ROC & Driving License

[AH&JH 10]

Hi,

 

Wondering if someone has any experience renewing their DL while pending for ROC?

 

The DMV sent me a letter to renew my DL and I filled and sent it back but they haven't cashed the check nor send a new DL and im wondering if it is due to my pending ROC.

 

Do I need to go personally to the DMV? would they still renew my DL with my ROC pending?

 

Im in California.

 

Thank you

[Amadia 711]

When did your green card expire? 

[AH&JH 10]

My GC expired on  2017, my DL will expire soon. I have the stamp on my passport extending my residency until next year

Edited July 16, 2018 by AH&JH

[Amadia 711]

Just now, AH&JH said:

My GC expired on Feb 2017, my DL will expire in Aug 2018. I have the stamp on my passport extending my residency valid until January 2019

If the DMV suggests that expired card as being the reason, did you include your extension letter? 

[AH&JH 10]

My DL will expire so they followed the normal protocol of sending renewal letter but nothing has happened since I sent the letter filled and the check back and now im wondering if it has to do with my pending ROC. I did not send copy of extension letter or passport stamp

[Unidentified 2,930]

I do not know how it works in CA but in VA if you're not a citizen you have to actually go to the DMV to get your license renewed. 

 

I had no issues going to the DMV and show them my extension letter and I got my license renewed years beyond the end of my extension letter.  You should have sent the extension letter. 

 

 

[AH&JH 10]

1 minute ago, Unidentified said:

I do not know how it works in CA but in VA if you're not a citizen you have to actually go to the DMV to get your license renewed. 

 

I had no issues going to the DMV and show them my extension letter and I got my license renewed years beyond the end of my extension letter.  You should have sent the extension letter. 

 

 

Thank you, I guess I will have to go to DMV. I didn't think about sending them the extension letter

[Amadia 711]

20 minutes ago, Unidentified said:

I do not know how it works in CA but in VA if you're not a citizen you have to actually go to the DMV to get your license renewed. 

 

I had no issues going to the DMV and show them my extension letter and I got my license renewed years beyond the end of my extension letter.  You should have sent the extension letter. 

 

 

My point exactly! 🙂

18 minutes ago, AH&JH said:

Thank you, I guess I will have to go to DMV. I didn't think about sending them the extension letter

Remember, your extension letter now acts as your green card so you need to use it where applicable. 

[mtempelaar 190]

Agreeing with others about going to DMV.  Each state is different but here in NC my husband had to go in with the extension letter.  He got a new license with a new expiration date matching extension letter.   Once ROC was complete he went back in with his 10 year green card and got yet another drivers license.    And just to make sure DMV hell is complete, he's applying for citizenship and now I have to check if he needs to go in one more time after he takes the oath.   

 

 

[Unidentified 2,930]

4 minutes ago, mtempelaar said:

Agreeing with others about going to DMV.  Each state is different but here in NC my husband had to go in with the extension letter.  He got a new license with a new expiration date matching extension letter.   Once ROC was complete he went back in with his 10 year green card and got yet another drivers license.    And just to make sure DMV hell is complete, he's applying for citizenship and now I have to check if he needs to go in one more time after he takes the oath.   

 

 

I don't think he needs to go until his license expires. Unless he really wants to get the note taken off his license that he has a license with shorter than "normal" expiration. 

[Teemo 252]

From the DMV's perspective, you have no legal status in this country since your green card has expired and you have not sent them the renewal letter or any other documentation that you are legally residing here. So yes, of course that's the issue. Better to go in-person. 

[AH&JH 10]

Hi, I just wanted to update you all in case someone is going through the same.

 

I didn't have to go to the DMV after all.

 

I noticed they cashed my check a month after I sent the renewal notice. I called and they told me they were processing my license. One week before the expiration date I received the license with an expiration date of 2021

 

Thank you and hope this helps

[Kikk159 27]

I went to the DMV today to renew my DL, it expires next month. I gave them the extension letter and they renewed it on the spot, 18 months after the expiration date. No stamp on passport or nothing. 

 

PS: DMV is in Arkansas

[Scandi 4,166]

You can definitely renew your license without having to visit a DMV office here in CA, it's very smooth and very nice not having to spend hours waiting in line.

 

They send you a letter when it's time to renew your license (about 60 days before the expiration date) and you just send in the form and whatever else they ask for (I sent a copy of my greencard and will send a copy of my extension letter when that day comes). Then your license shows up in your mailbox a few weeks later.

 

Worked like a charm for me and when I renewed my state ID the same way I didn't even have to pay anything. Glad it worked for you too.