• Complete an identification application (Form B-230) prior to your appointment.
• If you have a Connecticut-issued driver's license or learner's permit, you have the option to exchange it without bringing all your identity documents to DMV.   
• Puerto Rico-issued birth certificates dated before July 1, 2010, are not acceptable and need to be replaced. Please note: All identification documents for Puerto Rico residents must show full legal name, based on REAL ID requirements.  

REAL ID
If you apply  for a REAL ID-verified non-driver ID, you must bring additional accepted forms of identification. If you already have a verified REAL ID license or permit, you don’t need to re-apply or resubmit additional documentation. 

No fee renewal
If you are a blind veteran or living in a shelter or transitional housing, you can apply for your ID for free in person. See "Fees" for more information.

New-issue ID cards are only processed at DMV offices. They aren’t processed at AAA or Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union locations. 

Make an appointment

Your non-driver ID card arrives in the mail within 20 business days. For more information on this, please see Central Issuance.  

You can track the delivery of your new card to see when it will arrive.

The fee for a non-driver ID (valid for 7 years) is $28.

View acceptable forms of payment.

Fees can be waived if either scenario applies to you:

• If you are currently unhoused or living in a shelter, you are eligible for a non-driver ID at no cost. Please provide proof of state residency from an authorized shelter or transitional housing location in Connecticut from one of these websites:  CT Coalition to End Homelessness | 2-1-1 Connecticut

Certification of homeless youth or homeless young adult must be signed on Form B-230 by one of the following:

A. School District Homeless Liaison

B. Director of emergency shelter funded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or director’s designee.

C. Director of run away or homeless youth basic center or transitional living program funded by the USA Department of Health & Human Services ordirector’s designee.

D. Director of program of a non-profit organization or municipality that is contracted with homeless youth program established pursuant to Section 17a-62a. 

• If you are a blind veteran, you are eligible for a non-driver ID at no cost. Please provide a Certificate of Blindness form from the Bureau of Education and Services for the Blind or a letter from a doctor/optometrist that they meet the definition of blind as defined in Connecticut General Statutes 1-1f(a), and provide a DD214 indicating they have been honorably discharged.