Get a REAL ID in Michigan

Get a Michigan REAL ID: visit a Secretary of State branch office with original or certified documents; converting outside your renewal costs a small correction fee.

Your situation

Do you already have a Michigan driver's license or state ID?

A REAL ID-compliant Michigan card shows a star in a gold circle or in a silhouette of Michigan in the upper right corner. Enhanced licenses and IDs are REAL ID-compliant even without the star. An out-of-state license doesn't count.

Yes, a Michigan card without the starNo, this will be my first Michigan cardYes, and it has the star or is enhanced

Are you a U.S. citizen?

YesNo

Is your current legal name different from the name on your birth certificate or legal presence document?

For example, your birth certificate shows your name before marriage.

No, it's the sameYes

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Your plan

1. Gather your documents

   • Your current Michigan driver's license or state ID
     Accepted documents (bring 1)

     • Current Michigan driver's license or state ID
   • Proof of U.S. citizenship
     Originals or copies certified with a raised seal or stamp; faxes and photocopies are not accepted.
     Accepted documents (bring 1)

     • Valid U.S. passport or passport card
     • Certified U.S. birth certificate (issued by the vital records office of the state of birth (or another U.S. government unit), with full name, date and place of birth, a parent's name, filing date, registrar's certification and signature, and a raised seal or stamp)
     • Consular Report of Birth Abroad (FS-240, DS-1350 or FS-545)
     • Certificate of Citizenship (N-560 or N-561)
     • Certificate of Naturalization (N-550, N-570 or N-578)

2. Check your documents

   Use the Department's form Applying for a Michigan license or state ID (SOS-428). Documents marked with the star can be used for REAL ID.

   SOS-428 on michigan.gov ↗

3. Schedule an office visit

   The Department strongly recommends scheduling, up to six months ahead, online or at 888-SOS-MICH (888-767-6424). Without a scheduled visit, staff find you the next available slot.

   Schedule an office visit ↗

4. Visit a Secretary of State branch office

   Ask for a REAL ID-compliant card, show your original or certified documents and pay. Offices take cash, check, money order, cards (with a processing fee) and Apple, Google or Samsung Pay.

   REAL ID on michigan.gov ↗

5. Consider an enhanced license or ID (optional)

   Enhanced cards are REAL ID-compliant and can also be used instead of a passport to re-enter the U.S. by land or sea from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda or the Caribbean. You apply in person with a U.S. citizenship document, proof of Social Security number, two proofs of Michigan residency and any name change document. The Department says fees vary when you switch an existing card.

   Enhanced license and ID ↗

6. Watch your mail

   Cards are printed off-site and mailed. To track yours, log into Online Services, select More, then View Credential Mail Status.

   Online Services ↗

Common reasons people get turned away

• Photocopies or faxes: documents must be originals or copies certified with a raised seal or stamp.
• A hospital birth certificate, an adoption record or a delayed foreign birth certificate; Puerto Rico birth certificates must be issued on or after July 1, 2010.
• A name that doesn't match your Social Security record: correct it with the Social Security Administration before your visit.
• For a first card: residency documents older than 90 days, or a P.O. box instead of a residential address.

Offices that issue REAL ID

The Michigan Department of State says you apply for a REAL ID license or ID, or convert your current card, at a Secretary of State branch office; it can't be done online or by mail. Agency source.

131 offices in Michigan

• Secretary of State Office – Adrian Adrian ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Albion Albion ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Allegan Allegan ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Alma Alma ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Alpena Alpena ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Ann Arbor Ann Arbor ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Ypsilanti Ann Arbor ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Atlanta Atlanta ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Bad Axe Bad Axe ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Baldwin Baldwin ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Battle Creek Battle Creek ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Bay City Bay City ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Bellaire Bellaire ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Belleville Belleville ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Benton Harbor Benton Harbor ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Bessemer Bessemer ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Big Rapids Big Rapids ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Brownstown Brownstown ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Cadillac Cadillac ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Canton Canton ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Caro Caro ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Charlevoix Charlevoix ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Cheboygan Cheboygan ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Chelsea Chelsea ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Chesterfield Chesterfield ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Clare Clare ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Clarkston Clarkston ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Clinton Township Clinton Township ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Clio Clio ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Coldwater Coldwater ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Davison Davison ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Dearborn Dearborn ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Detroit – Bagley Street Detroit ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Detroit – East Warren Avenue Detroit ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Detroit – Livernois Avenue Detroit ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Detroit – Mack Avenue Detroit ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Detroit – West Grand Boulevard Detroit ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Detroit – West Seven Mile Road Detroit ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Dowagiac Dowagiac ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – East Tawas East Tawas ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Eastpointe Eastpointe ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Escanaba Escanaba ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Flint – East Third Street Flint ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Flint – Fenton Road Flint ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Fremont Fremont ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Gaylord Gaylord ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Gladwin Gladwin ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Grand Haven Grand Haven ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Grand Rapids – 28th Street Grand Rapids ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Grand Rapids – Plainfield Avenue Grand Rapids ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Grayling Grayling ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Greenville Greenville ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Hamtramck Hamtramck ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Harrisville Harrisville ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Hart Hart ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Hastings Hastings ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Hazel Park Hazel Park ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Highland Highland ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Hillsdale Hillsdale ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Holland Holland ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Honor Honor ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Houghton Houghton ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Howell Howell ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Hudsonville Hudsonville ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Inkster Inkster ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Ionia Ionia ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Iron Mountain Iron Mountain ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Iron River Iron River ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Jackson Jackson ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Kalamazoo Kalamazoo ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Kalkaska Kalkaska ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Lake City Lake City ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Lansing – East Michigan Avenue Lansing ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Lansing – Executive Court Lansing ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Lapeer Lapeer ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Livonia Livonia ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Ludington Ludington ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – L’Anse L’Anse ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Manistee Manistee ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Manistique Manistique ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Marquette Marquette ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Mason Mason ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Menominee Menominee ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Midland Midland ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Mio Mio ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Mohawk Mohawk ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Monroe Monroe ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Munising Munising ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Muskegon Muskegon ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Newberry Newberry ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Niles Niles ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Novi Novi ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Oak Park Oak Park ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Ontonagon Ontonagon ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Owosso Owosso ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Paw Paw Paw Paw ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Petoskey Petoskey ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Pontiac Pontiac ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Port Huron Port Huron ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Portage Portage ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Prudenville Prudenville ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Redford Redford ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Reed City Reed City ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Rochester Hills Rochester Hills ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Rogers City Rogers City ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Saginaw – Bay Road Saginaw ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Saginaw – Dixie Highway Saginaw ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Sandusky Sandusky ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Sault Ste. Marie Sault Ste. Marie ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Shelby Township Shelby Township ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Southfield Southfield ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Sparta Sparta ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – St. Charles St. Charles ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – St. Ignace St. Ignace ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – St. Johns St. Johns ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Standish Standish ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Sterling Heights Sterling Heights ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Sturgis Sturgis ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Suttons Bay Suttons Bay ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Taylor Taylor ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Temperance Temperance ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Traverse City Traverse City ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Trenton Trenton ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Troy Troy ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Warren Warren ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Washington Township Washington Township ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – West Bloomfield West Bloomfield ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – West Branch West Branch ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Westland Westland ✓ Office type issues it
• Secretary of State Office – Wyoming Wyoming ✓ Office type issues it

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Read more

• Michigan driver's license and state ID: first license, renewal, replacement and REAL ID
• REAL ID explained: what changed and which ID you need to fly

Sources · checked October 30, 2026

• REAL ID (Michigan Department of State)
• REAL ID FAQs (Michigan Department of State)
• Applying for a Michigan license or state ID (SOS-428)
• First-time license or ID (Michigan Department of State)
• License and ID information and fees (Michigan Department of State)
• Enhanced license and ID (Michigan Department of State)
• New Michigan residents (Michigan Department of State)
• Scheduling an office visit FAQ (Michigan Department of State)
• Secretary of State offices FAQ (Michigan Department of State)

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