Choose the correct official checklist
Start with FLHSMV’s What to Bring selector. Requirements depend on citizenship or immigration status and the transaction. This support page is a pre-appointment check, not a replacement for the agency’s list.
Keep the document categories separate
- Primary identity: select an accepted identity document from your applicable checklist. For a U.S. citizen, examples include an accepted birth certificate or valid U.S. passport.
- Social Security verification: use the proof accepted for this separate category. A Social Security card is not an alternative primary identity document.
- Residential address: check the accepted evidence and number of documents for your circumstances. Distinguish a residential address from a mailing address.
- Name changes: identify the documents connecting the names on your records.
The Miami-Dade Tax Collector’s license guidance also lists identity, Social Security and address evidence separately.
Check each record before travelling
- Confirm that the record is the accepted original or certified document where required.
- Check names, dates and addresses for mismatches.
- Check expiration and any document-age requirement in the agency instructions.
- Verify appointment and office requirements for the specific transaction.
- Keep a list of unresolved issues to ask the issuing agency about before the visit.
Do not edit a statement or present an address arrangement inaccurately to make documents match. If a record is wrong, ask its issuer to correct it.
If something is missing
Contact the issuing authority for replacement options and current processing times. Do not book a nonrefundable trip based on a generic replacement-time estimate. Tell support which service document you need and when your appointment is scheduled; government acceptance remains the agency’s decision.
What this page does not decide
A DMV document check does not determine tax domicile, homestead eligibility or acceptance by a bank. For the office visit itself, use the driver-license appointment guide. For a mismatch, use document and address troubleshooting.