~July 2007 K-1 Filers~

[a-jeanne 2]

I was just thinking about the drivers license thing. What does he have to do and can he drive here with his UK license?

[rae_and_scott 1]

Scott has to switch? He can´t keep his Canadian one and get a USA one too? I am keeping my Czech one. Right now I am using an international driver´s license to be able to drive here cuz although I passed the written and driving test at DMV they won´t physically issue the license to me until I show them the GC. So I am basically getting the USA DL in order to have a U.S. ID cuz it´s convenient (Won´t have to carry my passport and marriage certificate everywhere I go ). Also it could become annoying to keep renewing the international DL since it´s validity is limited to just a couple of years compared to CZ or U.S. DL

But I know your Scott is a big anti U.S. fan

Haha, yes he is.

I was reading the requirements online for a NYS DL and it says you have to switch over if you become a resident of the state within 30 days. It also said you have to turn in your Canadian one to get it, so you can't have both. Which is annoying. I think he could just drive on his Ontario license if we rented a car or something, but if we buy a car then I think it might become an issue. And I would hate for him to have to retake an actual test if we didn't do it in the 30 days. I dunno, I guess we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

On another note, my current license is valid until 2014! Isn't that crazy? And when I got it a couple years ago they asked me if I wanted to have a new photo taken; i.e. it was not a requirement. That mean they would have allowed me to be 36 years old with a 21-year old photo on there. I can't believe it's not a requirement to redo the photo! It is, after all, a photo ID. Ah well, whatever.

I was just thinking about the drivers license thing. What does he have to do and can he drive here with his UK license?

I would do a google search for DL requirements for your state; that's how I found my info. Seems it depends on the state and the rules vary a bit.

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

I'm here! I've just been busy at work this week, so mostly reading but not so much posting.

Susie, does Adriano already know how to drive? I guess it does make sense for him to get his license here and then switch it over to an Indian one, but yeah, kind of a pain in the #######. Legally Scott should switch his over once he's here but I don't think he wants to. When I lived in Canada I never bothered switching mine either but I don't know if that was illegal or not.

I wish there were not so many little things to take care of once your SO arrives... I want it to be simple bliss. I know it will be in many ways, but it will also be annoying to have to think of all these details, SSN, driver's license, bank accounts and credit cards, health insurance, marriage certificate and lease and whatever else for AOS... I should make a list or else I'm sure I'll forget to do something by some deadline.

All that talk of ice cream makes me want some.

you bet i have a list of things to do!!! lol and the times that are available for me to do each (ie: what time dmv has the permit test, or what time one can get married in city hall, etc.)...its also a pain in the ####### to schedule things like this since we both work, and since he doesnt speak english, i have to go everywhere with him to make sure it gets done correctly...getting married in nyc is a two day affair as well, so that means i have to miss two days of work, or what i will probably do is go in late one or both of those days who gets married and then goes straight to work!?!

adriano knows how to drive, but that means diddly squat here in the usa...it is easier for canadians i think in ny...i think that they just switch it over like you would if you moved here from another state...if you are from any other country though, you need to take the written permit test, then take the 5 hour pre-licensing course and then take the road test...and he has been driving for years!!

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

That´s so weird that they make him give up his Canadian DL. Like what does him having a DL here have to do with that he was issued a DL in Canada. I think if he has a Canadian citizenship he should be allowed to keep his Canadian DL as well. I mean, if I go to Czech and go driving there and a get pulled over and the cop will look at my U.S. DL he will go like ...he will want to see a Czech one

[rae_and_scott 1]

BBS:

Well, at least he already knows how to drive.

Don't go to work at all the day you get married!! You should take the day off! I agree though, it's annoying there is that 24-hour waiting period and it's only M-F. Our parents are all going to come and we had to remind them it could not happen on a weekend -- we'll probably get married on a Friday.

That´s so weird that they make him give up his Canadian DL. Like what does him having a DL here have to do with that he was issued a DL in Canada. I think if he has a Canadian citizenship he should be allowed to keep his Canadian DL as well. I mean, if I go to Czech and go driving there and a get pulled over and the cop will look at my U.S. DL he will go like ...he will want to see a Czech one

Yeah, I have no idea, but could have to do with the fact that a lot of times Canada gets treated as the 51st state.

Maybe he can apply for another Canadian license b/c he "lost" his and then trade one in to get one here and then have both... probably illegaly, but what the hell.

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

I heard someone saying they just said they lost their home country one so they didn´t have to hand it in to U.S. DMV. Dunno if it´s legal but doesn´t sound like a bad idea. After all I think only my home country cop can take my driver´s license away to punish me if I do something bad on the road. I would never give it to some other country authorities I think. They have no right to it. Poor Canada being treated as 51st state.

[rae_and_scott 1]

Well I fear they will make him redo the tests if he simply says he lost it and has no current license to show.

Maybe I'm being paranoid.

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

But he is smart and can redo the test without any problems

[rae_and_scott 1]

But he is smart and can redo the test without any problems

true, but then it's just ONE MORE THING to have to do, which I think we'd love to avoid!

And to be honest, he's actually a bad test taker. Good thing he doesn't read this forum.

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

Marta, I just read your post about the Yugoslavian flag, and I have always wondered the same thing. You were spot on.

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

BBS:

Well, at least he already knows how to drive.

Don't go to work at all the day you get married!! You should take the day off! I agree though, it's annoying there is that 24-hour waiting period and it's only M-F. Our parents are all going to come and we had to remind them it could not happen on a weekend -- we'll probably get married on a Friday.

Friday sounds good. I am not sure if I can take the whole day off though. Since I am leaving my job on June 13th, I don't have any more vacation days to accrue, and I borrowed two of them (the 1 day I got for April and the 1 day I got for May - - - I hate the USA lol) in order to go to Albania for Adriano's interview.

[rae_and_scott 1]

I hear you, our time off situation sucks. My days off are unpaid; can you take one unpaid? Or is that just not a possibility with the AOS fee looming and all?

I hope to take a somewhat considerable time off when Scott first arrives but it all depends on $$, especially since I'll be supporting the both of us.

At least Adriano is already working! That is a great thing.

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

I hear you, our time off situation sucks. My days off are unpaid; can you take one unpaid? Or is that just not a possibility with the AOS fee looming and all?

I hope to take a somewhat considerable time off when Scott first arrives but it all depends on $$, especially since I'll be supporting the both of us.

At least Adriano is already working! That is a great thing.

you should definitely take time off when he comes, see the sights and what not (if you haven't already)...we went to the brooklyn botanic gardens the other day for the first time ever (what a shame, i know), and it was beautiful!!! you should go sometime in the coming weeks, i know i will definitely be returning

my job doesn't 'allow' us to take time off unpaid...really ridiculous, but i will be out of here in no time...i should have probably told them my last day was a week before im moving, rather than a few days...this way i couldve taken care of some things in the interim period...i was motivated by an extra pay check though

yea, it really is a HUGE help that he is working...hes making as much as me per hour, and with all the overtime (time and a half), hes making wayyyy more than me per paycheck...if only we didnt have to move so soon, we could be doing really well for ourselves...the timing just really sucks

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Friday sounds good. I am not sure if I can take the whole day off though. Since I am leaving my job on June 13th, I don't have any more vacation days to accrue, and I borrowed two of them (the 1 day I got for April and the 1 day I got for May - - - I hate the USA lol) in order to go to Albania for Adriano's interview.

But why can´t you do it at the weekend? Do you have to work at the weekend too? In Czech, when you are getting married, you get a paid leave by law the day before the wedding (cuz lotsa weddings are on Saturdays), but if you are getting married during work week you get two days paid leave by law (the day before and the wedding day).

If you can´t do it at the weekend, you can just do it in your lunch break And then, when you have more time later in your life, when time or money aren´t pressing you, you can make a nice big wedding if you want, for your families to be there or something Or you don´t have to Or you can save time and money on your wedding and rather invest it in some special honeymoon Or you don´t have to You can do what you want