Tysons DMV to Offer TSA Pre-Check Enrollment

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FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA -- Hate long lines at the airport? You'll soon be able to enroll in TSA-PreCheck at some DMVs in Virginia, including the Tysons DMV, according to an announcement Thursday from the Governor's Office.

TSA Pre✓® offers expedited security screening for travelers departing at select airports across the United States.

The Tysons DMV is located at 1968 Gallows Road (see map below). The other DMV location in Northern Virginia that will offer the new service is in Leesburg.

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles will become the first DMV in the country to offer the Transportation Security Administration Pre✓® enrollment, the Governor's Office noted.

Other partnerships and initiatives being implemented this summer at the DMV include:

• new online discounts
• a simpler method to renew expired driver’s licenses
• additional knowledge exam languages
• the expansion of a program that allows high school students to take the learner’s permit knowledge exam in the classroom

New legislation that went into effect July 1 enabled DMV to partner with TSA contractor MorphoTrust to offer TSA Pre✓®.

“Making government services easier to access for taxpayers is a key part of improving the customer experience at agencies like the Virginia DMV,” said McAuliffe, speaking at today’s event.

“Efficient government improves the everyday lives of Virginians," said Virginia's Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne.

The TSA Pre-Check enrollment service was rolled out Thursday at a DMV in Richmond. It will be offered at the other locations around Virginia including Tysons and Leesburg, before the end of the year.

DMV’s TSA Pre✓® sites will supplement TSA’s current locations in Virginia. Currently, customers can obtain TSA Pre✓® credentials in Northern Virginia at the Alexandria Commons Shopping Center in Alexandria and at Reagan National Airport and Dulles International Airport. For more information or to schedule an appointment, visit www.tsa.gov/precheck or www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic.

“We are always looking for new ways to help our customers get the most out of their interaction with their DMV," said DMV Commissioner Richard Holcomb.

“We are excited to partner with the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles to bring important enrollment services to the citizens of the Commonwealth,” said Bob Eckel, CEO of MorphoTrust USA. “As the first state to sign on to offer TSA Pre✓® and TWIC directly in DMV customer service centers, VirginiaDMV will further its one-stop-shop philosophy and better meet the needs of their customers.”

Other DMV initiatives announced Thursday include (from the news release):

• Additional online discounts: House Bill 417, effective July 1, gives eligible customers another discount for conducting certain transactions on dmvNOW.com. A $1 discount is available for online driver’s license or ID card renewals, duplicates and reissues, as well as title replacements. Since July 1, about 20,000 customers have already received these new discounts. More than 40 transactions are available on dmvNOW.com.
• Online legal presence certification: Certain customers whose Virginia driver’s licenses and IDs have expired within the past year will soon be able to make their credentials current without leaving home, thanks to a new legal presence verification option to be launched later this summer on DMV’s website, dmvNOW.com. Currently, customers with an expired credential cannot renew that credential online unless they’ve previously verified their legal presence in person at a DMV customer service center. Using the NAPHSIS Electronic Verification of Vital Events (EVVE) system through DMV’s website, customers can verify their legal presence electronically and then immediately renew expired credentials online – saving them a trip to DMV and freeing up DMV employees to serve other customers.
• Driver’s License Data Verification Service: Later this summer, DMV will begin participating in the Driver’s License Data Verification (DLDV) service, developed by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators. This service helps businesses cut down on fraud by verifying the authenticity of credentials presented by customers. It also will enable Virginians who need a replacement Social Security card to apply for one on the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) website, eliminating the need to travel to an SSA office. As a result, this facet of DLDV saves time for DMV customers who need a Social Security card to get a driver’s license, for example.
• Learner’s Permit Testing in the Classroom: DMV’s program giving students the opportunity to take their learner’s permit tests in their schools instead of at DMV is gaining momentum with expansion into nine school divisions across the Commonwealth. A partnership with the Virginia Department of Education, this web-based technology enables students to access the knowledge test in a proctored classroom setting, saving them – and their parents – a trip to a DMV office. Active locations in Northern Virginia will include Fairfax, with more in the works for the new school year this fall.
• New Knowledge Exam Languages: Customers can now take driver’s license knowledge exams in three new languages at all DMV customer service centers and mobile offices – Japanese, Dari and Chinese-Mandarin traditional. The agency now offers driver’s license, motorcycle license and commercial driver’s license knowledge exams in 23 languages, including American Sign Language.