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Your ELDT certificate is auto-uploaded to the FMCSA registry. Show up to your IL DMV and you're done.
The order matters, and it is not the same in every state. This is Illinois's order, from the Secretary of State's own rules. Fees are on the Secretary of State site; the steps below do not change often.
From a certified medical examiner.
Any TPR-registered provider. ELDT365 files your completion the moment you pass.
English only. Get every endorsement you want on the CLP now; changing it later restarts the wait.
Federal minimum before the skills test.
With a TPR-registered BTW provider.
At an SOS facility (book through IL Fast Pass) or a licensed third-party tester.
Age: 18 for in-state driving, 21 to cross state lines or haul hazmat.
Hold your permit: 14 days, and the clock restarts if a corrected CLP is issued after adding or removing an endorsement before the skills test.
Permit valid: See the SOS page.
Yes. The SOS Third-Party Certification Program licenses private companies, municipalities, fire departments and government agencies to give the skills test for Classes A, B, C and M.
Hazmat theory before the hazmat knowledge test; TSA clearance before the H is added.
Federal rule 49 CFR 380.703(i) says that state qualification requirements for theory instruction do not apply to providers offering that instruction only online. So your state accepts theory from any provider listed on the FMCSA Training Provider Registry, including ELDT365, and no state can require the online theory portion to come from a state-licensed school. States can add their own rules for the behind-the-wheel part, and several do; those are listed below.
49 CFR 380.703(i) · FMCSA guidance on state-based training requirements
What Illinois adds for the school part: No state licensing layer for theory. Any TPR-registered provider is accepted.
Sources: SOS: CDL scheduling (IL Fast Pass) · SOS: Third-Party Certification Program. Checked September 2026.
As of February 2022, the FMCSA requires all first-time CDL applicants to complete Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) from a registered training provider before taking their CDL skills test.
This applies to all Illinois drivers applying for a Class A CDL, Class B CDL, or any endorsement including HAZMAT, Passenger, and School Bus.
ELDT365 is registered with the FMCSA Training Provider Registry (TPR) and fully accepted by the Illinois DMV.
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