MarDae

Hi all.

Well, it's final...my husband is now a PA licensed driver!!
So watch out roads...especially if driving in the Harrisburg area. A
little background...Anthony did not have a license from his home
country so he was not able to drive at all until he got his PA driver's
permit. So here's our license experience.

Thursday, April 8-Anthony
takes permit test, 18 questions...you need to get 15 right
Evidence we
took to prove ability to get permit and residency:
EAD, marriage
certificate, SS card, Passport, USC birth cert, utility bill with both
of our names, letter from bank for Anthony's account, I think they may
have also taken my license to photocopy (USC).

Anthony was
administered a breif vision exam, took the permit test and then we paid
$31 dollars, $5 for the permit $26 for the driver's license. He was
issued the offical permit on the spot good for one year.

Thursday,
April 15, 2004- I scheduled driver's test online for Anthony for
Thursday April 29, 2004.

Thursday, April 29, 2004- Anthony takes
driver's test, passed, was issued license that is good for three years,
it expires the day after his birthday in 2007.

That's it. That's our
story, all in all the worst part was waiting on the EAD so we had
everything we needed to get the permit. When we applied for the permit
I did have to remind the employee that Anthony was eligible for the
license because of his marriage to me, not his K-1 visa (the man kept
looking at a visa list for eligibility).

Now I don't have to play
chaffeur anymore :D

MarDae:)

PS I don't know why we ended up doing
everything on Thursdays, it just worked out that way :)

Optimist

congrats...

i had 27 good answers out of 30 for the written test in
Texas and i'm learning from the driving experience of my wife...

how
was the driving test? any parallel parking?

gabriel

AlisonPA

Excellent news. With the test - was that out on the road in Harrisburg?

MarDae

Originally posted by optimist
    > congrats...
    >
    > i had 27
good answers out of 30 for the written test in Texas and i'm learning
from the driving experience of my wife...
    >
    > how was the driving test?
any parallel parking?
    >
    > gabriel


Yup, he had to parallel
park. He said it was pretty easy though. The tester got in the car
asked him to turn on the lights, turn signal, etc to demonstrate his
knowledge of the car. Then he took him into the parking lot where they
adminster the test and he was given three chances to parallel park (he
did it on his first try). He then when out on the roads for about a
half mile and came back to the test center and was told that he passed
and was to go in and pick up his license. I think that was it. Pretty
easy.

MarDae:)

MarDae

Originally posted by AlisonPA
    > Excellent news. With the
test - was that out on the road in Harrisburg?

Yes, they took
him straight out of the testing center and back into one of the local
neighborhoods. They didn't take him out on to Cameron St which runs
past the PennDOT building because it is pretty busy. It was a busy area
where they tested him.

MarDae:)

Gemmacat

Originally posted by MarDae
    > Yes, they took him straight
out of the testing center and back into one of the local neighborhoods.
They didn't take him out on to Cameron St which runs past the PennDOT
building because it is pretty busy. It was a busy area where they
tested him.
    >
    > MarDae:)


Has he ventured onto the turnpike
yet?? That's ALWAYS a fun experience ;)
Great news!

Pallyn

They did test Patrick on Cameron St then had him turn onto Paxton St,
maybe it is up to the examiner.

MarDae

Originally posted by Pallyn
    > They did test Patrick on
Cameron St then had him turn onto Paxton St, maybe it is up to the
examiner.

That's possible, he said it sounded like the
examiner he had was a real grump! Maybe he wanted to make the test as
short as possible to just get it over with. I let him borrow my car
last night...he took it out on to 81, I wasn't expecting that so soon!
He made it home okay so I guess I can't complain.

MarDae

PS It's nice
to hear from you! Things are finally starting to calm down :)

Pallyn

Originally posted by MarDae
    > That's possible, he said
it sounded like the examiner he had was a real grump! Maybe he wanted
to make the test as short as possible to just get it over with. I let
him borrow my car last night...he took it out on to 81, I wasn't
expecting that so soon! He made it home okay so I guess I can't
complain.
    >
    > MarDae
    >
    > PS It's nice to hear from you! Things are
finally starting to calm down :)

The license is a big part
of the calming down, for sure. I was terrified the first time Patrick
tried 81, I hate that highway and I have been driving for years.
Congratulations to him and to you for giving up the chauffeur cap.
I
think they pick the examiners for their generally grouchy disposition,
he shouldn't take it personal.

MarDae

Originally posted by Pallyn
    > The license is a big part
of the calming down, for sure. I was terrified the first time Patrick
tried 81, I hate that highway and I have been driving for years.
Congratulations to him and to you for giving up the chauffeur cap.
    > I
think they pick the examiners for their generally grouchy disposition,
he shouldn't take it personal.


I never really minded 81
until they started all of the construction. Now I can't stand it. I
hate it when the mess with the on and off ramps!!! We're very luck
though because my fatehr is letting him borrow his car so we both have
cars until he saves up and can purcahse one of his own. I just wish he
were more patient with that. The reason he borrowed my car was to go to
car dealerships! :) Oh well. Men and their toys.

MarDae:)