Got a Korean Driver's License Today^^

This week is just making me giddy. Yesterday was Kathleen's birthday and Friday at 1am I get to welcome Jamie and co. to SoKo. Sooo good.


I got my Korean driver's license today!!! It was so much easier than expected. I think it is because I read some blogs of people from Seoul going and getting theirs. In Daegu, at least in the morning, the people traffic at the DLA was so minimal. It was incredible.

BRING
*17,000 won
*3 photos (passport sized)
*passport
*ARC card (alien registration card)
*driver's license from home country


I arrived with my coteacher and there weren't many people around. There was a seperate counter for foreigners. They began processing me right away. There was a bunch of paperwork and then I paid and had a health check (colorblind, eye chart on a wall, squatted down, made fists and released them several times...), then I paid more money and was sent to the third floor to take the test. The test is 20 questions on a computer that you can use touch screen or mouse. The English on the test is pretty broken, but if you think back to the drivers test you took or just use logic you should pass it. I studied for about 40 minutes before I went to the DLA. I used the link that I am posting below. It helped. I scored a 100%. I guessed on 5 of the answers. My coteacher said you have to get 12/20 to pass, which is pretty sweet. Then I only waited 10 minutes and they had my card ready to go... If you go to the DLA before 3pm they can get you your licence the same day... Def worth it...



Information:
http://www.dla.go.kr/english/index.jsp

On-line Driver's Manual:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/3474041/USFK-Pam-May-Guide-To-Safe-Driving-In-Korea-English

** The above exprience only applies to foreigners that come from places like the US with driver's license already. The US and Korea do not consider each other's licenses valid; therefore we must test to get the license...

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