Drivers License with AOS Interview Pending

[westguard 0]

A mess indeed! Doesn't make any sense to me. I mean lets face it, even if they gave me a license valid for one year and I have to leave the country, its not like I'll have arms long enough to reach a steering wheel in Louisiana from London!

I didn't start a business up, buy a house, car, get married, invest in the city if I wasn't intending on staying.

And when I read about offering licenses to illegal immigrants in New York it makes me angry when we are all trying our best to do things by the book and legally.

Fortunately my wife is very kindly driving me whenever she can, but its a ridiculous situation to have to be in. Maybe when they issue an L1A visa (or equivalent) they should give you a 'getting started in the USA' booklet to inform you of the huge variation on OMV rules you will encounter and other rules alike. But no, we're expected to read through pages and pages of information that are either inaccurate, misleading, difficult to understand and ultimately speak to government employees who are clueless about the rules. Even my immigration attorney misinformed me.

You would think in this day and age, we could do better. It took me weeks to get a damn credit card in the USA because of the catch 22 no credit situation! Even American Express couldn't work out how to get my UK American Express card transferred to the UK because they are on separate systems. As are Equifax (credit agency). It really is like being born again

Why they can't improve the process for those coming from ally countries such as the UK I have no idea. It would save so much time and money. But hey, I can shout, complain and moan all I like on here and nothing will change. As the immigrant, I know I have lowest priority, so I'll just have to put up with the red tape! Although I must commend the tax office at being incredibly efficient on asking me for quarterly tax returns, that part of the system at least works.

He he

My apologies for venting!

Mark