Virginia Driver License

In every state, doesn’t matter Virginia, Texas, Ohio, or anywhere else, you have to carry a valid driver’s license when you are driving a motor vehicle. You have to know all the rules and requirements for driving a car. If you do not have a driver’s license, the first thing is to apply for it.

Who can obtain a Virginia Driver License?

• In the first case, you have to be at least 16 years and 3 months old in order to obtain a Virginia Driver’s License
• But in this case, if you are under 18 years old, you can obtain a Driver’s license with the written consent from your parents or guardian. In this case, you have to complete a driver education program
• If you are 18 years old or older, you have to provide that you have passed an approved driver education course and held a learner’s permit for 60 days before taking the road test

How to apply for getting a driver license?

As the first step is the application, you have to be aware of all the steps.

If you are at least 16 years old and want to apply for a driver’s license in Virginia, you must have held a learner’s permit for at least 9 months. However, if you are under 18, you have to complete a driver’s education course.

If you want to apply for a Virginia driver’s license, you have to go to the Department of Motor Vehicles in Virginia and submit an application. You can fill the application at home and then go to the DMV. And you must take the following documents with you.

• First, you have to provide proof of identity like:
  • Passport
  • ID
  • Birth certificate
• Secondly, you have to present proof of legal presence in Virginia.
• Third, you must provide a Virginia residency.
• The, you have to present your Social Security number, if you have one.
• Finally, you must provide proof of name change, if you have changed your name, but it is not in your documents.

How can new residents apply for a Driver’s License?

If you move to Virginia and want to obtain a driver’s license, you have to do it within 60 days of moving to Virginia. But if you have a Commercial Driver License, you have to obtain a Virginia Commercial Driver License within 30 days.

• If you are 18 years old or older and have a driver’s license issued by U.S. states or territory, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and Canadian provinces, you have to pass only a vision screening test.
• If you are 18 years old or older and have a driver’s license issued by Taiwan, you must complete the vision screening test and knowledge test.
• But if you are 18 years old or older and have another driving license, not the above-mentioned ones, you have to complete the vision screening, the knowledge, and road skill tests.

How long is a Virginia Driver’s License good for?

A driver’s license in Virginia is valid for 8 years and expires on your birthday. But if you are 75 years old or older it will expire after 5 years.

How much is the Driver’s License in Virginia?

As you know the fees differ in every state. Before applying for the driver’s license, make sure you are acquainted with the fees. You can check the costs here.

What tests are there to pass for getting a Driver’s License?

In order to obtain a driver’s license, you have to pass the tests, but the representatives from the Department of Motor Vehicles in Virginia will tell you what test you have to take.

Here are the tests:

• The first one is a vision screening test.
•  The second one is a two-part knowledge exam.
• And the third one is a road skill test.

What are the Classes of a Driver’s License in Virginia?

There are different classes of a Driver’s License in Virginia, and you will give the concrete Class according to the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.

Class A- If you drive a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26.000 pounds or more, you will get a Class A driver’s license. This class includes cars like:

• Tractor-trailer
• Tractor-trailer buses
• And truck and trailer combination

Class B- If you drive a car with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26.000 pounds or more, you will get a Class B driver’s license. But in this case, a towed vehicle has to be less than 10.000 pounds. This class includes cars like:

• Large and school busses
• Straight trucks and Segmented buses

Class C- If you drive a car that is not included in the A and B classes that have a car that carries 16 people including a driver, you have to obtain Class C.

How to get a Learner’s permit in Virginia?

In order to obtain a Learner’s permit in Virginia, you have to be at least 15 years and 6 months old. Each time that you apply for the Learner’s permit, you have to provide documentation.

If you are 19 years old or older you have to provide the following:

• You need to provide proof of identity.
• Then you must present proof of legal presence.
• After that, you have to provide two proofs of Virginia residency.
• And if you have, you need to provide social security number

But if you are under 19 years old, you have to present these documents.

• First, you have to provide proof of identification.
• After this, you must present proof of legal presence.
• Then you need to provide 2 proofs of Virginia residency.

All the below-mentioned documents have to be originals. If you have temporary documents and photocopies, the representative of DMV will not accept them.

You have to complete an application for obtaining a Learner’s permit. You can fill in it at home or at the local Department of Motor Vehicle in Virginia. And you have to use your full legal name. But if you are under 18 years old, your parents or official guardians must present the written consent signing for you.

As you know the fees depend on how long your license will be valid. But you have to pay $3.00 plus yearly costs for the driver’s license.