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Driver Services: Renewing Your Driver's License
Your Virginia driver's license and learner's permit always expire on the last day of your birth month and will expire when you reach an age that is divisible by five - 20, 25, 30, 35, etc. When you renew your license, it will be valid for five years.
You may renew your driver's license as early as two years prior to the expiration date on your license. If you were convicted of two or more moving violations (one or more if under age 21) since your license was last issued, you must retake the two-part knowledge exam and any other knowledge exams for each type of license you hold.
If your license has expired for more than one year, you must re-take all tests (vision screening, two-part knowledge exam, and road skills test).
DMV will mail you a renewal application prior to the expiration date of your driver's license. To receive your renewal application on time, be sure to update your address with DMV.
The renewal fee is the same as the licensing fee. (For example, a 5-year driver's license with no endorsements costs $15.) You may pay your fees with cash, money order, check, check card or major credit card.
You may renew your driver's license every other renewal cycle online, by touch-tone telephone (1-888-337-4782), mail or you may use extraTeller. You may renew using any of these alternative methods unless:
- You are required to take the two-part knowledge exam.
- You have received two or more moving violations (one or more if you are under 21) since your last renewal.
- Your license is suspended or revoked.
- You hold a Commercial Driver's License (CDL).
- You are under medical review.
- Other conditions may affect your eligibility to renew using one of these methods.
Your renewal notice will indicate if you are eligible to use an alternative renewal method.
If you use an alternate renewal method, DMV will use the photograph on your existing license. If you would like a new photo on your license, please renew at one of our customer service centers.
You must also renew in person if your social security number (SSN) on file at DMV does not match your number on file with the Social Security Administration or if you do not have a SSN on file. Your SSN on file with DMV must match the number on file with the Social Security Administration before DMV will renew your driver's license. If you do not have a SSN, you must provide a letter from the Social Security Administration that verifies this.
A complete list of eligibility requirements, including social security number requirements, "Acceptable Documents for Obtaining a Driver's License or Photo ID Card" (DMV 141), is available online or by calling 1-866-DMV-LINE (368-5463). Your renewal notice will indicate if you are eligible to use an alternative renewal method.
You cannot hold a photo ID card if you hold any type of driver's license. If you currently hold both a driver's license and a photo ID card, you will be required to surrender your photo ID card before you can renew your driver's license.
You may renew at a customer service center during any renewal cycle. You will be required to pass the vision screening any time you renew at a customer service center.
The renewal application also allows you to apply to register to vote or change your registration address.
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