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Originally Posted by BigDaddyD
The ICBC agency I talked to said it would cross over, I would just have to get a "higher medical" than for a standard DL. They stated they have an agreement with WA to accept it.
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I talked with the Manager at the ICBC office in Cranbrook on Friday.
He said that the US and Canada do not have a reciprocal agreement to transfer licenses.
If you come to BC then you will have to first get a Class 5 license (car) then take your learners license, then take the complete driving exam. He said that the best you can hope for is to be able to go directly to the Class 1 learners license. But you will still have to take the road test with the full pretrip. Also, you will probably have to take the Air Brakes course as delivered by an ICBC Air Brakes certified school.
I have seen many ICBC agents make bold statements as what is allowed for some things and what is not allowed. I run into this all the time with the Creston BC agent. Many of their employees are misinformed.
Where the confusion comes in is who you talk to. If you talk to an ICBC Employee, then your chance of getting the right info is much better. If you talk to a ICBC Agent (Private company who do the paper work for ICBC) then your info might be tainted.
If you PM me, I will give you the phone # of my guy. He has never been wrong with an inquiry yet that I have asked him.
As a side note, my guy told me that it is not because Canada does not want a reciprocal agreement with the US, it is because the US does not want one with Canada.
There are also imigration issues that surround it. I am currently trying to get someone from England into my school, and it is not easy.
I wish we had one. It would be good for buisness.