If you are a United States citizen, you may obtain a five-year or ten-year driver's license depending how you choose to renew it. Please read about all renewal options and requirements before you take steps to renew your license.
·   Renew by Mail
·   Renew in a DMV Office

If you are an International customer, you are not eligible to renew by mail. For more information about International customer requirements, click here.  

You are eligible to renew your driver's license by mail if you meet the following requirements:

1. You are a United States citizen. (For information about International customer requirements, click here.) 
2. Your driver's license has not been expired more than nine months.
3. You have not received violations totaling more than five points in the last two years.
4. Your license is not suspended or subject to be suspended.
5. You did not renew your license by mail or online during the previous renewal period.
6. You must provide your vehicle insurance information.

You must complete Form DL-63 and mail it to DMV with the appropriate fees and an eye examination certificate obtained within the last 12 months from a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist. The fee for a five-year driver’s license is $12.50. 

If you are a United States citizen, you may visit your local DMV office to renew your license. You will be issued a ten-year license if you are under the age of 65. If you are 65 or older, you will be issued a five-year license. For information about International customer requirements, click here. 

To renew your South Carolina driver’s license in a DMV branch office:

1. You must pass a vision-screening test or provide an eye examination certificate obtained within the last 12 months from a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist.
2. You must provide your vehicle insurance information.
3. You must pass a knowledge test if you have five or more points against your driving record in the last two years. 
4. Persons under the age of 65 can renew their license every ten years if they appear in person at a DMV office to process their renewal.  Ten-year driver's licenses will not be issued by mail.
5. Persons who are 65 years of age or older must renew their driver license every five years.
6. The fee for a 10-year renewal is $25.00.  The 5-year renewal fee is $12.50.

The Department of Motor Vehicles may no longer renew your driver’s license online due to a clause in South Carolina law that requires customers to submit to a vision screening or present a certificate of eye examination as part of the renewal process.  Section 56-1-220 allowed a person to renew his license for an additional five years by web or mail without a vision screening or certificate of eye examination. This provision ended October 1, 2008.  New legislation must be passed before the SCDMV can continue to renew driver’s licenses on the web.  

To renew your driver’s license, you should visit your local SCDMV office.  Click here for a list of field offices.

If you are not a United States citizen, you must renew your license at one of the seventeen designated DMV offices as noted below that process international customer’s applications:

International Customer Offices

Bluffton DMV, 15 Sheridan Park

Charleston DMV, 3790 Leeds Avenue

Conway DMV, 4103 Highway 701 North

Florence DMV, 3102 East Palmetto Street

Greenville DMV, 15 Saluda Dam Road

Greenwood DMV, 510 West Alexander Extension

Greer DMV, 610 Arlington Road

Irmo/Ballentine DMV, 1016 Broadstone Road

Lancaster DMV, 1694 Pageland Highway

Laurens DMV, 390 Fairgrounds Road

Myrtle Beach DMV, 1200 21st Avenue North

North Augusta DMV, 1913 Ascauga Lake Road

Orangeburg DMV, 1720 Charleston Highway

Rock Hill DMV, 305 Hands Mill Road

Seneca DMV, 13009 South Radio Station Road

Shop Road DMV, 1630 Shop Road

Spartanburg DMV, 1625 Southport Road

The requirements to renew a driver's license for an International customer are as follows:

1. You must pass a vision-screening test or provide an eye examination certificate obtained within the last 12 months from a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist.
2. You must pass a knowledge test if you have five or more points against your driving record in the last two years. 
3. The renewal fee for a 5-year (or less) license is $12.50.
4. Provide proper documentation. Form MV-94 International Customer Checklist for Issuance of Driver’s License, Beginner’s Permit and Identification Cards lists the documentation requirements for each of the areas listed below for the most common immigration and visa statuses.

§  Proof of Identity (SC Code Section 56-1-80 and 56-1-90(2))

§  Proof of Date and Place of Birth (SC Code Section 56-1-80 and 56-1-90(2))

§  Current authorization to live, work or study in the U.S. (SC Code Section 56-1-40(7) and 56-1-80)

§  Social Security Card or Letter from the Social Security Administration (no more than 90 days old) stating that the applicant is not allowed to work in the United States (SC Code Section 56-1-90)

§  Proof of SC Residency (SC Code Section 56-1-40(7) and Section 56-1-80(3))

§  Automobile Liability Insurance Information (SC Code Section 56-1-80(C))