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Apr 7, 2013 | 9:58 pm
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What???!!!
Apr 8, 2013 | 9:22 am
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Certain states allow non-residents to obtain a second driver's licenses. Florida and Hawaii are two that have come up here of FT before. Both require at least a mailing address and Florida requires additional proof.
Florida info:
http://www.gathergoget.com/Default.aspx
Apr 8, 2013 | 10:08 am
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Apr 8, 2013 | 10:27 am
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ETA: WA might be a good option for trying to get a state ID card though. They don't require (or somehow fudge the requirement for) a SS# IIRC. Still need a US address and have to meet the lawful presence test though.
Apr 8, 2013 | 2:31 pm
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Yes.
Certain states allow non-residents to obtain a second driver's licenses. Florida and Hawaii are two that have come up here of FT before. Both require at least a mailing address and Florida requires additional proof.
Florida info:
http://www.gathergoget.com/Default.aspx
Certain states allow non-residents to obtain a second driver's licenses. Florida and Hawaii are two that have come up here of FT before. Both require at least a mailing address and Florida requires additional proof.
Florida info:
http://www.gathergoget.com/Default.aspx
Florida and Hawaii both allow non-resident military members to obtain auto license plates without re-titling their vehicles, but FL does not issue DLs to non-residents. In fact, FL has just recently passed a law requiring foreign drivers to have an International Driver's License (enforcement with regard to Canadians has been put on hold).
And a law passed in 2010 made EVERYONE renewing a FL DL provide all sorts of documents to prove legal residence in the U.S. and legal residence in FL.
Apr 8, 2013 | 6:56 pm
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There is no such thing as an International Driver's License. You mean International Driving Permit, which is simply an official & standardized translation of a license and in the US has been required (but rarely enforced (never, as far as I know because there's no way for them to do it) by the Federal government since the 1970's. Various states have some bizarre interpretations of how to deal with an IDP. Some allow you to drive for a year. Some for 30 days. Some allow you to swap your home country license for a state license (if you have all the other REAL ID paperwork), some don't. It's a glorious example of why the US is the way it is: balkanization at its best!
Apr 8, 2013 | 7:12 pm
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Apr 9, 2013 | 11:17 am
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There is no such thing as an International Driver's License. You mean International Driving Permit, which is simply an official & standardized translation of a license and in the US has been required (but rarely enforced (never, as far as I know because there's no way for them to do it) by the Federal government since the 1970's. Various states have some bizarre interpretations of how to deal with an IDP. Some allow you to drive for a year. Some for 30 days. Some allow you to swap your home country license for a state license (if you have all the other REAL ID paperwork), some don't. It's a glorious example of why the US is the way it is: balkanization at its best!
Balkanization? Ridiculous! The states have ALWAYS had jurisdiction over all sorts of things within their boundaries, including traffic laws. Balkanization takes something that was once whole and breaks it up. That doesn't apply here. The states surrender SOME of their sovereignty to the federal government for the good of the whole, but retain a great deal of it unto themselves.
Somehow I find your "swap your home country license for a state license" statement very difficult to believe on many levels. But if you would like to provide documention, I'll retract my skepticism.
Apr 9, 2013 | 1:38 pm
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The US is balkanized IMO: it is broken into unnecessarily small parts that frequently operate different rules for the same things, mostly with no benefit and only increased cost and inefficiency. 200+ years ago it might have made sense to arrange the country the way it is, but these days? It's simply part of the problem, along with the political system the US has.[1]
1. Implicate in the last part is the assumption that "the people" are the ones that should be served by government, not the other way around or where govt functions as an arm of commerce. If you don't like that assumption then obviously YMMV.
Apr 9, 2013 | 10:16 pm
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Easiest solution is to paper clip or rubber band the pages together so that only the ID page opens. I doubt TSA will undo it.
Apr 10, 2013 | 2:47 am
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