Driving Test!
Jul 4th 2006, 4:32 pm
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Re: Driving Test!
Originally Posted by Ray
Emmisions ..we have none of that in FLA...
Jul 4th 2006, 4:33 pm
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Re: Driving Test!
Originally Posted by Roadster280
Life is just soooo much easier with US ID though. The computers are interlinked between the DDS(DMV), insurance companies, county tag office and the police. So if you get stopped here, they tell YOU if you are insured, licenced and current with vehicle tax and emissions.
So if I get stopped, the policeman would expect me to turn over my GA licence, not a UK one.
When I bought my car, I didnt have to show any documents to get it tagged, just pay the $20 fee, because the computer had all the info they needed.
Mind you, the insurance companies automatically grass on you if it lapses, as happened to a friend of mine.
So if I get stopped, the policeman would expect me to turn over my GA licence, not a UK one.
When I bought my car, I didnt have to show any documents to get it tagged, just pay the $20 fee, because the computer had all the info they needed.
Mind you, the insurance companies automatically grass on you if it lapses, as happened to a friend of mine.
Of course you need a DL from the state where you live.
But you do NOT need to give up your UK license to get a US license, whether in Georgia or any other state.
Jul 4th 2006, 4:43 pm
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Re: Driving Test!
Originally Posted by Elvira
Of course you need a DL from the state where you live.
But you do NOT need to give up your UK license to get a US license, whether in Georgia or any other state.
But you do NOT need to give up your UK license to get a US license, whether in Georgia or any other state.
As a foreign full licence holder, they let me drive on my UK licence, until I take the test. It's quite explicit in the driver handbook that they expect all previous licences to be handed in. There's a separate section for inter state moves, compared with international moves. Both need you to hand over your old licence.
In practice, this is exactly what happened. I passed the test, had my photo taken, and IN EXCHANGE for my UK licence, I received a US one. I specifically asked if I could keep my UK licence. "No".
Jul 4th 2006, 4:45 pm
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Re: Driving Test!
Originally Posted by Roadster280
....yet.
Jul 4th 2006, 4:58 pm
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Re: Driving Test!
Originally Posted by Ray
Emmisions ..we have none of that in FLA...
Jul 4th 2006, 5:14 pm
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Re: Driving Test!
Originally Posted by Partystar
I took my driving test today & passed, wooohooo!!!
Yes, I had to wait 2 hours to do it & the examiner wasn't in the best of moods (although I hear that is pretty common!), but it took all of 10 minutes & it was easy! I did get a tick marked against me for speeding, as we went into a residential area & I didn't slow down quick enough, so I was going 28 as we entered a 25mph zone, but oh well!
The thing I'm most happy about is, I now have an ID that is acceptable!!!
Yes, I had to wait 2 hours to do it & the examiner wasn't in the best of moods (although I hear that is pretty common!), but it took all of 10 minutes & it was easy! I did get a tick marked against me for speeding, as we went into a residential area & I didn't slow down quick enough, so I was going 28 as we entered a 25mph zone, but oh well!
The thing I'm most happy about is, I now have an ID that is acceptable!!!
Jul 4th 2006, 5:15 pm
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Re: Driving Test!
Originally Posted by Toontje
Congratulations!
I passed a driving test today too, for my CDL.
I passed a driving test today too, for my CDL.
Congratulations Toon.
Jul 4th 2006, 5:30 pm
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Re: Driving Test!
Originally Posted by Elvira
Hopefully he will have kept a UK address of sorts, so he can order a replacement licence for the one he has clearly "lost" 
. Because I don't think Swansea will "exchange" his GA one for a new UK licence...
Which reminds me: I still have one of those old paper licences - how easy is to get one of them fancy new photo ones?
. Because I don't think Swansea will "exchange" his GA one for a new UK licence...Which reminds me: I still have one of those old paper licences - how easy is to get one of them fancy new photo ones?
Jul 4th 2006, 5:31 pm
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Re: Driving Test!
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
I applied for a new one last year when I was in the UK. I e-mailed the DVLC about 2 yrs ago and was told that I could only change my licence if I was a UK resident. I gave my MIL address and took the paperwork into a main PO, I received the new licence within 14 days.
Jul 4th 2006, 5:44 pm
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Re: Driving Test!
Originally Posted by Elvira
What sorts of documents did you have to send in besides the photo? Did you send in your old licence?
If I remember correctly you can get a doctor. teacher etc. to confirm your identity but I didn't feel comfortable involving anyone else as I am not a UK resident, so using my PP was the solution.
Jul 4th 2006, 5:48 pm
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Re: Driving Test!
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Yes I had to surrender my paper licence. You have to send PP size photos along with photo ID to prove your identity. If you do not wish to send your PP to the DVLC (I didn't because I needed my PP to return to the US a few days later) you can take your application into a main PO. The clerk there verifies your photo ID and checks through the application to make sure everything is in order.
If I remember correctly you can get a doctor. teacher etc. to confirm your identity but I didn't feel comfortable involving anyone else as I am not a UK resident, so using my PP was the solution.
If I remember correctly you can get a doctor. teacher etc. to confirm your identity but I didn't feel comfortable involving anyone else as I am not a UK resident, so using my PP was the solution.
2 PP size photos
Application form
Old licence
Fee
All the above were sent to the DVLC by the clerk after he had verified my ID using my UK PP.
Jul 4th 2006, 5:52 pm
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Re: Driving Test!
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
So just to clarify I took the following to the PO:
2 PP size photos
Application form
Old licence
Fee
All the above were sent to the DVLC by the clerk after he had verified my ID using my UK PP.
2 PP size photos
Application form
Old licence
Fee
All the above were sent to the DVLC by the clerk after he had verified my ID using my UK PP.
Thanks!!! (Karma sent - not blank for once...
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Jul 4th 2006, 5:56 pm
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Re: Driving Test!
Originally Posted by Elvira
Thanks!!! (Karma sent - not blank for once... )
)
Off to a 4th July BBQ shortly....enjoy the rest of the day.
BTW did you sort out your pool problem?
Jul 4th 2006, 6:18 pm
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Re: Driving Test!
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
So just to clarify I took the following to the PO:
All the above were sent to the DVLC by the clerk after he had verified my ID using my UK PP.
All the above were sent to the DVLC by the clerk after he had verified my ID using my UK PP.
Jul 4th 2006, 10:24 pm
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Re: Driving test!
Originally Posted by rushman
HEY!!! I said congrats too!!!
There, is that better?!?!
