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Driver License in the US

πŸ“… 2020-Oct-15 ⬩ ✍️ Ashwin Nanjappa ⬩ 🏷️ driver license, usa ⬩ πŸ“š Archive

These are our experiences getting a driver license and renewing it in the US as a work visa holder and their dependent.

Driver license

A long hard adventure of learning to drive for the very first time at the age of 37 and the travails of passing the tests - a story for another day.

Driver license renewal

Described below is my experience renewing my driver license after my H-1B renewal. Note that I had not yet gone to India to get a visa stamp in my passport.

My spouse though, who is a H4 dependent, could not renew her license. This is because, after a H-1B renewal the DMV requires either a visa stamp in the H4 holder’s passport or a I-94 with the new renewed dates. The immigration folks at my workplace had applied for a I-539, but we had not yet received that updated I-94 for her.


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