Pro tip: Navigating through Arizona's desert landscapes requires proficient driving. Elevate your driving proficiency with our guides on operating a stick shift and parallel parking mastery. Acquire skills for parking in reverse and three-point turn techniques. Make sure your mirrors are well adjusted for clear sight. Our Online Driving Simulator can simulate the driving experience, and international drivers should review the international driver's license requirements for Arizona.
Like a regular (class D) license, a class G graduated license allows you to drive any vehicle that does not require a motorcycle or commercial driver license. You will be able to drive unsupervised most of the time, but with some restrictions:
Hold your instruction permit for at least 6 months
Complete supervised driving practice
Provide one of the following:
Complete the application form
Do it online. The information from your online application will be electronically transmitted and stored for use when you visit an office. Otherwise, you can fill out form 40-5122. If you have any medical conditions that you wish to have shown on your license, submit a statement from your physician or nurse practitioner.
Provide your parent or guardian consent
There is space for this on the application form. The signatures must be witnessed by an MVD agent or by a notary public. The application must be signed by both natural/adoptive parents if not married to each other but share joint custody. Otherwise, one signature of a parent with custody is enough.
Provide required documentation
Provide at least 2 documents form this list. At least one of which should be from the Primary column. The documents you choose must verify
Pass a road test
Do it at either at an MVD office or an authorized third-party office. Authorized third-party providers frequently offer tests to walk-in customers with no wait but may charge an additional convenience fee. If you take the road test at an MVD office, you may schedule an appointment online.
Pay a $25 licensing fee
Pay by credit card, cash, check, traveler’s check, or money order (payable to Motor Vehicle Division).
Get your temporary card
Your temporary card will be issued at the office. You will receive your license in the mail within 15 days. Your license will have a vertical format. Once you turn 18, if your six-month restricted driving period has not been extended, you may upgrade your class G graduated license to a full class D driver license but you don’t have to. Your Class D license will still have a vertical format that indicates you are under 21.
Provide at least 2 documents form this list. At least one of which should be from the Primary column. The documents you choose must verify:
Pay by credit card, cash, check, traveler's check, or money order (payable to Motor Vehicle Division).
You will drive a test route that has a variety of traffic situations. Your job is to follow the examiner’s directions as you will be observed and graded on specific actions and on your general ability to operate the car safely.
You can take the road test at any MVD location, but availability is limited, so make an appointment before you go. You may also consider taking a road test at one of third-party providers.
Note that a parent or legal guardian will be required to accompany a teen driver who is applying for a driver license.
A vehicle in good operating condition with the following functioning features:
Provide:
Before driving, you will show that you understand the meaning of Arizona traffic signs. Your examiner will also check your ability to understand the following English language instructions:
Before going on the road, you will be asked to pass a parking test or complete a three-point turn.
Successful completion of a three-point turn is required at all MVD offices that offer road tests, with the exception of Flagstaff, Holbrook, Tempe and Winslow which require parallel parking.
You will have one attempt with the grading based on a point system. You will accumulate points for each error during the vehicle maneuverability test. Most infractions are worth two points. If you get 8 or more points, you will fail the maneuverability test and the entire road test.
Possible errors:
Your route of travel will include various traffic situations. You will show the following maneuvers :
You begin your road test with 100 points. The points are deducted for each driving error. Depending on its severity 10, 4 or 2 points are deducted each time. To pass the test you must keep at least 80 points.
Ten points are deducted each time for
Four points are deducted each time for
Two points are deducted each time for
The examiner will show you the final score and explain your strengths and weaknesses.
If you fail the test, you will be able to come back in a 7-day period. You have 3 attempts to pass the test in a 12-month period. After that a new application should be completed for a fee.
Arizona considers you a resident if any of the following apply:
Note: Out-of-state students enrolled with at least seven semester hours are not considered residents of Arizona, regardless of employment. Active-duty military personnel based in Arizona are not considered Arizona residents either.
Apply in person
You can apply at your local MVD office or authorized third-party driver license provider.
Complete the application form
Do it online. The information from your online application will be electronically transmitted and stored for use when you visit an office. Otherwise, you can fill out form 40-5122. If you have any medical conditions that you wish to have shown on your license, submit a statement from your physician or nurse practitioner.
Provide required documentation
Provide at least 2 documents from this list. At least one of which should be from the Primary column. The documents you choose must verify
Turn in your out-of-state driver's license
Pass a vision test
You are required to pay a $5 out-of-state screening fee.
Pay the licensing fee
Pay by credit card, cash, check, traveler's check, or money order (payable to Motor Vehicle Division).
Get your temporary card
If you are under 18 years of age, the MVD will issue you a class G graduated license instead of a full class D operator (driver) license. Your temporary card will be issued at the office. You will receive your license in the mail within 15 days.
The procedure for exchanging your foreign license for an Arizona class D operator (driver) license is the same as that for obtaining a new Arizona license unless you are licensed in Germany, Canada or Taiwan.
If you have a valid driver's license from Germany, Taiwan or Canada, your procedure is the same as transferring an out-of-state driver's license.
If you have a driver’s license from another country, go to our guide to apply for your full driver’s license.
