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<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:red'>This email is
to provide some updated information regarding Texas state ID and driver’s
license<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D;background:
yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Most driver’s license offices require a
letter from my office verifying your enrollment</span></b><span
style='color:#1F497D'> and you will also need to provide your I-20 (F-1) or
DS-2019 (J-1), passport, visa, and I-94. You may request this letter at <a
href="http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/international/forms.asp">http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/international/forms.asp</a>.
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>HOWEVER,<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:
yellow'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The Greenville driver’s license
office (Department of Public Safety) at 2801 Stuart Street Rm 408 <u>ONLY</u>
requires you’re A&M-Commerce student ID and not a letter from the
ISSO. You will also need to provide your I-20, passport, visa, and
I-94. <b><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>You do not
have to have a letter verifying your enrollment at the Greenville office.</span></b>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Students who do not want to wait
for my office to issue the letter are welcome to go to Greenville’s driver’s
license office. </span><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D;
background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>You do not have to live in Hunt county
(Commerce, Greenville, Sulphur Springs, etc…) to go to this office</span></u></b><span
style='color:#1F497D'>. Students from the Dallas/Fort Worth area may go
to Greenville if they want. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>For more information on applying
for a driver’s license please visit <a
href="http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/DriverLicense/">http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/DriverLicense/</a>.
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>ALSO,<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:red;background:yellow;
mso-highlight:yellow'>Please be aware that the Texas Department of Public
Safety regulations require your I-20 or DS-2019 to be valid for <u>at least six
(6) months beyond the date of your application</u> or you will be denied.</span><span
style='color:red'> </span></b><span style='color:red'> </span><span
style='color:#1F497D'>There are <u>NO EXCEPTIONS</u> to this regulation and we
understand it may cause extreme hardship and international advisors across the
state are petitioning this regulation to be changed.</span><span
style='color:red'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>In many cases you
will have to be <u>APPROVED</u> for post-completion Optional Practical Training
(OPT) <u>BEFORE</u> you can renew or be issued a license. Many driver’s
license offices will require students on OPT to have the EAD card before you
can apply. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Students graduating in the spring
whose license will expire need to apply in plenty of time to make sure to meet
the six (6) month requirement. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>John Mark Jones, Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>International Student Services<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>PO Box 3011<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Commerce TX 75429<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(P) 903-886-5097<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(F) 903-468-3200<o:p></o:p></p>
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