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jab
Citizen
Username: Jab
Post Number: 541
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 9:24 am: | 
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It's going to expire at the end of May. Do I have to go to a DMV site and spend half a day waiting in line? I have heard there are stricter identification requirements now then when I got my current NJ driver's license (as a transplant from NYC). |
Wendyn
Supporter
Username: Wendyn
Post Number: 2842
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 9:29 am: |
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Yes, you need to go to the DMV. I've gone to Springfield when it opens (8 am I think) and been out by 8:30. You need 2 forms of identification, I think I brought my license and social security card (as my birth certificate has my maiden name). Also I think I brought a recent bill (like mortgage or PSEG) that shows my address, although I don't remember if they needed it.
If you find the DMV website they tell you exactly what you need to bring. |
sac
Supporter
Username: Sac
Post Number: 3259
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 9:40 am: |
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You should soon (if not already) receive a mailing which includes a brochure describing the required ID. Basically I brought everything I had and they selected my birth certificate, marriage license (to support my name change from my birth certificate), recent bank statement (proof of address) and possibly the Social Security card. They put the passport and second bank statement back in the envelope I brought and said they didn't need those. I think that if you don't have the birth certificate, then the passport has the same point value.
I went at about 9:30 AM on a Wednesday (mid-month) and was in and out in under an hour and left with my new drivers license in hand. |
WendyP
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3381
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 9:47 am: |
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The new and improved DMV is actually new and improved. I've been to the one in Springfield a couple of times, at different random times of the day, and been in and out fairly quickly--probably under an hour.
DO go to the DMV website and make sure you bring all of the appropriate I.D. or they WILL NOT allow you to renew (and BTW your current license does not count as I.D.). They are very strict about this now. |
Bob K
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 11027
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 10:23 am: |
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The ID situation is fairly complicated, so check out the website for the requrements before you go.
http://www.state.nj.us/mvc/index.shtml |
wnb
Citizen
Username: Wnb
Post Number: 352
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 1:28 pm: |
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The DMV has really improved tremendously. If you have the right paperwork you should be in and out of there in a quick timeframe. They even let you see your photo and retake if you don't like it, before they print your license. It has been an amazing transformation from what it used to be like.
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golden
Citizen
Username: Golden
Post Number: 145
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 1:55 pm: |
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does anyone know what you have to do when you move to jersey from out of state ? do you have to take the written and driving test ? i guess you would have to bring all the other paperwork also for the new licenses. any help would be appreciated . |
las
Citizen
Username: Las
Post Number: 1363
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 2:03 pm: |
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I like the greeter at Springfield MVS. You walk in and immediately someone says hello, checks your forms and directs you. No more waiting in line only to find out you should have been standing somewhere else.
jab, I think you're going to enjoy the experience. |
bmpsab
Citizen
Username: Bmpsab
Post Number: 205
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 3:15 pm: |
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golden, you will need to re-take the written test when you move to NJ. You can print the drivers manual off the dmv website (you will want to review it before taking the test). You won't need to take the driving test. Make sure you bring your license with you as well as the all the forms of id described on the dmv website. Hope that helps. |
golden
Citizen
Username: Golden
Post Number: 146
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 3:22 pm: |
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bmpsab, thanks for your help ! this is for someone i know that might be moving to jersey. i'll give them the info. |
TomR
Citizen
Username: Tomr
Post Number: 1032
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 7:22 pm: |
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golden,
If your friend has a multiple class license from the other state, tell them to make sure the person behind the counter understands they want to transfer all the classes to N.J.
When I moved to N.J. I had to sit for two written exams and said the hell with the third when the clerk said, for the second time, "oh! that's another exam. You should have told me."
TomR |
dOd
Citizen
Username: Dod
Post Number: 45
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 8:02 am: |
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Golden,
get the handbook and study. I came from out of country and had a hell of a time as many of the questions have to do with excruciating minutia of driving law in NJ.
There are 50 multiple choice questions and you need to correctly answer 40.
Good luck.
dOd |
golden
Citizen
Username: Golden
Post Number: 148
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 2:23 pm: |
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TomR and dOd, thanks for your info. i will pass it on. |
Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 4480
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 4:17 pm: |
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I just renewed my license this morning in Springfield. In at 8:04am out by 8:17am. Brought my passport, photo driver's license and health insurance card. My picture looks horrible. |
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