At a Glance
- Nondomiciled drivers applying for or renewing their CDL/CLP must provide an unexpired I-94 record indicating one of three specific employment-based nonimmigrant categories: H-2A, H-2B or E-2, and appear in person and provide an unexpired foreign passport at every issuance and renewal.
- Foreign nationals holding other lawful status and valid employment authorization documents are now ineligible, including asylees, refugees, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries.
- The IFR specifically singles out California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas and Washington State for licensing failures, warning that any state found noncompliant could lose issuance authority and/or federal funding.
- Employers with nondomiciled drivers should plan for disruptions in CDL renewals while states pause and update their systems to comply with the IFR.
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