Honestly, I think we navel gaze (second guess ourselves) too much about these regs. In Hawaii a little red flower sticker means you are a 'real' resident, vs someone without one. Maybe it means they donated $1,000 to the Toys for Tots program. Heck we can take a Government card issued by 'Nicaragua', we should be able to take a current PA card with a hole in it - or the BSA would say so. I would ask a couple of questions, but wouldn't worry too much about it if the answers were forthright. I submit that the hole action is a licensing/law enforcement function that has no bearing on CIP other than to insert some doubt in the attempt to do BSA stuff and form 'a reasonable belief as to the identity of the person'. Each State can do what it wants with it's DL's and other's if issuing a new one. If your CS staff would ask a simple question, you wouldn't be left wondering - 'Hey why the hole?'Ĥ. If from PA and the hole implies they got another state's DL - why?ģ. Ken's guidance is my experience - the hole is nothing to me, but what about the person's address? Application address same as DL's with the hole? Is the address 'current'?Ģ. Below is the Vehicle Code section which I referred to. These are rhetorical questions to think about.ġ. The temporary paper one is valid and in combination with the punched old photo license is valid for any purpose a California Driver's License is valid for. Ozya - you are in PA and the DL is from PA.