Description: Identification documentation required for the issuance of a learner's permit, photo identification card or exchange of foreign driver's licence.

Identification Documentation Required For The Issuance Of A Learner's Permit, Photo Identification Card Or Exchange Of Forengn Driver's Licence

You need two pieces of identification, with at least one being an original primary document and the second an original secondary document as listed within each category below:

PRIMARY

  • Birth Certificate¹
  • Passport
  • Canadian Armed Forces Identification Card
  • Municipal, Provincial or Federal Police Force Identification
  • Federal Firearms Identification Card
  • Photo Driver's Licence (from another jurisdiction)
  • Photo Identification Card issued by Motor Registration Division
  • Citizenship, Immigration, Naturalization, or Canadian Landed Resident papers

¹if the name on the birth certificate is not your current name, you will require another original of documents such as a marriage certificate which specifies your current name.

SECONDARY

  • Baptismal Certificate (with church seal)
  • Marriage Certificate
  • Social Insurance Card
  • Credit Card
  • School Identification Card (photograph: Newfoundland and Labrador schools only)
  • Indian Status Card (with photograph)
  • Government Identification Card (Newfoundland and Labrador)
  • MCP Card
  • Health Care Board Card (Newfoundland and Labrador only)
  • or other documentation satisfactory to the Registrar

You may produce two pieces of identification from the primary list but WE CANNOT ACCEPT TWO PIECES OF IDENTIFICATION FROM THE SECONDARY LIST.