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ZeroCool
Joined: 13 Jul 2010
Location: Seoul, Gang Nam, Sinsa Dong
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 Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:59 am Post subject: Drivers License from scratch? |
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Anyone get a drivers license in seoul from scratch?
application/test/driving test/cost/location/etc.. info?
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: Drivers License from scratch? |
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| ZeroCool wrote: |
Anyone get a drivers license in seoul from scratch?
application/test/driving test/cost/location/etc.. info?
Thanks! |
Did you check the DLA website?
http://www.dla.go.kr/english/index.jsp
process for a NEW license:
http://www.dla.go.kr/english/01_info/info06.jsp
I had a Korean friend who paid about 700k to get hers from a drivers hagwan.
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diver
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:48 pm Post subject: Re: Drivers License from scratch? |
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| ZeroCool wrote: |
Anyone get a drivers license in seoul from scratch?
application/test/driving test/cost/location/etc.. info?
Thanks! |
I did mine two months ago.
You can find the nearest location n the DLA website.
Bring your ARC card and your passport. Bring 5 Korean passport sized pics as well.
Step 1:
Eye test (vision and color)
"Safety Class" - you watch a video on road safety (subtitled in English) and a quick review of the test course objectives.
Written test in English (I passed without studying).
http://www.dla.go.kr/Html_index.jsp?content=/opd/video01.jsp&left=/htm/menu/left_opd.jsp&topFlag=8
* you'll need to view the link in Explorer, or use the IETab add-on in Firefox.
5,000 Won
Step 2:
Test course - this is the "mini road" course at the testing center. It is a set course and you will have to perform a predetermined set of skills. This test is, I believe, the same at every testing center. It is all computerized, you are in the car alone. You can watch the video of the test on the DLA website so that you can memorize what you have to do.
15,000 Won
Step 3:
Road test - they take you out on the road for your final test. Again, this is a predetermined course. They usually have three courses (A, B and C). You have to memorize them all. When you show up for the test, they will tell you which course to drive and off you go.
- Get a Korean friend to help you find the course maps on the DLA website. Go out and drive them prior to the test if you can.
20,000 Won
If you pass every think, they will print your license up on the spot (you'll need Korean passport sized photos for this - bring at least 5).
6,000 Won
Total cost: 41,000 Won
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:01 pm Post subject: Re: Drivers License from scratch? |
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| ZeroCool wrote: |
Anyone get a drivers license in seoul from scratch?
application/test/driving test/cost/location/etc.. info?
Thanks! |
And in another thread,
Oh what answers shall you be seeking next?
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ZeroCool
Joined: 13 Jul 2010
Location: Seoul, Gang Nam, Sinsa Dong
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| Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:11 am Post subject: |
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ZeroCool
Joined: 13 Jul 2010
Location: Seoul, Gang Nam, Sinsa Dong
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| Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:12 am Post subject: Re: Drivers License from scratch? |
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| T-J wrote: |
| ZeroCool wrote: |
Anyone get a drivers license in seoul from scratch?
application/test/driving test/cost/location/etc.. info?
Thanks! |
And in another thread,
Oh what answers shall you be seeking next?
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LOL just curious about things~ |
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Epik_Teacher
Joined: 28 Apr 2010
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| Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 2:26 am Post subject: |
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| I just use my USA license. I got stopped by a Korean cop at a checkpoint and gave it to him. He looked at it, my insurance and didn't bat an eye. Didn't say a word about a Korean license, I've been driving in Korea since 2005 (not that I necessarily enjoy it, mind you!) |
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CPT
Joined: 25 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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I was under the impression that you just had to go to one of the offices, turn in your driver's license from home, take some test on a computer, and they give you a Korean license. Then when you are ready to go home, you go trade it back for your driver's license from your home country.
Is that something else?
My friends did it and it allowed them to rent a car and drive it around. |
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