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Moldy Rutabaga
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
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 Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:42 pm Post subject: Albertans: Keep your driver's license valid! |
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Just came back from a month's vacation in Edmonton. My driver's license expired in April, and I went to the registry when I arrived to renew it.
No dice. I am no longer considered a resident. I complained that it's my permanent home, but they countered that I have no recent tax returns in Alberta (being a non-resident), no Alberta health care, and no utility bills in my name. My parents' home doesn't count for anything. I have no Korean or international license.
I rode a bicycle all month or my Korean wife-- oh, the shame!-- drove me in my dad's truck.
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Good to know. I thought they would just make you take the test again. |
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some waygug-in
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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I had to make a choice. Keep my Sask driver's license valid and thereby keep my residency status and thereby be required to pay tax to the Canadian gov't on my Korean income...
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let it go and save myself a bundle on taxes.
The choice was easy, even if I have to walk a lot when I go home. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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Simply drive without a license 
Q: Insurance implications in the event of an "accident"?? |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Renewing your driver's license while you still live in Korea is one of those red flags with rev can that says you're a deemed resident. |
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Octavius Hite
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
Location: Househunting, looking for a new bunker from which to convert the world to homosexuality.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Not true, I renewed my licence on a trip back home and I am still considered a non-resident. Although to save on time and confusion just go swap it for a Korean drivers licence. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:21 am Post subject: |
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| Octavius Hite wrote: |
| Not true, I renewed my licence on a trip back home and I am still considered a non-resident. Although to save on time and confusion just go swap it for a Korean drivers licence. |
True. It's one of the red flags, especially since to get your license you have to provide a residence within the province. It won't trigger an audit but if the government does come after you, it sure won't help. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:43 am Post subject: |
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| This is a pertinent thread. Apparently mine is ending next month but I certainly don't plan to live in Canada again. I guess I have to think amout getting a Korean license then, maybe see if it's possible to just get a license over here before the one I have expires and then hopefully be fine for the next few years? It seems that Korean licenses are considered valid in Canada too so it wouldn't matter for the times I go back home to visit. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:39 am Post subject: |
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| I'd do it fast Mith. They might get funky on you if they see your (well actually your card's) expiration date coming soon. |
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