Originally Posted by
Often1
Many states satisfied the second residency document in exactly this way, but by design. Rather than issuing licenses on the spot, they issue a temporary license (if the old one is expiring) and mail the new one to the listed address.
There is no such thing as 100% certainty and no number of documents can provide absolute proof of residency. But, bottom line is that this seems to work well.
The federal government does not allow this. You have to show two residency documents per the REAL ID Act. States also are no longer allowed to issue licenses on the spot and must mail them to you, but that is a separate matter.
The feds have granted California (and other affected states) a concession that allows affected cardholders to provide their second proof of residency by checking a box on a letter. This will avoid having the situation where their licenses are no longer valid due to the DMV misinterpreting the law (or DHS being overly strict about it, depending on your perspective).