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ajuma
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 Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:27 am Post subject: New drivers license law? |
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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
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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:36 am Post subject: |
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| 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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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| 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
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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:48 am Post subject: |
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| 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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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:52 am Post subject: |
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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
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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 5:55 am Post subject: |
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| 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
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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:02 am Post subject: |
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| 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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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:04 am Post subject: |
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| 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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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:05 am Post subject: |
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| 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
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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:58 am Post subject: |
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| 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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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:02 am Post subject: |
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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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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:08 am Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
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. |
If it was expired, that'd mean the Korean exchange license would be, too, no? I think they set the expiry to be the same.
I bet they assumed the friend had moved on and wouldn't be back to exchange one expired card for the other. Should have contacted her. They have the address. |
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ajuma
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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:10 am Post subject: |
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| Her license from the States isn't expired. |
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Rockhard
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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Hahaha I was reading the website.
You lose 90 points off your license for an accident where the victim dies within 72 hours.
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nicwr2002
Joined: 17 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:41 am Post subject: |
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| ajuma wrote: |
| nicwr2002...sigh...did you read what I posted? She wanted to get back the license she left with them 6 years ago! |
I guess I should have been more detailed in my reply. I was implying that because they make you get apostilles for your license now that they may have gone ahead and trashed it. |
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