OBTAINING A DRIVERS LICENSE

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To obtain your commuter's license, you must:

  • Provide proof that you are a Maine resident
  • Provide proof that y'all are a U.S. citizen or are in the country lawfully (legal presence)
  • Provide two forms of proof of identity; one must indicate your appointment of nascency and the other must bear your written signature.
  • Consummate a vision screening

If your social security number is not on file with the Secretary of Country, yous must provide your social security number. If you cannot locate your social security number, please notation that U.S. citizens age eighteen or older and who are residents of Maine tin request a replacement SSN card online by creating a my Social Security account. To use the online replacement card service, you lot must have a U.S. domestic mailing address, not require a change to your record (such every bit a name modify), and have a valid commuter's license or state ID. If you lot believe you are ineligible for a social security number, y'all must present an unexpired immigration document, such as an I-94, to assistance united states determine your ineligibility.

If you have had a legal name alter due to union, divorce or by court lodge you will be required to bear witness appropriate supporting documentation such as a marriage certificate, divorce decree or other court documentation.

Additional requirements apply to new drivers.

These are age-based and may include completion of a driver education program, driver knowledge examination and/or a driver route test. The permitting procedure, too as allow and license restrictions, is explained below.

All motor vehicle co-operative offices and mobile unit locations effect commuter's licenses. The fees vary based on age and type of license. Driver's licenses will be mailed within 2-3 weeks from the date ordered.

Visit our Driver Licenses & IDs page for more information virtually driver licensing in Maine, including converting an out-of-state license, license renewal, motorcycle licensing, commercial driver licensing and driving records.

NEW DRIVERS: The permitting and license process

Maine police requires a 3-pace graduated drivers licensing system for new drivers who are nether 18 years of age, every bit well equally restrictions for drivers under 21 years of age. The law is intended to allow Maine'south young people to gain valuable driving feel under lower gamble conditions.

The Learner's Permit

General information well-nigh the learner'southward permit process is provided below.

Data related to the permitting and licensing requirements and restrictions is provided hither based on your historic period group:

15-17 year old 18-20 year old 21 and over

The driver licensing process begins with a learner's permit, which allows start drivers to operate a vehicle nether certain age-based restrictions to prepare for their driver's license road test.

To obtain a learner's allow, applicants must exist at least 15 years of age and successfully consummate the written driving exam. The BMV schedules these examinations through the application process: Applicants must submit:

  • Application form
  • $35 fee
  • Two forms of identification (See required identification documents )
  • Proof of residency
  • Commuter education completion certificate (applicants who are under 18 years old ONLY)
  • A birth certificate (applicants under the age of 23 Only). A photocopy with an embossed seal or postage stamp of the issuing agency is acceptable, just notarized copies are not accepted. This certificate volition exist returned to y'all. Alternatively, copies of the identity documents are acceptable to send via postal service, with originals to exist shown at the time of the examination.

The application can be submitted at your local Agency of Motor Vehicles branch or mailed to:
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Commuter License Services Division
Examination Section
29 State Business firm Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0029

Once the awarding is processed, the BMV will schedule the applicant for the written test, at the location closest in proximity to the applicant's mailing accost, within about three weeks. The BMV will notify the person by mail. If the bidder has scheduling restrictions, those should be noted along with the application, and those requests volition be accommodated when possible, based on the dates/times and testing location availability. Contact information is provided on the scheduling notice, and tests tin be rescheduled with no penalization fee upward to 48 hours prior.

NOTE: If you completed driver pedagogy another written test is not required and upon submission of the appropriate paperwork, a permit volition be issued.

A vision exam is as well required prior to issuance of a learner's allow. You may have a vision test at no fee when you appear for your written exam. Alternatively, you lot may have a doctor of your choice provide the exam at your expense and fill out the eye form. You lot will demand to give the completed form to the driver's license examiner at the time of your driver's examination.

The learner's allow expires after two years. Permits are not renewable, but additional two-yr permits can exist issued. Upon permit expiration, the person must file a new application and consummate the vision exam and written exam over again. Any required driving hours logged on the initial learner's permit will bear over to whatsoever subsequent allow, and no additional expect time is required on a subsequent permit before applying to take a route test. The brake from using a handheld electronic device or mobile telephone still applies, at all age levels.

The permit allows the individual to operate a vehicle when accompanied by a licensed driver who is at to the lowest degree xx years of age and has held a valid license for two years.

Ready for your road test? Visit our Exams page to learn more than about scheduling and preparing for your test. The Exams page includes a study guide and a video that gives you a first-hand expect at the entire route examination experience.