Driver license Texas

[Letspaintcookies 2,310]

10 minutes ago, Allovertheworld said:

It wasn't for my wife, her was like good for 6 years

 

 

Then they might have changed something or your wife was lucky in that case that somebody didn't knew the rules 😂

[optimistic23 49]

Have no idea about Texas but here in Arizona.

I got my first DL through my I-94 (they adjusted with the validity of 1-94)

Renewed last week  for 1 year with my NOA1.

 

I had my SSN ( don’t know if that could helped)

 

Didnt expect they will actually entertain but i can’t complain. No one deserve to be without a license especially in a triple digit weather 🥵 

 

I wish you guys all the best ✌️ 

[Allovertheworld 355]

11 hours ago, Letspaintcookies said:

Then they might have changed something or your wife was lucky in that case that somebody didn't knew the rules 😂

Who knows

[Fr8dog 312]

A few things:

Texas does allow the K1/I-94. But as you are considered temporary, they should issue a license till the I-94 expiration date. So that's 2 trips to DMV within 90 days

They also accept an I-797 with a pending AOS. Validity of that license is 1 year, but some states issue for longer and some DMV employees give them out for full length.

 

For all DMV's regardless of state;

When applying for a license you need to get around the potential uninformed employee, and pass thru the S.A.V.E. system. The employee you can try to educate with a printout from the website. The S.A.V.E. needs to be done by the (now educated) employee and they need to enter the correct code for the I-797. If they enter the code for an greencard (the one most of them know) it will throw an error on everything but a greencard. That's when you get the "you have to come back with an EAD or a greencard"  or, if you are lucky, they will contact USCIS to get an approval that way. (that takes several days to several weeks).

All DMV's have been issued with an USCIS S.A.V.E. manual that has all the codes. it requires the DMV employee to get up and find the book. This has been known to be the biggest hurdle to overcome.

 

The federal government allows AOS candidates to get/maintain a license without an EAD. Some states have not so you may still have to wait depending on your state.