Renewing driver's license during ROC

[LlamaInvasion 76]

How do you do this? My driver's license expires when my green card does.

If I take NOA + gc to renew it, will I get a license that's only valid for the year extension that the NA grants me?

When do I do if they won't accept NOA when I renew my driver's license? It takes almost a year to process the RoC. I can't drive on an expired license for almost a year!

Presumably someone here has been through this.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

You need to check with the DMV of your state. Each state has their own rules. You will be able to renew with the extension letter, but one year or more, I don't know. Google DMV and your state.

[Inky 1,110]

As I said in your other post about this you need to call or go down to the DMV to find out what they do. Like harpa said as well, only the DMV can answer your questions accurately and correctly.

[joevegas 67]

You should be alright with the extension letter,get your license renewed for the year,and if you don't get your green card by then,then worry about it then,no use getting upset about something that hasn't happened yet..

[LlamaInvasion 76]

I did google it for my state. The 52 first results all point to various topics on VisaJourney. People appear to have had massively different experiences with the DMV when they call or go there in person, even varying in their own state. There's nothing on Pennsylvania DMV's website about this kind of situation.

I guess I'll take my NOA, and if that doesn't work I'll keep trying different DMV offices around the state until I find one where they'll renew it.

[Navyk 78]

I did google it for my state. The 52 first results all point to various topics on VisaJourney. People appear to have had massively different experiences with the DMV when they call or go there in person, even varying in their own state. There's nothing on Pennsylvania DMV's website about this kind of situation.

I guess I'll take my NOA, and if that doesn't work I'll keep trying different DMV offices around the state until I find one where they'll renew it.

All the best and please share your success (I am guessing that you would be) for others in PA to be benefitted.

[Martyshk 137]

How do you do this? My driver's license expires when my green card does.

If I take NOA + gc to renew it, will I get a license that's only valid for the year extension that the NA grants me?

When do I do if they won't accept NOA when I renew my driver's license? It takes almost a year to process the RoC. I can't drive on an expired license for almost a year!

Presumably someone here has been through this.

I've lived in PA, most of places don't deal with immigrants all that much, so they have no idea what to do.

Go to the DMV, if you are turned away - talk to a supervisor. Your DL should be extended for the duration of your extension letter.

[Harsh_77 718]

Extension letter will get you another DL with one year extension.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

You have heard of cases where neurosurgeons had to remove half of the brain of human beings as it was basically dead, rotting away. Most of the people to whom this happened work for the DMV offices after recovery. (Those people whose entire brain was removed work for the SSA.)

What that means is that they have no clue about their job. They know nothing. They are drones stupid as a piece of driftwood, and if anything comes their way that they haven't done before, they fail miserably and consequently they give you a wrong information. What does that mean for you?

It means that you have to be informed. You need to know more than the people whose job it is to know this sh*t. So let me help you with your homework.

You are a lawful permanent resident, a.k.a. a Green Card holder. The moment you follow the process outlined by the United States government to extend your current, 2-year Green Card, you are in a processing pattern that due to bureaucratic backlog can take up to 1 year. For that reason, you received a letter from said United States government that extends your current Green Card for another year. Since you are dealing with the DMV, explain it as having a 2013 sticker on a license plate, and now you have a letter from the United States government that works like a 2014 sticker, just that you didn't get a sticker but a piece of paper like a temporary registration that is attached to the windshield of a car.

If the obese drone in the chair doesn't understand this, asks politely for the office manager and start over. Most likely you will only get a new driver's license for 1 year. Yep, sucks, by they are only giving you a license valid for as long as your lawful presence in the U.S. is verified. Once you have your new Green Card and your 1-year license is about to expire, pay up again and get a new driver's license. And round and round go the horsies on the merry-go-round.

Welcome to America.

[AnotherLostSoul 167]

You have heard of cases where neurosurgeons had to remove half of the brain of human beings as it was basically dead, rotting away. Most of the people to whom this happened work for the DMV offices after recovery. (Those people whose entire brain was removed work for the SSA.)

What that means is that they have no clue about their job. They know nothing. They are drones stupid as a piece of driftwood, and if anything comes their way that they haven't done before, they fail miserably and consequently they give you a wrong information. What does that mean for you?

It means that you have to be informed. You need to know more than the people whose job it is to know this sh*t. So let me help you with your homework.

You are a lawful permanent resident, a.k.a. a Green Card holder. The moment you follow the process outlined by the United States government to extend your current, 2-year Green Card, you are in a processing pattern that due to bureaucratic backlog can take up to 1 year. For that reason, you received a letter from said United States government that extends your current Green Card for another year. Since you are dealing with the DMV, explain it as having a 2013 sticker on a license plate, and now you have a letter from the United States government that works like a 2014 sticker, just that you didn't get a sticker but a piece of paper like a temporary registration that is attached to the windshield of a car.

If the obese drone in the chair doesn't understand this, asks politely for the office manager and start over. Most likely you will only get a new driver's license for 1 year. Yep, sucks, by they are only giving you a license valid for as long as your lawful presence in the U.S. is verified. Once you have your new Green Card and your 1-year license is about to expire, pay up again and get a new driver's license. And round and round go the horsies on the merry-go-round.

Welcome to America.

LOL I feel your description is a bit harsh though...but..haha! Anyway, I don't know how this happened with me (or maybe it varies to states, and California does not give a s.h.i.t. when it comes to people being legal or illegal) but I've got my DL when I was 15 (I moved with my family to the US as a kid, I was on J2). Anyway, they never even put any restriction on regarding when my J2 would expire or anything. And ever since, I have changed to H4 (through my parents as H1B) and then F1 and to green card just recently. Throughout all these years, I always just renew my DL online, and they never sent a mail or question online what my status is, or when my visa expires...last time I renewed it was in 2010, and it will expire in 2015. So it's weird, but I guess like others said, it varies from state to state, I guess.

[bigdog 376]

Extension letter will get you another DL with one year extension.

:thumbs:Yep we did not hassles, it will change the date of the extirpation to the expiration of the I797 receipt letter.

[ImmigrationDrama 0]

You have heard of cases where neurosurgeons had to remove half of the brain of human beings as it was basically dead, rotting away. Most of the people to whom this happened work for the DMV offices after recovery. (Those people whose entire brain was removed work for the SSA.)

What that means is that they have no clue about their job. They know nothing. They are drones stupid as a piece of driftwood, and if anything comes their way that they haven't done before, they fail miserably and consequently they give you a wrong information. What does that mean for you?

It means that you have to be informed. You need to know more than the people whose job it is to know this sh*t. So let me help you with your homework.

You are a lawful permanent resident, a.k.a. a Green Card holder. The moment you follow the process outlined by the United States government to extend your current, 2-year Green Card, you are in a processing pattern that due to bureaucratic backlog can take up to 1 year. For that reason, you received a letter from said United States government that extends your current Green Card for another year. Since you are dealing with the DMV, explain it as having a 2013 sticker on a license plate, and now you have a letter from the United States government that works like a 2014 sticker, just that you didn't get a sticker but a piece of paper like a temporary registration that is attached to the windshield of a car.

If the obese drone in the chair doesn't understand this, asks politely for the office manager and start over. Most likely you will only get a new driver's license for 1 year. Yep, sucks, by they are only giving you a license valid for as long as your lawful presence in the U.S. is verified. Once you have your new Green Card and your 1-year license is about to expire, pay up again and get a new driver's license. And round and round go the horsies on the merry-go-round.

Welcome to America.

Well described!

[dzyrhetom 7]

How do you do this? My driver's license expires when my green card does.

If I take NOA + gc to renew it, will I get a license that's only valid for the year extension that the NA grants me?

When do I do if they won't accept NOA when I renew my driver's license? It takes almost a year to process the RoC. I can't drive on an expired license for almost a year!

Presumably someone here has been through this.

Hi there, yeah, actually I have done it myself last year here in SC.. My GC expired last Jan. 2012 and I renewed my DL last March 2012 and everything went fine..I brought my expired GC and the NOA1 ( extension letter) and of course they also asked for another docs such as proof of residency (like utility bills, bank statements, etc proving I live in that area) and the SSN card...and my DL was renewed for a year..Altho, on my first week after I renewed it, I was only given like a temporary DL in the form of paper ( still you can drive!) because they said, they have to check my immigration status first and that they have to send off my application (renewing my DL) to the main DMV office here in SC..Oh well, after 1 & 1/2 weeks, I finally got my DL card in the mail...( good ONLY for a year tho)

[dzyrhetom 7]

Hi there, yeah, actually I have done it myself last year here in SC.. My GC expired last Jan. 2012 and I renewed my DL last March 2012 and everything went fine..I brought my expired GC and the NOA1 ( extension letter) and of course they also asked for another docs such as proof of residency (like utility bills, bank statements, etc proving I live in that area) and the SSN card...and my DL was renewed for a year..Altho, on my first week after I renewed it, I was only given like a temporary DL in the form of paper ( still you can drive!) because they said, they have to check my immigration status first and that they have to send off my application (renewing my DL) to the main DMV office here in SC..Oh well, after 1 & 1/2 weeks, I finally got my DL card in the mail...(good ONLY for a year tho from the time you renewed it)...Just go back to their office once you get your 10-yr GC and they'll give/ renew your DL which is good for 5 years ( depends on the state)..

P.S. Time flies so fast and fortunately, I just got approved for the ROC..Its been more than a year now and with my DL expiring, but this time it would be different, I have the 10-year GC in my hand..I've had just renewed my DL 2 days ago and I was given the normal 5 years time frame before it'll expire again!

[Messybrownhair 251]

I did google it for my state. The 52 first results all point to various topics on VisaJourney. People appear to have had massively different experiences with the DMV when they call or go there in person, even varying in their own state. There's nothing on Pennsylvania DMV's website about this kind of situation.

I guess I'll take my NOA, and if that doesn't work I'll keep trying different DMV offices around the state until I find one where they'll renew it.

I guess I got lucky. I am from PA and they gave me a license good for 5 years. It does not expire with my green card