N.S Drivers License with PR card?

[zabrinaw]

Or do you have to be a citizen to have a license?

 

[Karlshammar]

Being a PR is enough.

Or do you have to be a citizen to have a license?

 

[rjessome]

Being a PR is enough.

You don't even have to be a PR. As long as you are legally residing in Canada, you can get a driver's license. Plenty of temporary foreign workers have them as well as foreign students.

 

[Karlshammar]

Yup, no problem with students and workers. Some provinces even issue them to visitors (I know Ontario did 3 years ago, not sure if they have changed the laws now).

You don't even have to be a PR. As long as you are legally residing in Canada, you can get a driver's license. Plenty of temporary foreign workers have them as well as foreign students.

 

[Love_Young]

I got one and I am only here as a visitor. Just paid the fee, surrendered my US license, and got a picture done. That was it.

 

[Kaycee1]

It also depends what country you're from. Some countries licenses are recognized by Canada (like the US) and you can just trade yours for a new one. Others aren't (like my Portuguese husband's) He has to do his learner's exam, then the whole road test again.

 

[Jurjen]

Nova Scotia, just like any other province, has very clear rules about the drivers license. Within a few months after immigrating (that's how they call it), you are no longer allowed to use your foreign license and need to exchange it for a local one.

 

[Latvian]

Hi there,

I'm on work permit in NS and I had to pass road test and learner's exam to get my NS driver's license. Luckely, they counted in my Latvian driving experience, so I got Class 5 driving license.

Good luck!