Saint Paul (downtown / Town Square) DVS
Saint Paul, MN
Official information
🌐 Languages
Minnesota's DVS Class D written knowledge test is offered as a computerized test in 7 languages — English, Spanish, Hmong, Karen, Vietnamese, Somali, and Russian — plus American Sign Language (ASL). For these languages the test itself is genuinely available in your language, not merely a study aid — a distinctive feature reflecting Minnesota's large Hmong, Karen, Somali, and Vietnamese refugee and immigrant communities. For any other language, you may bring your own interpreter who holds a valid Minnesota driver's license to read you the exam. Note, stated honestly: Chinese and Korean are not among the seven computerized-test languages, so a Chinese or Korean speaker would use study material as a study aid and take the official test in English or through a qualified interpreter. Since 2023, under Minnesota's Driver's License for All law, residents can obtain a license regardless of immigration status, and non-English knowledge testing (especially Spanish) has risen sharply. Testing is by appointment. [Sources: dps.mn.gov, checked 2026-07-15] — for this location, both Hmong and Vietnamese are among the seven computerized-test languages, so for Saint Paul's large Hmong and Vietnamese communities these are genuine testing languages, not merely study aids; Chinese and Korean, however, are not computerized-test languages and would require an interpreter.
Overview · sourced summary
Official [MN DVS, onlineservices.dps.mn.gov exam-station locator, 2026-07-15]: 445 Minnesota Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101, in Ramsey County — home to the largest urban Hmong community in the United States (the Frogtown and East Side neighborhoods), alongside a significant Vietnamese community. A Minnesota DVS driver exam station offering the Class D knowledge test (by appointment; this is also one of the state's group-oral testing sites), plus road tests and licensing services.
No station-specific account of taking the test in a particular language at this office was found. Statewide, Minnesotans have discussed a sharp rise in non-English (especially Spanish) knowledge testing since the 2023 Driver's License for All law, and the process of bringing a licensed interpreter for the Class D test. Language availability rests on the official DVS seven-language menu. We surface only what is sourced. [signal: thin per-office; state-level texture as of 2026-07-15]