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ajuma



Joined: 18 Feb 2003
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:27 am    Post subject: New drivers license law? Reply with quote
A friend of mine recently went to retrieve her license from the office where she left it 6 years when she got her Korean license. She was told that it had been destroyed because of a new law that came into effect in 2011. Supposedly licenses that are exchanged for Korean licenses are only held for 3 years.

Has anyone else had this happen to them or have any info about it or did the office just lose it and they are feeding her a line?
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nicwr2002



Joined: 17 Aug 2011
PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I believe that you have to get an apostille for your driver's license now. They no longer accept trade ins now.
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ajuma



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
nicwr2002...sigh...did you read what I posted? She wanted to get back the license she left with them 6 years ago!
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
ajuma wrote:
nicwr2002...sigh...did you read what I posted? She wanted to get back the license she left with them 6 years ago!


Don't know about the 3-year thing but after 6-years, wouldn't it already be expired (and should have been destroyed).

If she is leaving, she can get an IDP to go with her Korean license and then exchange that back into a D/L in her home country on her return.

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ajuma



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I don't know. In the US, licenses are good for 10 years. And I'm pretty sure that you can't exchange an IDP for a license. You can't in Korea!

If anyone has a link to a website with the law, it would be a help!
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Wildbore



Joined: 17 Jun 2009
PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 5:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
ajuma wrote:
I don't know. In the US, licenses are good for 10 years. And I'm pretty sure that you can't exchange an IDP for a license. You can't in Korea!

If anyone has a link to a website with the law, it would be a help!


Wow, you would OBVIOUSLY be exchanging your Korean license, NOT THE IDP, for a state license. The IDP simply allows you to drive iin the US while you wait for the exchange.

Read the posts people!!!
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SeoulNate



Joined: 04 Jun 2010
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
ajuma wrote:
I don't know. In the US, licenses are good for 10 years. And I'm pretty sure that you can't exchange an IDP for a license. You can't in Korea!

If anyone has a link to a website with the law, it would be a help!


What state has licences that last for 10 years? I was always under the impression that 4 was the max before you had to go back in for the eye test.
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ajuma



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
My friend exchanged her US license for a Korean one and just wanted to get her license back. I don't know if the office just trashed all of the foreign licenses or if there is really a law.
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ajuma



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I made a mistake. I'm from NY and mine is good for 8 years. I don't know the length of time for other States.
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Died By Bear



Joined: 13 Jul 2010
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
SeoulNate wrote:
ajuma wrote:
I don't know. In the US, licenses are good for 10 years. And I'm pretty sure that you can't exchange an IDP for a license. You can't in Korea!

If anyone has a link to a website with the law, it would be a help!


What state has licences that last for 10 years? I was always under the impression that 4 was the max before you had to go back in for the eye test.



Arizona goes 23 years out for some people.
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ajuma



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
A few States have reciprocal agreements with Korea where you can just exchange your Korean license, but not all of them. Alabama Florida Idaho Iowa Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Oregon Texas Virginia Washington West Virginia are the reciprocal States.

What I REALLY want to know is if this is a real law or not!
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FriendlyDaegu



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:08 am    Post subject: