If you have military commercial driving training and experience but not one of the specialties that qualify for the Even Exchange, Illinois waives the skills test for your first commercial driver’s license. You still take the knowledge test and any endorsement test that requires a skills test. You have to have been licensed on a military vehicle similar to the commercial vehicle class you are applying for.
Complete page one of the skills test waiver application, have your commander complete page two, and email it with your documentation to the CDL Division at CDLSafeRideIllinois@ilsos.net. For questions, call 217-785-3108.
The completed two-page application signed by your commander, and documentation that you were licensed on a comparable military vehicle.
