About the CDL

[JSontag]

As far as I know you need to have a drivers license to be able to obtain a CDL, right?
What I was wondering is that since I live in Finland and don´t have a license in the USA, am I able to get a drivers license even if I don´t live there?
Like if I´d take a few months vacation over there, would I be able to get a US drivers license even if I´m only on vacation and don´t live there?

I was just thinking that if I ever want to get on the road there it might be smart to go get the license in advance :wow: and then if I´d get hired one day I would have it ready :fishing:

Anyone know anything about that? I do have the license required here in Finland but that isn´t helping me much over there :ninja:

[The_Governor]

As far as I know in the state of Texas all you have to do is present a birth certificate showing you are16 years of age or older,take the written examination and pass,take the driving examination and pass and pay the fee and voila your a licensed driver.

CDL test is basically the same only a little more complicated as there are several parts to the written examination and you must have access to a CMV to take the road test.

[JSontag]

Maybe I have to take my vacation to Texas then :D

Well the good thing is that I´m able to take the test and get the license. Can´t you get a truck from a CDL school or something if you don´t have an employer that could give it to you for the road test? This could be a difficult situation because I don´t have many friends cruising around in a Class 8 vehicle :wow:

[Foxfire]

I may be wrong but don't you have to show citizenship to get a license? Like birth cerficate and S/S card?

[JSontag]

I may be wrong but don't you have to show citizenship to get a license? Like birth cerficate and S/S card?

You maybe right too because I don´t have a clue.
I was just wondering that how do the people get a license that for example comes over there with a 6 month work visa? :wow:

[The_Governor]

Foxy I'm sure it varies state to state but in Texas for just a Class C operators license all you need is a birth certificate and pass the exams.

As far as a CDL is concerned..................That is not a question that crossed my mind as I am and have always been a citizen of the USA.

However I do not think that is a requirement for a CDL as there are many foreigners with work visas living here.

I lived in Spain for several years and was told by their equivalent to our DMV's that I was ok to operate a motor vehicle as long as I was insured to do so.

[The_Governor]

Here you go J...................

www.cdl-course.com/faq-tx.html

By the way if you are granted a work visa you will recieve a Social Security card.

My first wife was from Barcelona and she was classifed as a "Resident Alien"

She was not a US citizen but had the right to work,pay taxes,pay social security.

[Foxfire]

OK I understand. I just remember I had to show birth certificate and S/S to get mine in Fl. and Mississippi.

[Uturn2001]

If you are on vacation here and are just wanting to drive a car, the US will honor, on a temporary basis, foreign drivers liscence. I beleive this is allowed for up to 30 days.

For those who seek to obtain a normal liscence it is the same as everyone else.

You must show a birth certificate
2 or 3 other forms of ID to "prove" you are who you say you are.
Your ability to legally live and work in the USA.

[JSontag]

Your ability to legally live and work in the USA.

BINGO :yikes:

[The_Governor]

Never seemed to affect them "pinche mojados" de la frontera de Mexico. :harhar:

[JSontag]

Never seemed to affect them "pinche mojados" de la frontera de Mexico. :harhar:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Sounds like a bag of rice or something :wow:

[The_Governor]

More like frijoles :harhar:

[Foxfire]

Sounds like a dancing dog to me.....lol