Good News for the H1 and L1 visa holders in North Carolina, if your license is getting expired before the approval of H1/L1 visa extension follow below steps to get you driver’s license renewed.

Send an eMail to [email protected], addressing “Donna Bartley” stating you have the receipt notice for H1/H4/L1/L2 visa extension and you need your current license to be extended.

Make sure the subject line is - “Extension of NC Driver’s license based on H1B<your visa type> extension petition receipt”

You will receive a response asking Color PDF scanned copies of receipt, passport, Current i-94 and Drivers license. You may receive the extension up to 240 days.

you can contact Central Issuance Verification Unit,N. C. Department of Transportation Division of Motor Vehicle,  Phone: 918-861-3607 for further questions.