Hi can anybody tell me if i could renew my licence in u.s.a… it expired in 2008 i think i would have to be living there or have an address. also is this licence valid in canada. i now live in the uk.
footprint:
Hi can anybody tell me if i could renew my licence in u.s.a… it expired in 2008 i think i would have to be living there or have an address. also is this licence valid in canada. i now live in the uk.
Depends which state it was issued in. For a renewal most require at minimum a personal appearance at the local DMV with docs and to have a new piccy taken. You’ll probably have to do your licence all over again as it’s expired. 
Your car licence is OK in Canada for visiting but then so is your UK one 
. CDL is valid for driving something on US plates up there but you’d need a cunnuckian one to be employed oop in the chilly bits
Since 9/11 you will have to go to whatever state the licence was issued in person. As being a resident in that state. The law states that if you leave the state for over a year the licence will not be valid, even moving to another state is covered by that law.
An up to date photo taken at the DMV you choose to apply is needed.
You can exchange a valid CDL for a class 1 licence with airbrakes in Manitoba (not sure about the other provinces). I had two mates who were working on the harvest, that done the very thing last year. One had a North Dakota CDL and the other had a California CDL.
I believe to renew your CDL you have to provide proof of residency (that could be a recent phone bill or bank statement in your name sent to an address in the state the licence was issued) or a valid work permit.
sats72:
You can exchange a valid CDL for a class 1 licence with airbrakes in Manitoba (not sure about the other provinces). I had two mates who were working on the harvest, that done the very thing last year. One had a North Dakota CDL and the other had a California CDL.I believe to renew your CDL you have to provide proof of residency (that could be a recent phone bill or bank statement in your name sent to an address in the state the licence was issued) or a valid work permit.
You can, as you say exchange US licences for Canadian ones. I am a green card holder and have never been asked for that or any other work permit or visa when renewing or even applying, I did have to prove I lived at the stated address and be there in person for the DMV photo.
The same rules apply in reverse ! I have been told by DVLC in Swansea that I have to reside in the UK again before i can renew my British LGV.
Pat Hasler:
You can, as you say exchange US licences for Canadian ones. I am a green card holder and have never been asked for that or any other work permit or visa when renewing or even applying, I did have to prove I lived at the stated address and be there in person for the DMV photo.
The same rules apply in reverse ! I have been told by DVLC in Swansea that I have to reside in the UK again before i can renew my British LGV.
I agree with you Pat, but the reason I mention the work visa, is unlike your CDL, my CDL is only a temporarily resident CDL which expired at the same time as my work visa (6 months). If I go back to the US this year again, I can renew my CDL without doing the test, but I need proof I’m intitled to it, hence the valid work permit.
I’ve asked a few questions and have been told that as you can drive in the USA on a Canadian licence and vice versa, you can swap a US CDL for a Canadian class one in every province, but the CDL licence must be valid for this to happen, you will, as has been said, need a work permit from Canadian Immigration before you could use it in Canada though 
When it is expired it is expired.
easiest Way is to get employment with a Harvester.Its much more easy to get CDL,but as you get them easy you are also not that much professional and that why some limit your License to lenght of Visa.Usually Temporary Work Visa to work on Harvesting.
Immigrant:
When it is expired it is expired.
easiest Way is to get employment with a Harvester.Its much more easy to get CDL,but as you get them easy you are also not that much professional and that why some limit your License to lenght of Visa.Usually Temporary Work Visa to work on Harvesting.
Having know a few who have done the Harvester thing I connot for the life of me see how anyone caould be that desperate to work in the USA they will lower themselve to that level ?
Immigrant:
When it is expired it is expired.
easiest Way is to get employment with a Harvester.Its much more easy to get CDL,but as you get them easy you are also not that much professional and that why some limit your License to lenght of Visa.Usually Temporary Work Visa to work on Harvesting.
The reason the licence expires has nothing to do with being a professional as far as I’m aware. It’s more to do with people staying longer than they’re visa entitlement (Illegal Alien). Example, what’s stopping someone who has a 5 year licence going off and getting a job with a transport company. You’ll have a SSN and the licence, that’s all you’d need.
Pat Hasler:
Having know a few who have done the Harvester thing I connot for the life of me see how anyone caould be that desperate to work in the USA they will lower themselve to that level ?
Unfortunately Pat, in this climate some people like myself who are only starting out, can’t get any work in the UK. I’ve tried everything even the dubious Irish companies, but nothing. For me getting miles at a lower level, is far better than getting no miles at any other level. 
Who knows, maybe gaining this little bit of harvest experience, may help in the future to getting something more permanent in like Canada.
I think a harvesting season is going to do you a lot of good, ok, you’re going to work your nuts off, you have a successful harvest season on your CV and people will know you’re not scared of hard work
I quite fancied doing it a few years back just never the right time
newmercman:
I think a harvesting season is going to do you a lot of good, ok, you’re going to work your nuts off, you have a successful harvest season on your CV and people will know you’re not scared of hard work
Well, I don’t want to give too much away at the moment, but there is a company in Canada, who are in the process of applying for a lmo for me, who do similar work to that on harvest( long haul with hopper bottoms). 
I’ve got to pinch myself, that this is even a possibility with my limited experience , but I owe an awful lot of thanks to a couple of members ( 1 in particular) who are on here, that have gave me fantastic support in the background.