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How can a Mexican who is in the US illegally obtain a driver's license?

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My girlfriend did that in Texas, all she did was show them her student ID and tourist visa. She did apply for the driver's license when she was illegal. You need two forms of idenfication and that is it

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If she had a valid visa, then that makes her legal. How is she illegal ?

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Just FYI if she had a student ID, she has a Student Visa, and that's stamped on her passport.

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I first got mine while I was here (the US) illegally. That was in 1991 in California. Back then it was pretty easy, you only needed a birth certificate of your home country and I think that was it, other than pass the written and driving test. I am legally here now because I married a "gringa."

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Well my boyfriend (soon to be husband) got his drivers License in Michigan he only had to take the writen test and then in a month he took the driver's test. They even let him take someone to translate for him he showed them his passport from Mexico .

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In the state of Tennessee all you need is a birth certificate, a translated copy, and 2 bills in the persons name to verify residency (ex. utility, phone, rent, etc.). They have to pass a vision, written and driving test. Its fairly simple if they study the driving handbook.

answer fyi just because she had a student id, does not mean she had a student visa she would only have a student visa if she was studyiong in usa

answer you can have a valid visa, but if you overstay the length of time allowed for a visitor , that makes you illegal whether u have a visa or not. the only difference being that you did enter the country legally to start with

Answer: Ditto to the above answer. Years ago, it was fairly easy to get a driver's license but currently as of 2009, multiple DMV are NOT issueing driver's licenses, or state ids of any kind to an immigrant who enter illegally or overstayed an expired visa. It doesn't even matter if you have Social sercurity card in hand, you MUST have that proof of an valid visa, or green card.

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