residence

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• Mortgage documents

• Property tax bill or statement dated within the

past 12 months

• Your name and address in a current phone book

made by a telephone book publisher

• Moorage bill or contract showing that you live

on a boat in a marina

• Federal or state government agency-issued

check

• Tribal ID that contains your current resident

address

• A led property deed or title for your current

residence

• A document from a public or private institution

(hospital, college, Microsoft, etc.), or a

government agency (Veteran’s Administration,

corrections, local housing authority, etc.) that

contains your current resident address

• A document from a senior housing, retirement

home, or assisted living facility on company

letterhead with a telephone number that could

be used for verication of your residency there

• Out-of-state license with a Washington

State address. A change of address sticker

or handwritten address on the license is not

acceptable.

If you don’t have any of those residence

documents, you can show us TWO documents

from this list with your name and current

Washington State residence address:

• Auto insurance policy (not the proof of

insurance card)

• Vehicle Title

• Washington State business license

• Current Washington State voter card

• Home utility bill (such as gas, electricity, water,

garbage, or land line telephone, or cable) or

hook-up work order dated within the past 60

days. Two or more unrelated people may be

named on the bill or work order.

• Pay stub that contains your name, your current

residence address, your employer’s name, and

your employer’s phone number of address

• Business mail dated within the last 60

days. Mail must include your rst and last

name, and must be from state or federal

revenue departments, the Social Security

Administration, the U.S. Treasury, or the IRS.

It cannot be addressed “in care of,” “for,” or

“parent of.”

• Medical record paid by insurance or a medical bill

• Medicaid card or DSHS medical coupon

• Professional license (nurse, physician, engineer, etc.)

• Selective service card showing a Washington

State address

• Professionally-led tax return or led copy sent

to you by the IRS for the most current tax ling

year

• Transcript or report card for the current school year

from an educational institution in Washington State

• W-2 form from the previous year

• Earnings and Deducation Statement from a

Washington State agency

You can use documents that are in your spouse’s

name if your last name and that of your spouse

are the same or if you bring in acceptable

connecting documents (for example: a marriage

certicate). Your spouse does not need to be

present and does not need to sign a declaration.

Proof of name change

If you have a valid driver license, ID card,

or EDL/EID and you want an EDL/EID

displaying your current name, you mustshow

one of the following:

• A marriage certicate (including same-sex

marriage certicate) that has a control or le

number and has been led with the county

or authorized issuing authority. Church or

wedding chapel forms are not acceptable.

• A court order led and certied by the court

• A divorce decree showing the new name or

authorizing a name change, led and certied

by the court

Minor (under age 18)

If you are under 18, you may use your parent’s

or legal guardian’s residence address as proof of

residence. Your parent or legal guardian must live

in Washington State and must show us acceptable

documents proving their identity, residence and

relationship to you.

If you are under 18, you may establish your

identity with a parent or legal guardian afdavit.

When you apply, your parent or legal guardian

must come with you to the licensing ofce, sign

the afdavit, and show us at least one acceptable

document to prove their identity and one other

document to prove they are your parent or legal

guardian. If your parent or legal guardian’s proof

of identication is an out-of-state driver license

or ID card, or if your last name differs from that

of your parent or legal guardian, we will require