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bigtexas
Joined: 30 Nov 2009
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 Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:46 am Post subject: getting a DL rules...... |
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My friend is buying a car. He heard that the rules for attaining a korean DL have changed. I am a longtimer and got my DL a long time ago.
what does he have to do? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:49 am Post subject: Re: getting a DL rules...... |
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| bigtexas wrote: |
My friend is buying a car. He heard that the rules for attaining a korean DL have changed. I am a longtimer and got my DL a long time ago.
what does he have to do? |
Depends on where he is from, what license he currently has and whether or not he has an ARC.
http://www.dla.go.kr/english/index.jsp
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bigtexas
Joined: 30 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:34 am Post subject: |
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So I am assuming from the above link........
that all people trying to get a Korean DL have to go to their embassy and have their home countrty's DL certified?
wow that sucks.....but rules are rules i guess.
anyone have any experience with this? Thank god I did this a long time ago....
Last edited by bigtexas on Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:37 am; edited 1 time in total |
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bigtexas
Joined: 30 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:36 am Post subject: |
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his info
American - Virginia issued
has ARC
and he is going to the Daegu DL place. Dont know if different DL places have different rules (like immigration). |
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PEIGUY
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Omokgyo
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| Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:36 am Post subject: |
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what is the aptitude test? @ the OP he would have to write an aptitude test along with a written test as the US isn't on the list of valid licenses.
http://www.dla.go.kr/english/02_news/news01.jsp |
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Captain Marlow
Joined: 23 Apr 2008
Location: darkness
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| Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:17 am Post subject: |
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i got mine in daegu 2 years ago... it's so easy it's ridiculous... pay a bit of money, take an eye test, hearing test, squatting test (strange but true)... take two photos in their photo booth (which costs), trade in your american drivers license (they keep it until you leave the country, when you can go there and get it back), and take a 20 question test on a computer... that was a bit tricky because they had 3 questions that were specific to korean traffic law, but i passed the first time within 5 minutes...
all in all, a simple, painless couple of hours... but foreigners even have our own line so you don't have to wait usually like everyone else and they even gave me coffee 
my recommendation is to bring about 50,000w cash and go in the morning when it first opens...
good luck |
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uklathemock
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| getting the license isn't bad at all. It's driving in a place where everyone has a death wish that's the problem. |
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naturegirl321
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Location: Home sweet home
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| Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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I got mine last March or April, I needed to go to the embassy then. Took the 20 questions on the computer, but didn't have to take the squat test!
NOr did I have to hand over my US license. I simply put it away right after I showed it to the lady the first tiem. She never asked for it again. I went to Gangnam, but a friend who went to Yongin had to hand his over.
Another thing, the 20 questions weren't the easiest either, a combination of Konglish and obscure questions. |
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