New Aurora DMV office opens, offering real ID services to Chicagoland residents

State-of-the-art DMV in Aurora

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’ office opened a new 10,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art DMV+ housed at the former Carson Pirie Scott building in downtown Aurora. Illinois secretary of State, Alexi Giannoulias, Aurora mayor, Richard Irvin, and State representative, Barbara Hernandez (50th District - Aurora), cut a ribbon Friday, April 11 to open a state-of-the-art DMV+ at...

New Aurora DMV office opens, offering real ID services to Chicagoland residents

AURORA, Ill. - Residents of Chicagoland have a new place where they can get a Real ID ahead of the May 7 deadline. Batavia resident Glen Clear was one of the first customers to go inside the new Secretary of State's Office (DMV) in Aurora when the doors officially opened at 2 p.m. The best part - he didn't have to wait in a long line. "I came to get my Real ID," Clear said. "They were still smaller than I expected. It moved fast. I got my pictur…

Early Saturday, Mark Jones visited the Real ID Supercenter in downtown Chicago and found it closed, leaving him frustrated, nearly $50 out of his parking fee and without the updated ID he'd been trying to get for weeks. La Voz Chicago WhatsApp Find more news on our WhatsApp channel. Follow us. “I got up at 6:45 a.m. and drove downtown, only to find out the place was closed,” said Jones, a 29-year-old Bellwood resident and American Airlines emplo…

New services available at Aurora's DMV facility

A new kind of DMV opened Monday in Aurora, with services that have never before been offered at an Illinois DMV. The facility, which officially opened Monday afternoon, is considered a DMV+. The new “state-of-the-art” facility will feature “specialized” services “that have never been accessible at a traditional Illinois DMV location.” So what services will the new location offer? According to the Illinois Secretary of State office, new features …