A DPS office that isn't impossibly busy? (Dallas: how much, transfer)

[MovingAloha]

The Plano one is horribly busy. I couldn't take the wait, so I went to the Lewisville DPS the next day and believe it or not, the line was reasonable at 7:45am. Some nice lady who works there passed out cold water; the wait in line to get inside was about an hour and once inside, the ladies inside were very nice. I thought I was in an alternate universe.

[LV702]

Originally Posted by EDS_

Lewisville, trust me.

I also used the Lewisville one. Out in ~1 hr.

[mSooner]

Another vote for Lewisville--I've been in and out in under a 1/2 hour.

I'll never go to the NW Highway location again. Pretty sure it is the 7th circle of hell.

[abpat2203]

Those lines are indeed scary. I gave my written test a while back at the one near Irving but have been procastinating on the driving test ever since. Asking for time off from office would be a real hassle. And now I hear that it makes sense to actually go one day and pay the fees for the driving test, get the reciept and go again some other day for the actual driving test. If you try doing it all the same day, you will end up getting just reciept most of the time. Don't know how true that is.

[momof2dfw]

Originally Posted by MovingAloha

The Plano one is horribly busy. I couldn't take the wait, so I went to the Lewisville DPS the next day and believe it or not, the line was reasonable at 7:45am. Some nice lady who works there passed out cold water; the wait in line to get inside was about an hour and once inside, the ladies inside were very nice. I thought I was in an alternate universe.

I walked into the Rockwall DPS office one morning and the two clerks were actually waiting on ME! I was in and out of there in 5 minutes

[momof2dfw]

Originally Posted by abpat2203

And now I hear that it makes sense to actually go one day and pay the fees for the driving test, get the reciept and go again some other day for the actual driving test. If you try doing it all the same day, you will end up getting just reciept most of the time. Don't know how true that is.

You have to make an appointment for the road test. Each office operates slightly differently. And they don't always do the road tests every single day at some locations. If there is only one officer to do the road tests and they have a class to take one day or they are on vacation then there are no road tests that day/week. You also have to go that morning early and make the appointment for that day. Sometimes you can get lucky and they can go ahead and put you down to do it in the next few minutes or hour. Other times it is come back later in the day as that is all that is open. When you make the appointment is when you pay and get the paperwork to turn in to the officer when doing the road test. There is no guarantee that if you went in say tomorrow to make your appointment that you could actually do the road test that day.

[pharpe]

Originally Posted by barrett21

PS- any state that you live in in America will make you re-take the state test for that state. We all have to, American or otherwise. It's super easy!

If you have a valid DL in any US state you do not have to retake the test to transfer to another state. I have transferred from Maryland to Louisiana and then to Texas and never had to re take a driving test.

[abpat2203]

Originally Posted by momof2dfw

You have to make an appointment for the road test. Each office operates slightly differently. And they don't always do the road tests every single day at some locations. If there is only one officer to do the road tests and they have a class to take one day or they are on vacation then there are no road tests that day/week. You also have to go that morning early and make the appointment for that day. Sometimes you can get lucky and they can go ahead and put you down to do it in the next few minutes or hour. Other times it is come back later in the day as that is all that is open. When you make the appointment is when you pay and get the paperwork to turn in to the officer when doing the road test. There is no guarantee that if you went in say tomorrow to make your appointment that you could actually do the road test that day.

Thank you! This will help in planning my driving test. My friend is almost fed up with having to tag along with me on the passenger seat every time I have to take the car out.

[asubram3]

I don't know why it's this horrible in Texas. Back when I lived in Arizona, getting a license was super quick. Turn up any time the MVD was open, and do the driving test in 30-40 mins. Also, they will give you the actual license card, not a paper one, in 15 more mins. Why does it have to take weeks in Texas?

[momof2dfw]

Originally Posted by asubram3

I don't know why it's this horrible in Texas. Back when I lived in Arizona, getting a license was super quick. Turn up any time the MVD was open, and do the driving test in 30-40 mins. Also, they will give you the actual license card, not a paper one, in 15 more mins. Why does it have to take weeks in Texas?

Probably because there are more people moving here. Higher demand for people needing to get their license. Also, how many offices were there? Were they more abundant in AZ than here?