Drivers License

[ajay83]

On an E2 visa, do you need to take a US driving test etc, even if you have an international drivers license/brit license?

What is involved in a US Driving test?

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by ajay83
On an E2 visa, do you need to take a US driving test etc, even if you have an international drivers license/brit license?

What is involved in a US Driving test?
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If you are moving to FL I believe you have to take the test within a month of moving there......if you work......or in-roll a child in school.....etc.....

[blott]

You need a Florida driving licence within a month of arrival, whatever driving licence you already have.

Florida driving test is a list of 20 multiple choice questions and, if you complete that successfully, you go on to the actual driving test which is around a car park and includes stopping, parking, etc, etc If you passed your driving test in the UK, you could find it's easy in Florida.

If you want to have a practice at some sample questions, try here: http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/handbooks/English/exam.html

[Nostromo]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by blott
You need a Florida driving licence within a month of arrival, whatever driving licence you already have.
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Even if one has a valid UK licence PLUS an International Driving Licence valid for 12 months? I thought one could postpone the deadline with those.

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Nostromo
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by blott
You need a Florida driving licence within a month of arrival, whatever driving licence you already have.
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Even if one has a valid UK licence PLUS an International Driving Licence valid for 12 months? I thought one could postpone the deadline with those.
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Not if you plan to work or put a child in school in FL......you can drive on an out of State licence for 6 months if its just a long visit....

[blott]

Sorry Nostromo, it doesn't quite work like that - we're talking about Florida here! You have 30 days to obtain a Florida driving licence from your date of arrival if you're going to live there (which means taking a Florida driving test). http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/handbook...ml#anchor52212

[esprit]

Having to do a US license is based on residence. People staying 6 months on B2 can use their Brit licenses. Residence has various tests but is based on work, school, applying for homestead exemption, things which show permanence and not just visiting. Besides you will have a problem with US insurance without a US driving license.
The car park bit is only Orlando, in some places you do the test on the roads!!!

[Nostromo]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by blott
Sorry Nostromo, it doesn't quite work like that - we're talking about Florida here! You have 30 days to obtain a Florida driving licence from your date of arrival if you're going to live there (which means taking a Florida driving test). http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/handbook...ml#anchor52212
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OK, look at this scenario. A UK person applies for a working visa the ususal way and gets it. Let us say that it is due to be valid from 1st Sept 2005; Can he/she then use their Brit passport to come to the US on the VWS on the 1st June, stay with relatives in Florida and use his UK driving licence to drive legally for 90 days? By then the visa would come into effect, giving his/her UK licence 30 further days of validity - 4 months in all. I know it is unlikely, but is this a legal loophole?

[blott]

If you don't put a kid into school or start work (or any of the other things mentioned on the link I gave) then you can use your British driving licence for up to six months as Esprit has said.

[Nostromo]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by blott
If you don't put a kid into school or start work (or any of the other things mentioned on the link I gave) then you can use your British driving licence for up to six months as Esprit has said.
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Thanks for that. The crucial thing here as I see it is the need to pass the Florida Driving test, something obviously very important to live and work there. All of us drive in Florida as tourists, but I thought that to drive well enough to pass an official Driving Test might need a bit more experience and confidence than driving for mere 30 days.