Do we need to change the DL address?
Hi, me and my husband are preparing all the documents that we might need at the AOS interview and so far we have both our names on the lease, bank account and several bills. Does my husband also need to change the address in his driver license to match mine even though we dont have a car and he uses his license solely as an ID (we live in NY and his DL is for a different state, mine is for NY)? Or DL is not a significant document at the interview and will be regarded as just a secondary proof of bona fide marriage? Do we really need to go through the head ache of getting a new driver license or will it not matter that much?
Thank you!
The drivers license is not just for driving, its also an important identification document and by state law youre supposed to update it soon after changing your address (different states will have different limits, whether its 10 days, 15 days, 30 days).
For the interview, it is VERY important that both of you have a DL or state ID with the same address as each other, and the same address as your recent bank statements and bills. Having different addresses on your licenses would counteract your efforts of presenting yourselves as a bona fide couple that lives together, and could make the interview more difficult and/or result in the interviewer putting the case on hold until you have licenses with matching addresses (and once they put the case on hold, it can stay on hold for a looooooong time even after you provide the new evidence).
Jackolantern, thank you! I really appreciate!)
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