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 US 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 (10 of which must be 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:
- A student may drive alone from 5 AM to midnight and travel anywhere. In addition, any number of immediate family members (including legal guardian) and the following people can be passengers:
- One person with a valid regular (non-probationary) license with two years of driving experience (21 or older), a qualified instructor, or spouse (19 or older)
- A student may drive alone from midnight to 5 AM if driving between home, school, and/or work. In addition, a student can have the same passengers as listed 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 with a valid regular (non-probationary) license with two years of driving experience (21 or older), a qualified instructor, or spouse (19 or older)
Restrictions will be extended for six 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 stop while any operating privilege is suspended or revoked. It resumes again when the operating privilege is reinstated.
