CA driver's license on an F1 visa
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CA driver's license on an F1 visa
A friend of mine just arrived on an F1 visa and wants to get a California driver's license while he is here.
According to the CA DMV web site information on "Limited Term Legal Presence"
Since he is on an F1 visa his I-94 (which along with his passport is, I believe, his "legal presence document") doesn't have an expiration date - it is just marked D/S - "duration of status".
Does anyone know how the CA DMV interprets this in terms of what the expiration date on his license will be?
According to the CA DMV web site information on "Limited Term Legal Presence"
All original and pending driver license or identification cards will expire on the expiration date of his/her birth date/legal presence document (BD/LP) issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Does anyone know how the CA DMV interprets this in terms of what the expiration date on his license will be?
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Re: CA driver's license on an F1 visa
A friend of mine just arrived on an F1 visa and wants to get a California driver's license while he is here.
According to the CA DMV web site information on "Limited Term Legal Presence"
Since he is on an F1 visa his I-94 (which along with his passport is, I believe, his "legal presence document") doesn't have an expiration date - it is just marked D/S - "duration of status".
Does anyone know how the CA DMV interprets this in terms of what the expiration date on his license will be?
According to the CA DMV web site information on "Limited Term Legal Presence"
Since he is on an F1 visa his I-94 (which along with his passport is, I believe, his "legal presence document") doesn't have an expiration date - it is just marked D/S - "duration of status".
Does anyone know how the CA DMV interprets this in terms of what the expiration date on his license will be?
Fast forward to 2001 when I moved to San Francisco from Connecticut, (I'd moved to CT from Europe in 2000,) and went to take my CA driver's test again. They still had a record of my license from 1996 and were able to issue me the real license then and there, with the original license number. I was on an H1B at the time. (This was a big bonus for me - my insurance cost dropped dramatically as I'd been continuously insured for 5 years with no accidents or moving violations on that license.)
Not sure if this is still pertinent, but hope it helps.
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Re: CA driver's license on an F1 visa
A friend of mine just arrived on an F1 visa and wants to get a California driver's license while he is here.
According to the CA DMV web site information on "Limited Term Legal Presence"
Since he is on an F1 visa his I-94 (which along with his passport is, I believe, his "legal presence document") doesn't have an expiration date - it is just marked D/S - "duration of status".
Does anyone know how the CA DMV interprets this in terms of what the expiration date on his license will be?
According to the CA DMV web site information on "Limited Term Legal Presence"
Since he is on an F1 visa his I-94 (which along with his passport is, I believe, his "legal presence document") doesn't have an expiration date - it is just marked D/S - "duration of status".
Does anyone know how the CA DMV interprets this in terms of what the expiration date on his license will be?