quote:Originally posted by esprit

I just became resident and just did my test. The law is that you do need to take a Florida driving license within 30 days of becoming resident. What is resident you may ask? The definition of resident is as follows.
You are resident if you live in Florida for more than 6 months, or if you register a child at a public school or accept employment ot file for a homestead exemption. I registered a child in school so had to get a license within 30 days of doing that. If you do none of the above, you have six months to take it in.
YOu take your passport and 1-94 to the test centre with a $20 fee. You dont need anything else. It took me 7 hours to do the test from beginning to end without an appointment. You can pre-book but some ( the one on Ornage Blossom Trail in Orlando eg) have a long waiting list for appointments.
7 hours.....wow......I like the idea better here that you can drive for a year on your Brit licence...I took the screen road test....that took about 10 mins....then I got a test booked a week later...you can just walk in...if the State Troopers there...and he's in a good mood.....he'll just take you straight out....he's a nice guy if you have all your paper work..the guy in front of me got an earful...I was told not to take my passport because it had been seen already...but he wanted it....so he give me time to go home and get it..being a very nice English lady gets you off everytime here....hehehehehe...when I got back he said.....there's no way you did that trip in that time doing the speed limit ......lol....the guys huge...real tall and about 300lbs...and I have a little Saturn coupe ..his gun got stuck on my gear stick....I think he was more that glad to get it over with quick and get out my car....he just took me round the block to make sure I drove on the right side of the road......