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[movybuf]

Did the rules for getting a drivers license forna US citizen change recently? I thought it was as easy as going to the office, taking a simple eye test and health test, paying a fee and giving them your Amercan license. I had my wfe call there and they gave a super long list of things I need to do to get a license. Did something change, or did the woman my wife talked to not know what she was talking about?

[Captain Marlow]

show up with your american license (you'll have to surrender it, but get it back when you leave country if you like), two passport sized photos, $, take a simple eye test and stretching test (had to squat and touch my nose), take a written test on the computer (which is a bit tricky), and there you go... in daegu, we even have our own special line and don't have to mingle with the natives...

in and out in an hour

[Milwaukiedave]

According to the website it is still the same. I would have your wife call again and make sure she tells them you have a driver's license from your home country.

http://www.dla.go.kr/english/02_news/news01.jsp

[movybuf]

They now require an affidavit from the US embassy that states my license is authentic. It was something passed in February of 2010.

[Milwaukiedave]

Ugh, I wonder if that is going to be required for renewals (thankfully I still have 8 years). The US Embassy just jacked their fees up as well. The timing sucks.

[movybuf]

Along with this, is there a place where I can find a practice test for the written test. I'm pretty sure the rules can't be terribly different than driving in the USA, but there might be some oddities that I am not aware of.

[T-J]

They have computers set up outside the test room that you can practice taking the test on. I think it has a thousand won a test or something. That was about a year ago.