Tuesday, January 12, 2021
New Jersey state was scheduled to begin issuing driver’s licenses for immigrants without legal documents by the beginning of January this year, but Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) officials announced that there will be a delay due to the COVID pandemic.
MVC Remote Operations Due to COVID
MVC agencies are closed due to the pandemic, stated agency officials who did not mention when the driver’s license would become available. The MVC has implemented many changes in the past few months, including shifting their transactions online. The demand for these services continues to be high. MVC staff was also reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Immigrants without legal status in New Jersey will have to wait longer to apply for a new state driver s license that was supposed to launch in January, state motor vehicle officials announced Monday.
The delay was blamed on the coronavirus pandemic, which has forced the closure of Motor Vehicle Commission agencies across the state and delayed the training needed to implement the licenses. The MVC did not say when the driver s licenses would be available.
“Status-neutral licensing is important for many New Jerseyans, but the demands on MVC due to COVID-19 have made it impossible for us to complete the training and software changes required to implement it,” Sue Fulton, chief administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission, said in a statement.