Amanda

What are the laws on applying for DL in CA for those on visit visa? I
can't find the info at dmv's website

Elvira

You cannot get a CA DL on a tourist visa or WVP

scrubbedexpat099

Here you are:

Adults Visiting California

Visitors over 18 years old with a valid driver license from their home state or country may drive in California without getting a driver license as long as their home state license remains valid.

Amanda

Boiler wrote:
    > > What are the laws on applying for DL in CA for those on visit visa? I
    > > can't find the info at dmv's website
    > Here you are:
    > Adults Visiting California
    > Visitors over 18 years old with a valid driver license from their home
    > state or country may drive in California without getting a driver
    > license as long as their home state license remains valid.

Thanks. I found that out calling the number at Federal Trade for
consumers website.

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Amanda

Elvira wrote:
    > > What are the laws on applying for DL in CA for those on visit visa? I
    > > can't find the info at dmv's website
    > You cannot get a CA DL on a tourist visa or WVP

Is it different from state to state?

    >
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Bob

yup.

Citizenoftheplanetarth

Bob wrote:
    > > Elvira wrote:
    > > > > What are the laws on applying for DL in CA for those on visit
    > > > > visa? I
    > > > > can't find the info at dmv's website
    > > > You cannot get a CA DL on a tourist visa or WVP
    > >
    > > Is it different from state to state?
    > >
    > > >
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    > > > Posted via http://britishexpats.com
    > yup.

What's the rule in Texas? Curious.
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Bob

look up the Texas DMV..

Ray

Links here to every State DMV....
http://www.dmv.org/

Nilda

I was able to get a DL in Lancaster CA when I was just a tourist..

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Sapphyre

Nilda wrote:
    > I was able to get a DL in Lancaster CA when I was just a tourist..


When you do something like this, you run the risk of them finding out
later when you try to go to the US again. Having a US DL may show
evidence that you are not just a tourist, but are attempting to live
there.

My understanding is you need to have an address in the state your are
applying (as well as an SSN for some states). I know in the 90's it
used to be easier to do, as well as easy to get an SSN, but they don't
issue SSNs for people who just want to open bank accounts as
non-residents, there's a tax number that replaces that (for bank
account purposes). Some banks don't require either, you can open an
account under "foreign status".

If it comes up at the POE, they're bound to ask questions like why you
couldn't get a DL in your home country before travelling to the US.

scrubbedexpat099

I have a friend who is here on a B, he got quizzed a few trips back, the POE spent a lot of time trying to track down his US DL apart from other things as they were suspicious.

He did not have one, if he had he would no longer be visiting the US.

Rete

What is a visit visa?

scrubbedexpat099

B?

VWP?

Amanda

Joe Feise wrote:
    > Elvira wrote on 10/16/06 15:16:
    > >> What are the laws on applying for DL in CA for those on visit visa? I
    > >> can't find the info at dmv's website
    > >
    > > You cannot get a CA DL on a tourist visa or WVP
    > >
    > That's not true. You normally need an SSN, and visitors don't get SSNs anymore.
    > But if a visitor has an SSN (was possible in the 90ies) or with a letter from
    > the SSA, it is possible to get a DL in CA.

What should the letter from SSN says if the visitor doesn't have SSN?

    > I know people who got DLs as B2 visitors.

Do they have SSN? How long ago was that?

    > -Joe
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    > I am not a lawyer.
    > For reliable advice, consult a competent immigration attorney.