Driver license

[Onelove1977 36]

Hi, 

 

My husband got his driver license during his first 90 days in the US. They put an expiration date using the date his I-94 expires....which is today. He went to the DMV to see if they'd renew his license with the I-797C, Notice of Action and they said no. They said they can renew it with a work permit, but not a letter showing we applied and it's being processed. Anybody from AZ have a similar experience or able to do a temporary renewal with the NOA? 

[aaron2020 11,651]

This is one of the problem with the K-1.  Once the 90 days are up and getting EAD/AP creates all sorts of problems with driving and banking.

Many DMV will only issue DL until the end of the 90 days.  

Your husband will have to wait for his EAD/AP card to renew his DL.  

 

Sorry.

[samuelam 19]

30 minutes ago, Onelove1977 said:

Hi, 

 

My husband got his driver license during his first 90 days in the US. They put an expiration date using the date his I-94 expires....which is today. He went to the DMV to see if they'd renew his license with the I-797C, Notice of Action and they said no. They said they can renew it with a work permit, but not a letter showing we applied and it's being processed. Anybody from AZ have a similar experience or able to do a temporary renewal with the NOA? 

In Illinois renewal could be done with your conditional Green card

[arken 4,197]

14 minutes ago, samuelam said:

In Illinois renewal could be done with your conditional Green card

Something OP's husband doesn't have.

Edited April 23, 2021 by arken

[Ontarkie 14,207]

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[Onelove1977 36]

Update!!!

 

The reps at the Arizona DMV don't have access to process a driver's license extension based on a pending AOS. 

 

We contacted a manager in the office of constituent services at the DMV. He was able to extend my husband's driver's license for one year (one year from the date on the AOS NOA) with a copy of our marriage certificate and an AOS notice of action letter showing the application is being processed. They were able to verify his information through the SAVE system. 

[Jöla 27]

3 hours ago, Onelove1977 said:

Update!!!

 

The reps at the Arizona DMV don't have access to process a driver's license extension based on a pending AOS. 

 

We contacted a manager in the office of constituent services at the DMV. He was able to extend my husband's driver's license for one year (one year from the date on the AOS NOA) with a copy of our marriage certificate and an AOS notice of action letter showing the application is being processed. They were able to verify his information through the SAVE system. 

Wow that is interesting.

Can you tell me how you contacted this office? And which DMV location(s) did you go to before that?

 

I literally just returned from the West Phoenix one after spending an entire hour standing at the counter only to be told by them that SAVE is showing my AOS status as unavailable so they have to wait for that to change (2 days... 2 weeks... who knows) before they can give me a DL.

Edited June 15, 2021 by Jöla

[Jöla 27]

Craziest thing... I called the DMV again, they told me they can't really see much on my DL application in their system so I should go back in. This time I went to a different MVD (the one in Tempe). They were much more on top of everything than the first office I went to.

It took them a while (another hour for me in there) but in the end they issued me a DL valid for 1 year from the NOA date! :)))