The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles is taking quick action to comply with a new federal ruling on issuance of commercial driver’s licenses to non US citizens with lawful presence status.

To ensure compliance with the new interim final rule from the Federal Motor Safety Carrier Administration, the SCDMV will only issue commercial driver’s licenses or commercial learner’s permits to U.S. citizens or “green card” permanent residents.

The SCDMV is enacting this change effective Monday, September 29, to comply with the newly announced federal interim final rule which restricts not only who can be issued a commercial driver’s license by a State Driver License Authority, but also limits the duration of commercial driver’s licenses issued to lawfully present non US citizens.

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