Nicola76

Well I finally got around to taking my driving test yesterday and I
passed! I decided to wait until we were married and I had my social
security number in my married name so I could get the license in my new
name straight away, rather than having to change it etc later.

The tests went well, I had to wait around for a while inbetween things
but it was ok I guess. I got 17 out of 20 (85%) for the Georgia law test
, 19 out of 20 (95%) for the signs test and 100% for the driving test,
not sure how I managed that part because my reversing in a straight line
was far from straight lol! I had to do part of the test out on the roads
too but I didn't mind that part, makes more sense to me anyway than
driving around a car park! It's nice to finally have that Georgia
license, maybe the strange looks will stop now when I get carded in
bars! It's just a shame I had to give up my UK license to get it.



Nicola



Timeline TSC



NOA1 January 15th 2003

NOA2 June 19th 2003 (Online Status)

NOA2 Letter received June 23rd 2003

NVC Letter recieved July 2nd 2003 (dated 30th June)

Packet 3 received July 10th 2003

Returned IV-15 July 21st 2003 (Delayed due to being in the USA when
it arrived)

Interview date received July 25th 2003

Interview date September 2nd 2003

Got the Visa!!!

Moved to the USA September 5th 2003



Got married November 1st



Adjustment of Status - Atlanta

Applied for SSN in married name November 21st 2003

AOS & EAD sent November 22nd 2003

Received at Atlanta office November 25th 2003 (UPS online)

SSN arrived November 28th 2003

Driving Test December 11th 2003

Dutchman2001nl

Originally posted by Nicola76

    > Well I finally got around to taking my driving test yesterday and I
    > passed! I decided to wait until we were married and I had my social
    > security number in my married name so I could get the license in my
    > new name straight away, rather than having to change it etc later.

    > The tests went well, I had to wait around for a while inbetween
    > things but it was ok I guess. I got 17 out of 20 (85%) for the
    > Georgia law test , 19 out of 20 (95%) for the signs test and 100% for
    > the driving test, not sure how I managed that part because my
    > reversing in a straight line was far from straight lol! I had to do
    > part of the test out on the roads too but I didn't mind that part,
    > makes more sense to me anyway than driving around a car park! It's
    > nice to finally have that Georgia license, maybe the strange looks
    > will stop now when I get carded in bars! It's just a shame I had to
    > give up my UK license to get it.


    > Nicola


    > Timeline TSC


    > NOA1 January 15th 2003

    > NOA2 June 19th 2003 (Online Status)

    > NOA2 Letter received June 23rd 2003

    > NVC Letter recieved July 2nd 2003 (dated 30th June)

    > Packet 3 received July 10th 2003

    > Returned IV-15 July 21st 2003 (Delayed due to being in the USA when it
    > arrived)

    > Interview date received July 25th 2003

    > Interview date September 2nd 2003

    > Got the Visa!!!

    > Moved to the USA September 5th 2003


    > Got married November 1st


    > Adjustment of Status - Atlanta

    > Applied for SSN in married name November 21st 2003

    > AOS & EAD sent November 22nd 2003

    > Received at Atlanta office November 25th 2003 (UPS online)

    > SSN arrived November 28th 2003

    > Driving Test December 11th 2003



OH NOOOO.....

People, get off the streets, get off the streeeeets......

Just kidding. Congrats Nicola.

Steffi

Originally posted by Nicola76

    > Well I finally got around to taking my driving test yesterday and I
    > passed! I decided to wait until we were married and I had my social
    > security number in my married name so I could get the license in my
    > new name straight away, rather than having to change it etc later.

    > The tests went well, I had to wait around for a while inbetween
    > things but it was ok I guess. I got 17 out of 20 (85%) for the
    > Georgia law test , 19 out of 20 (95%) for the signs test and 100% for
    > the driving test, not sure how I managed that part because my
    > reversing in a straight line was far from straight lol! I had to do
    > part of the test out on the roads too but I didn't mind that part,
    > makes more sense to me anyway than driving around a car park! It's
    > nice to finally have that Georgia license, maybe the strange looks
    > will stop now when I get carded in bars! It's just a shame I had to
    > give up my UK license to get it.

    >

Woohoo! Congrats! The test really isn't all that hard...but I know I
was scared when I originally got it too. *LOL* As a matter of fact, I
was to intimidated that I didn't get my license like everyone else as
soon as I turned 16...it took me about a year to get the nerve to
finally get it. And then dirving was a breeze. Only now I haven't driven
in like 3.5 years so it'll probably take me a while to get used to again
once I get a car!

By the way...why did you have to give up your UK license?? That sounds
really weird!! I don't see why you would have to do that?!

Nicola76

Originally posted by dutchman2001nl

    > OH NOOOO.....

    > People, get off the streets, get off the streeeeets......

    > Just kidding. Congrats Nicola.





LOL! Steve might agree with you at times! Thanks for the congrats!



Steffi - its just Geogia law. Like if someone from Florida moved to
Georgia and wanted to get a Georgia license they would have to surrender
their Florida license. I could have lied and said I didn't have a UK
license and gone once and got a learners pemit and then gone back a
couple weeks later to take the test but it isn't always as straight
forward as that, for a start they look at you like you are crazy if you
say you've never drived and you're 27!! After weighing it all up though,
I decided to just go ahead and surrender it. If we'd gone on a weekend
we'd have been waiting hours and we were there 5 hours altogether
yesterday, and Steve had to take a day off to come with me so it was
easier to just go once and take the test and surrender my old license. I
can use the US license in England if I visit and it's only if we
actually move back to England that I have to worry about getting a UK
license again, and at the moment there's no plans to move back!



Nicola



Timeline TSC



NOA1 January 15th 2003

NOA2 June 19th 2003 (Online Status)

NOA2 Letter received June 23rd 2003

NVC Letter recieved July 2nd 2003 (dated 30th June)

Packet 3 received July 10th 2003

Returned IV-15 July 21st 2003 (Delayed due to being in the USA when
it arrived)

Interview date received July 25th 2003

Interview date September 2nd 2003

Got the Visa!!!

Moved to the USA September 5th 2003



Got married November 1st



Adjustment of Status - Atlanta

Applied for SSN in married name November 21st 2003

AOS & EAD sent November 22nd 2003

Received at Atlanta office November 25th 2003 (UPS online)

SSN arrived November 28th 2003

Passed Driving Test December 11th 2003

Steffi

Weird...I swear my parents still have their German licenses even though
they got their Georgia ones. :-/

Karen D

Originally posted by Nicola76

    > Steffi - its just Geogia law. Like if someone from Florida moved to
    > Georgia and wanted to get a Georgia license they would have to
    > surrender their Florida license. I could have lied and said I didn't
    > have a UK license and gone once and got a learners pemit and then gone
    > back a couple weeks later to take the test but it isn't always as
    > straight forward as that, for a start they look at you like you are
    > crazy if you say you've never drived and you're 27!! After weighing it
    > all up though, I decided to just go ahead and surrender it. If we'd
    > gone on a weekend we'd have been waiting hours and we were there 5
    > hours altogether yesterday, and Steve had to take a day off to come
    > with me so it was easier to just go once and take the test and
    > surrender my old license. I can use the US license in England if I
    > visit and it's only if we actually move back to England that I have to
    > worry about getting a UK license again, and at the moment there's no
    > plans to move back!

Hi Nicola



Firstly congrats!



Also, if you do ever go back to England, I understand you can simply
apply for a new UK Licence, saying you have lost your old one.



No worries then!

Nicola76

Originally posted by Karen D

    > Hi Nicola


    > Firstly congrats!


    > Also, if you do ever go back to England, I understand you can simply
    > apply for a new UK Licence, saying you have lost your old one.


    > No worries then!



That's good then, I wondered about that! I kept the counter part of my
English license and was just going to hand that part in if they asked
about it but they never did!



Nicola



Timeline TSC



NOA1 January 15th 2003

NOA2 June 19th 2003 (Online Status)

NOA2 Letter received June 23rd 2003

NVC Letter recieved July 2nd 2003 (dated 30th June)

Packet 3 received July 10th 2003

Returned IV-15 July 21st 2003 (Delayed due to being in the USA when
it arrived)

Interview date received July 25th 2003

Interview date September 2nd 2003

Got the Visa!!!

Moved to the USA September 5th 2003



Got married November 1st



Adjustment of Status - Atlanta

Applied for SSN in married name November 21st 2003

AOS & EAD sent November 22nd 2003

Received at Atlanta office November 25th 2003 (UPS online)

SSN arrived November 28th 2003

Passed Driving Test December 11th 2003

Anggraeni

congrats! but hey, why did you have to give up your UK license? did they
ask for that? when i got my Us driving license i didnt mentioned having
indonesian DL so they didnt ask anything about it. anyway, congrats
again! happy driving!



anggraeni

Nicola76

Originally posted by anggraeni

    > congrats! but hey, why did you have to give up your UK license? did
    > they ask for that? when i got my Us driving license i didnt mentioned
    > having indonesian DL so they didnt ask anything about it. anyway,
    > congrats again! happy driving!


    > anggraeni



Yeah they asked for it and then they just never gave it back at the end.
I heard a guy arguing with them too about it and she quite clearly said
you have to surrender your out of State license. Like I said, there are
ways around it but I decided to just go ahead, take the test and
surrender it.



Timeline TSC



NOA1 January 15th 2003

NOA2 June 19th 2003 (Online Status)

NOA2 Letter received June 23rd 2003

NVC Letter recieved July 2nd 2003 (dated 30th June)

Packet 3 received July 10th 2003

Returned IV-15 July 21st 2003 (Delayed due to being in the USA when
it arrived)

Interview date received July 25th 2003

Interview date September 2nd 2003

Got the Visa!!!

Moved to the USA September 5th 2003



Got married November 1st



Adjustment of Status - Atlanta

Applied for SSN in married name November 21st 2003

AOS & EAD sent November 22nd 2003

Received at Atlanta office November 25th 2003 (UPS online)

SSN arrived November 28th 2003

Passed Driving Test December 11th 2003

L D Jones

Nicola76 wrote:
    >
    > Well I finally got around to taking my driving test yesterday and I
[...]
    > driving around a car park! It's nice to finally have that Georgia
    > license, maybe the strange looks will stop now when I get carded in
    > bars! It's just a shame I had to give up my UK license to get it.

I don't think that should have happened nor should it have been
surrendered. There have been other threads about this in the past and I
don't know that Florida has that authority, but I could be wrong. One is
not supposed to have more than 1 US state license at any time and it is
normal to surrender a state driver's license when becoming licensed in
another state.