(FOX40.COM) — The federal government is requiring the California Department of Motor Vehicles to cancel around 13,000 non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses on Friday.
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A non-domiciled individual is a person who does not have citizenship or lawful permanent resident status and includes holders of various visas, refugees and asylees, according to the DMV.

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The DMV said it found the CDLs were issued incorrectly. State law requires that the expiration date of a CDL must be on or before the expiration date of the legal presence documents provided to the DMV.

According to the DMV, those affected have already been notified that their licenses are set to be cancelled.

Federal law permits these individuals to obtain a CDL. The DMV said that all individuals issued non-domiciled CDLs by the DMV had been granted work authorization by the federal government and were legally present in the United States at the time their license was issued.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration blocked the DMV from attempting to issue corrected CDLs to affected drivers in a way that is consistent with state and federal law, the DMV said.

Additionally, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied an emergency stay that was also requested by DMV which would have allowed the state to reissue corrected non-domiciled CDLs to eligible individuals.

On March 2, the Alameda County Superior Court ruled that the DMV must allow those non-domiciled CDL holders who received a cancellation letter to reapply for a CDL following cancellation of their license.

However, the department is prevented from issuing non-domiciled CDLs until FMCSA lifts its mandated “pause”, the DMV stated. All applications will remain pending for a maximum of one year.

Impacted CDL holders who don’t apply for a new CDL are required to apply for a regular, Class C driver’s license to continue driving their regular vehicles. Those affected who want to apply for a CDL will be required to pay a non-refundable application fee and be issued a temporary non-commercial, Class C driver’s license.

The DMV said it will offer priority appointments for people impacted and encourages applicants to visit its website or call 916-306-5135 before visiting an office.

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