A brief timeline of N.C. driver's license ID requirements:
Oct. 1, 1997: The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles begins asking applicants for a Social Security number under a law aimed at cracking down on deadbeat parents. Applicants without an SSN, including illegal immigrants, are not turned away, however.
August 1998: Under an internal policy, the DMV begins accepting the matricula consular, the servicio militar nacional and the credencial para votar, three forms of identification issued by the Mexican government.
Jan. 1, 2002: The DMV begins accepting the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, a federal ID number issued to all workers in the U.S. regardless of immigration status, as a form of identification under a provision in the state budget.
Feb. 2, 2004: Under an internal policy change pushed by Operation Stop Fraud, the DMV stops accepting the matricula consular and other foreign-issued papers as a form of identification. The matricula consular is still accepted as proof of residency, however.
Aug. 23, 2006: The DMV stops accepting taxpayer ID numbers under a provision in an omnibus technical corrections bill.
SOURCE: Division of Motor Vehicles
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