Hi,

I just recently moved to Bellevue, WA, and I'm thinking about getting a WA license. (I'm currently holding CA license)

I am just curious if they take away your CA license and void it when you get the WA license, or do you retain both of them?

Also, does WA license only have 1 type that allow you to ride any vehicle? Such as a motorcycle?

Thanks!

 

You have to be endorsed to ride a motorcycle or drive a large truck.AS for the CA liscense they do not cancel it to my knoweldge as I had mine for several years after I came back to WA form San diego.

 

Thanks for the info!

 

welcome to bellevue! i'm a local! where-a-bouts are you?

be sure to come to the bellevue scion meet and greet at Scion of Bellevue in Eastgate on the first friday of each month!

and of course check all the threads up top in the Pacific Northwest ScionLife forum section for all of our events and such!

 

I recently got my Washington license in exchange for my California license. The procedure was as follows:

- Go to DOL (Dept of Licensing) - there are no DMV's here! (Which was weird to me, too)
- Bring necessary documents. (Proof of identity, proof of residency, proof if citizenship - List can be found here: http://www.dol.wa.gov/driverslicense/moving.html)
- Costs $45 for the regular Class C license
- No, they do not take away your CA license, but they do punch a hole in it, which notes it is no longer "valid"
- Because my California license was still valid (not expired) I did not have to take a written or driving test
- You take a picture - and they give you a print out of your temporary license
- You receive your actual license in the mail about a week or so later

If you need to show ID before you get your actual license, you have to show your temporary paper license AND the hole-punched CA license. They will NOT accept either/or!

Hope this helped!

 

I had to get mine and they would have punched a hole in my Guam license.... but I lost it that day... darndest thing but the bugger turned up a few days later.

And Cynce is spot on, that's the procedure you go through.

 

Wow they punch them now........way back then they did not punch mine........as it was still valid and not expired........guess they changed it to not have too many states one person can have an active liscense in........

 

actually there are DMV's here also

 

Hey, thanks for the warmth! I moved here for THAT company =P And my car is currently in damage, I don't want to meet you guys until my cars got fixed. >.< Or i'd feel ashamed of myself. Hahah

Anyways, let me know when the meet is coming up, i'll hit you guys up!

 

They got cheap.. they used to punch it with a W... now its just a regular hole punch.

The W's was around when we had the laminated licenses. Still have one of those from when I was 15

 

I actually heard that you get valid license for both states. I'm just curious if I retake the test in WA state, you get to keep your CA license then, right?