Day at the DMV

Today was an eventful day… My daughter got her license back in July and currently still had an Alabama license, but with moving from Alabama to Texas we only have thirty days to change it. My husband and I got our daughters driver license changed from Alabama to Texas. A task one might think to be a simple task, perhaps with one, two forms at the most. But no, we were not so lucky. In the state of Texas the simple task of changing a license from one state to the next is not so simple. Her current license and drivers ed card was not enough so we had to call her old high school and have them send a detailed letter explaining their methods of drivers ed. Next we had to go to her current school and get a VOE form. A form I am still not certain what the point was, her schedule or school report card should have worked, well it worked in Alabama anyway… Next we had to fight with the women behind the counter who kept telling us that her license was expired. And yes, while her temporary 30 day paper license was expired she still had a valid driver’s license from the state of Alabama until 2012. I even brought the copy of her driving record to show the DMV. Well after two hours and a lot of phone calls we have success. My 16 year old daughter is now licensed in the great state of Texas.