WI PROBATIONARY LICENSE (UNDER 18) REQUIREMENTS:
- Are at least 16 years old.
- Have passed an approved driver education course.
- Have an adult sponsor.
- Complete a Wisconsin Driver's License Application form MV3001 - including your Social Security number.
- Provide proof of U.S. citizenship, legal permanent resident status, conditional resident status, or temporary visitor status.
- Provide proof of name and date of birth.
- Provide proof of identity.
- Have held an Instruction Permit for at least six months.
- Have been violation free for six months.
- Have 50 hours of driving experience (10 of which must be at night).
- Instruction permits issued before July 11, 2021 are required to have 30 hours of practice with 10 hours being at night
- Are enrolled in a school program or high school equivalency program and are not a habitual truant, have graduated from high school or been granted a declaration of high graduation equivalency, or are enrolled in a home-based private education program.
- Pass the driving skills test.
- Pay the necessary fees.
WI PROBATIONARY LICENSE RESTRICTIONS:
If a student is under 18, for the first nine months of holding the probationary license the student may drive but with the following restrictions:
- From 5 AM to midnight, a student may drive alone and travel anywhere. In addition, any number of immediate family members (including legal guardian) and the following people can be passengers:
- One person who holds a valid regular (non-probationary) license with at least 2 years of driving experience and who is a person 21 or older or a qualified instructor or spouse 19 or older, and one other person.
- From midnight to 5 AM and if driving between home, school, and/or work, a student may drive alone. In addition, a student can have the same passengers as listed in number one above. If driving anywhere else, students must have one of the following people in the vehicle:
- a parent or guardian.
- any number of immediate family members and one other person.
- one person who holds a valid regular (non-probationary) license with 2 years of licensed driving experience and one person who is a person 21 or older, a spouse 19 or older, or a qualified instructor 19 or older.
Restrictions will be extended 6 months if the student does any of the following:
- is convicted of a moving traffic violation.
- violates any of the restrictions.
- has license revoked or suspended for any reason.
Note: The terms of the passenger and time-of-day restriction stops while any operating privilege is suspended or revoked. It resumes again when the operating privilege is reinstated.
