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Old Aug 28, 2013, 6:27 pm
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felipegarcia
 
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Originally Posted by mohitmadaan
Can one get credit card or driver's license on B1 visa?
If you already have an SSN, theoretically you could, of course it'd be dependent on credit history, and there's also the issue that your income is in a foreign country. You can't get a SSN on a B1/B2, but, you could have previously gotten one if you were working under some other visa class, or I believe that if you were in the US as a dependent of a working visa (a roommate of mine said that's how he got his when he as a kid, a dependent of his dad, or something along those lines).

DL, maybe, but I've heard most states will only make them valid for the length of your stay as allowed by DHS (that would be 6 months for a B1/B2), so it wouldn't even be worth the hassle. As to whether the state would require something else, or allow them at all, who knows, for students all AZ actually requires is the I-20 and I-94 (the I-20 says that you are a student until X day, and most states will give you a DL until that date + 60 days, since that's what DHS allows you to file a change of status or leave the country). You'd have no issue registering a car if you had a local address, but, insurance would be pretty expensive.
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