To qualify for the exchange, your non-driver ID needs to be unexpired or, if expired, no longer than two years. Appointments are required for all learner’s permit testing. Be sure to study the Connecticut Driver’s Manual.


Step 1: Make an appointment

Schedule your knowledge and vision test.  

Step 2: Gather what you’ll need. 

• Bring your non-driver ID card as your only required form of identification. You’ll also have the option to have your identity verified through the REAL ID program. 
• If you are under age 18, and your parent/legal guardian is not present at the time of the knowledge test, bring completed Certificate of Parental Consent (Form 2-D).
• If your name has changed, additional document will be needed. Refer to Section 5 of the list of acceptable forms of identification: (English version (PDF) | Spanish version (PDF))
• Non-U.S. citizens may be required to provide additional identification.

If your previous license is expiring within six months or has expired less than two years, you will be issued a renewal of your previous driver’s license.

If your previous license is valid for more than six months, you will be issued a duplicate license. 

Step 1: Make an appointment at a DMV office (DMV express offices, such as AAA locations, do not provide this service).

Step 2: Gather what you’ll need. 

• Complete an application for duplicate license (Form 1-B) (if applicable)
• You have the option to bring your non-driver ID card as your only required form of identification. You also have the option to have your identity verified through the REAL ID program, if you have not done so already.
• If your name has changed, please see name change documents Section 5 of the list of acceptable forms of identification: (English version (PDF) | Spanish version (PDF))
• Non-U.S. citizens may be required to provide additional identification.

Exchange fees vary depending on the type of exchange that happens. Please review the information in the exchange fee chart to find the fee that applies to you.

Acceptable forms of payment vary by location.

Fee waivers are available for unhoused individuals residing in a shelter or transitional housing who provide proof of residency from  in Connecticut. The Connecticut identification card requirements and application (Form B-230) must be signed by an official from the shelter or transitional housing location.

Acceptable proof of address for applicants residing in a shelter or transitional housing includes:

• Signed B-230 form and signed proof of residency letter from shelter/transitional housing
• Postmarked mail sent to the applicant at the homeless shelter or transition housing

Fee waivers are also available for blind veterans. 

To receive a waiver, provide:

• A Certificate of Blindness from the Board of Education and Services for the Blind, or
• A letter from a doctor/optometrist that confirms the applicant meets the definition of blind as defined in Connecticut General Statutes 1-1f(a).  
• A DD214 form indicating an honorable discharge.

Customers who are medically unfit to drive can exchange their driver’s license for a non-driver ID at no additional cost.