ON province drivers license?

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cnatar02

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i have been having US drivers license for the past 6 yrs. now i will be landing in canada enf of august this yr and would like to get my ON drivers license. i do have IL drivers license but do not live in the US now. currently, I live in india. can i just excahnge my IL drivers license to ON province drivers license? if not, what shoudl i do or need extra?

i read in one of the posts here that some provinces need one's US driving history before they will issue a local drivers license in canada without taking any driving tests and other stuff. can someone please throw some light on this?
 
Originally posted by cnatar02
i have been having US drivers license for the past 6 yrs. now i will be landing in canada enf of august this yr and would like to get my ON drivers license. i do have IL drivers license but do not live in the US now. currently, I live in india. can i just excahnge my IL drivers license to ON province drivers license? if not, what shoudl i do or need extra?

i read in one of the posts here that some provinces need one's US driving history before they will issue a local drivers license in canada without taking any driving tests and other stuff. can someone please throw some light on this?
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You sould be able to surrender your IL DL and get a ON DL, provided your IL DL is still valid.
 
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they will take away your us license and give you a paper that will indicate a temporary license and you'll get your plastic card for a "G" license in the mail after a few days.
 
When I got my ON driver's licence two years back I had to provide them with a letter from Oregon DMV to attest for my driving record.I also had to take a vision test.Anyway you'll need your US driving record if you want to get insurance in Ontario and if you wanted to be considered as an experienced driver.
 
Is it MUST to surrender US license when you get ON driving license?
Or one can just submit the Driving record from US (NJ) for past 4 years (one can get it from NJ DMV by paying $ 10 fees)
If one submits the US DMV record do they still take the US license or one can keep US license and can also get ON DL.
I am asking this question because I know a friend he did not surrender US license and got ON DL. He is having both the licenses of ON and US
I have read in many postings in Past that one can not keep both US and ON or Canada license and it is illegal, I did not find any info on Driving license Ontario site regarding this rule nor NJ, MD, VA DMV driving books have any instruction that one can not have Canadian license at the time one has US DL.

Because if you show Indian DL with some good EXP (more than 4-5 years) or IDP from India they count it as experience and one has to give knowledge test, eye test and then one can directly go for G2 road test, or given G1, they don’t keep your Indian DL with them and no need to surrender. Then why they want US DL to be surrendered when you can give the record if US DL, because these days if one is working in US it very important to have US DL, but when you want to go for PR card pick up they ask you Canadian DL or Heath Card, one can not get heath card in Ontario with out giving proof of renal agreement or ON DL, utility bills, bank statements for past 3 months. I know it is difficult to provide all these document if one is working in Canada PR and US.
Why they want US DL to be surrendered when you want to exchange for ON DL? Why only US driving record is not accepted as proof?
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thanks guys for the info. i have IL DL issued in sep 2001 and its valid till mar 2005. so i think i should be able to exchange this for a ON DL when i land in canada, this aug end. how long is the procedure to get the ON DL by exchaning my IL DL? i am sure they would ask me to take an eye test. but thats fine. can i complete the whole thing in a day's time? let me know on this. do i need any documents for applying for a ON DL?

rzz1gv - what is "G" license? how long will this temporary license valid for? in that case, when will i get my permanent drivers license?

fizalk - how did you go about getting your driving history? how do i apply for one? does all states give a driving history? please throw some light on this.
 
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Ontario at least has several classes of license and the unrestricted level is G. They have G1 and G2 which have certain restrictions. If you have a 6 year drving record in the US a G is what you will get.

The temp license is valid until the card gets to you and you can drive with it anywhere in the Us or Canada. I dont remember exactly but I thought I got the permanent license within a month but I could be wrong.
 
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