2nd German Passport
Oct 23, 2007 | 1:23 pm
#16
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Naples, Florida
Posts: 7,419
You either go to see them again to swap the old passport for a new one, or you post off the old one, with a prepaid Registered Post envelope, and they send you the new one more or less by return
Oct 23, 2007 | 1:38 pm
#17
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Naples, Florida
Posts: 7,419
However, I am not so sure, if that is correct under US law.... all I know: I was never questioned.
Recently a German driver was put in the Naples/Collier county jail for some hours .. she was driving with a German DL. They later apologized .. it was a mistake ... but again, may be not ... you can drive only some time without a Florida drivers license.
Why a second German passport ...?
Get one from Conch Republic:
http://www.conchrepublic.com/
Get Your Diplomatic Passport
http://www.conchrepublic.com/passport.htm
Oct 23, 2007 | 7:53 pm
#18
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MUC
Programs: LH SEN
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If an alien is caught in the US by law enforcement and is not carrying his/her passport w/I-94 or I551 (green card) he/she can be booked for a misdemeanor. Driving license will not do it.
Visitors who intend to stay in the US for <180 days are allowed to drive in most states with the driving license of the country they are normally resident in, provided they have an additional translation document (aka International Driving Permit) that is acceptable as per the Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic (1949).
But then it is in the law enforcement agency discretion. If you are dealing with a township policeman catching you for speeding, a county sheriff in front of whom you just made a abrupt lane change or a CBP officer doing spot checks near the AZ/Mexcio border (all of the above happened to me), all ask/look for different papers.
Know your laws and be aware of them.
Visitors who intend to stay in the US for <180 days are allowed to drive in most states with the driving license of the country they are normally resident in, provided they have an additional translation document (aka International Driving Permit) that is acceptable as per the Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic (1949).
But then it is in the law enforcement agency discretion. If you are dealing with a township policeman catching you for speeding, a county sheriff in front of whom you just made a abrupt lane change or a CBP officer doing spot checks near the AZ/Mexcio border (all of the above happened to me), all ask/look for different papers.
Know your laws and be aware of them.
