Social security and residency — Vermont Permit Test
Social security and residency on the Vermont permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
You must present your Social Security card, or a letter from the Social Security Administration saying you cannot be given a number.
The number is checked with Social Security before a license is printed. A mismatch stops the whole application.
You must present your Social Security card or a letter from the Social Security Administration indicating ineligibility to receive a Social Security number
If the Social Security card is not available, a W-2 form, an SSA-1099 form or a pay stub showing the name and at least the last 4 digits of the number may be used instead.
The card itself goes missing often. These stand in because the number on them came from the same agency.
pay stub showing name and SSN (minimum of last 4 digits)
The residential address you give must be a street or highway address. It may not be a post office box, although a post office box may be used as your mailing address.
A box number says where letters land, not where you live, and residency is what the state is checking.
The residential address you supply must be a street or highway address. It may not be a post office box.
Where mail comes to the street address, two pieces of mail carrying your name and that address prove Vermont residency.
One letter can be sent anywhere. Two say somebody expects to find you there.
Two pieces of mail with current name and street address.
Vermont will not issue a license or ID to a temporary foreign national with less than 30 days of lawful presence left.
A license outlasts the stay it was issued on, and a document that expires in a week is not worth printing.
The Vermont DMV will not issue a Driver's License or ID if you have less than 30 days of Lawful Presence remaining.
On the test
What does an applicant with no Social Security number have to bring?
A letter from Social Security stating they cannot have one. The number is checked with Social Security before a license is printed. A mismatch stops the whole application. 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, p.9: “You must present your Social Security card or a letter from the Social Security Administration indicating ineligibility to receive a Social Security number”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, published by the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-15.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/VT.pdf (2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, form VN-007, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/VT.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 1, folioMarker, nonLawPages, signGalleryPages and the extraction flag, each with its basis)