• At least 30 days prior to the expiration of your license, the Division of Vehicles will mail you a notice to the address on file. You can renew your license up to one year in advance unless you are less than 21 years of age. If you are turning 21, you can't renew before your birthday, but should do it as soon as possible after your 21^st birthday (you have 45 days to do it).

  Plan of Action:

  1. Apply at any full-service DMV office or county treasurer location on a walk-in basis or get in line online by using the Q-Flow system if you apply in Mission, Olathe, Wyandotte, Andover, Wichita, Derby, Topekaand Manhattan.
  2. Provide the proof of the following:
     1. Your identity (bring your expiring license)
     2. Social Security number
     3. Kansas residency and your principal residence address (could be the renewal card you received in the mail if it shows your principal address)

     Use this checklist for more ideas for selecting documents.

  3. Pass a vision exam.
  4. Pay the fee of $26 for a 6 year license. An additional $1.00 will be charged if your license has expired.
  5. Have your picture taken.

  If the driver license has been expired for more than 1 year, you will also have to take the written and driving examinations.

  Note that a driver's license examiner may also require any applicant to pass a written or driving skills test if they suspect the applicant is unable to exercise ordinary and reasonable control of a vehicle.

• You may renew your license by mail only if

  1. You are out of state when your license expires, but you are a Kansas resident. (e.g., military, dependents of military, missionaries or college students)
  2. Your expiring license photo is in the driver's licensing office database.
  3. You are a US citizen or can provide lawful presence documents along with application.

  Plan of action:

  1. Fill in and print form DEMI-1.
  2. Prepare the fee of $26 (for 6 year license) by money order, check or major credit card. Make checks payable to KDOR and mail it to the address below.
  3. Prepare supporting documents (follow the instructions on form DEMI-1.)
  4. Email the form and any scanned documents to KDOR_DEMI1@KS.GOV.

     Or mail the form and copies of documents together with your payment to:

     Kansas Department of Revenue

     P.O. Box 2188 Topeka

     KS 66601-2188

  Note that if you are turning 21 the year you are requesting a renewal, your request until your 21st birthday cannot be processed.

• Kansas driver’s license offices do not provide online renewals at this time.

Ks Drivers License Eye Test Fee

Specifically, Kansas: requires drivers age 70 and older to renew their licenses in person requires both a vision test and written test for drivers ages 70 and older renewing in person, and accepts requests to conduct an unsafe driver investigation. Short, simple vision test to approximate what may be your nearsighted visual acuity. DMV eye/vision chart for 2018. Questions about DMV eye test or how/if you can pass? To get a driver's license in most of the United States, your best-corrected visual acuity must be at least 20/40. Usually the 20/20 line of letters is fourth from the bottom, with 20/15, 20/10 and 20/5 below that. I failed the DMV eye test. I don’t know why. Can somebody help me? Today I took an eye test from DC DMV. The staff told me to read line one. And I just read the numbers from left to right as she said.