Can I buy a car with a Canadian driver's licence

K

kwirky

Registered Users (C)
Some of the US states do not allow exchanging the Canadian driver's license to the US license. Can I buy a car in those states with a Canadian driver's license? Will there be any problem with the insurance?
 
If you are planning on financing it, then getting the financing may be the problem if you don't have a Social Security Number. We bought a boat in Arizona and we live in California. So if memory serves me correct, they don't care what state or province you are from. Having a driver's license is not a requirement to own a car.

Check out this link and see if it has any info for you.

http://www.state.in.us/bmv/forms/
 
while i am not sure what are the requirements for Indiana state to exchange your Canadian DL to an Indiana DL, i can tell you that when i moved to Virginia state on TN, i bought a car and Virginia DMV had no objection as long as i could provide a valid auto insurance. most insurance companies require that you present a valid US issued DL within 30 days of insurance purchase. so i had to go to DMV at least 3 times untill they accepted my documents to change my DL.
 
kwirky said:
Some of the US states do not allow exchanging the Canadian driver's license to the US license.
Click to expand...

So what? You get a local license if you live there, since your Canadian license will be invalid. Just because you cannot exchange the license doesn't mean you do not require one, or cannot get one.
 
kwirky said:
Some of the US states do not allow exchanging the Canadian driver's license to the US license...
Click to expand...
I don’t know of any state that doesn’t recognize Canadian DLs for exchange. There may be a problem showing your legal presence in US (having a valid visa or something like that). Why don’t you apply for a new DL if you have a visa? Here is the list of documents they accept
http://www.in.gov/bmv/driverlicense/idreq.pdf

good luck :D
 
WA state doesn't regonize Quebec DL. They want me to redo all the test for car and motorcycle...but I didn't have classes to take, just the tests. They did a ID card with my passport and my social security number without problem. I will do the test soon but you have 30 days with some insurance but the one I have doesn't ask a US DL...I just had to call in Quebec to have my driver report and the insurance cost more.
 
it is a bummer to do all those tests. but the good news is that most DMV testing standards are lower than canadian provinces. plus if you have to do the test all over again, it wont matter as far as your driving record and low insurance premiums. US insurances dont accept canadian driving history when they give you a quote. so financially speaking you just loose couple of days for the driver license test
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top