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To apply for or renew your British Columbia driver's license you must bring one "primary" and on "secondary" piece of identification.

Your existing driver's license may be used in place of any one of these.

Primary identification	Secondary identification
Birth Certificate Canadian Citizenship Identification Canadian Record of Landing Canadian Student Visa Canadian Work Visa Returning Resident Permit	Passport Canadian or U.S. Drivers license BC Identification (new digital style only) Naturalization Certificate Canadian Forces Identification Police Identification Foreign Affairs Canada ID or Consular ID

Photocopies of these documents are not acceptable unless certified as true copies of the original.

If your legal name differs from that on your ID, you must also present a marriage certificate or legal name change certificate.

If you were born outside Canada and do not have primary ID, contact Citizenship and Immigration Canada at 1-888-242-2100.

If you were born in Canada, please contact the jurisdiction you were born in to get a copy of your Birth Certificate.

British Columbia Vital Statistics 818 Fort St., Victoria BC V8W 1H8 Phone:1-800-663-8328 Fax: 1-250-952-2527	Newfoundland Vital Statistics #5 Mews Place, Government Service Centre, St. John's, NF A1B 4J6 Phone:1-709-729-3311 Fax: 1-709-728-0946	PEI Vital Statistics Box 2000, Charlottetown, PEI C1A 7N8 Phone: 1-902-368-4420 Fax: 1-902-368-4492
Alberta Registries Vital Statistics 3rd Floor, 10365-97th ST., Box 2023 Edmonton, AB T5J 4W7 Phone:1-403-427-2683 Fax: 1-403-422-9117	Northwest Territories Vital Statistics Box 1320, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9 Phone: 1-403-873-7404 Fax: 1-403-873-0272	Quebec: Direction de l'etat civil 205 Montmagny, QC G1N 4T2 Phone: 1-418-643-3900 Fax: 1-418-646-3255
Manitoba Vital Statistics 254 Portage Ave., Main Floor Winnipeg, MB R3C 0B6 Phone: 1-204-945-3701 Fax: 1-204-948-3128	Nova Scotia Vital Statistics Box 157, 1690 Hollis Street Halifax, NS B3J 2M9 Phone: 1-902-424-4381 Fax: 1-902-424-0678	Yukon Vital Statistics Box 2703, Whitehorse, YK Y1A 2C6 Phone: 1-403-667-5207 Fax: 1-403-393-6486
New Brunswick Vital Statistics Box 6000, Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1 Phone: 1-506-453-2385 Fax: 1-506-444-4139	Ontario Registrar General 189 Red River Road Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6L8 Phone: 1-416-965-1687 Fax: 1-807-343-7411

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