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International Licencing--visitors without visas I'm an ESL teacher downtown, and both Japanese and Korean people visiting Canada are able to trade their native country's DL in for a Canadian DL. I've been telling all of my students this, and several of them have turned in their DLs and gotten new ones (those with less than 6 months on their visas have gotten temp permits that need to be renewed monthly, but whatever). Yesterday, however, one of my students hit a snag. She was told that without a visa document, they were unable to give her a driver's license. Now, Korean citizens can enter Canada and stay for 6 months without needing a visa. But the BC Gov't requires that anyone staying more than 90 days change over their license. And now the DSC is saying that they can't issue her a license because she hasn't got a visa. So what to do? She doesn't want to drive illegally (especially since if one "doesn't have a license" they can tow away your car if nobody else is licensed), but is in a bit of a jam since she wants to take a road trip at some point in her stay. Thoughts from those in the department? Is there some kind of letter she can get to get out of the 90-day exemption if she's pulled over? Are there any strings that can be pulled at the DSC? |
they should be able to acquire the papers to have an "international" driving license in their home country. i forgot the official length of time allowed to drive in canada with a foreign license. i know for me, i went to bcaa and got the international driver license form for $20 bucks, valid for a year before i went to hk and tw, which i dont hold a valid drivers license in those countries. |
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You say visiting, which means that they are not resident. In order to be a tourist, one needs to be just that. If you take a job, buy a home or do something similar, you are resident and must have a BCDL. Otherwise, you are exempt from holding a BCDL for a period of 6 months. If you are a student, you are exempt from holding a BCDL while you are a full time student and are attending schools in this list: a university, as defined in the University Act; an institution, as defined in the College and Institute Act; the University of Northern British Columbia; the Thompson Rivers University; Royal Roads University; the Open Learning Agency; any other educational institution in the Province that is authorized under an enactment to grant degrees or is designated under section 3 |
Sweet. Thanks Skid, you're the man yet again. |
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