Thought this will be real hassle but went little bit easier than we thought. They do convert the California driving license to Indian license - if you have expired Indian two wheeler and four wheeler license, you can produce them as well (again, expired ones are fine) and get the two wheeler added to the license. I couldn't locate my old two wheeler license - seems like I might have disposed it off when I moved to US, in favor of the car license and the IDP that I got while in India. Who knew you would need that two wheeler again!.
Went to the local DMV (what is called RTO here) with the usual suspect papers like Rental agreement, PAN card, multiple pictures etc. They do need the rental agreement for address proof and Class-C vehicle description print out from California DMV(easy to get on the net). Had to fill-up two forms - Form 2 and 4, which were available at the reception desk. It was pretty simple to fill-up and put the pictures on. Also, had a pay the fees, which was in the range of Rs. 1000 or so and included some penalty for expired license, getting both two and four wheeler in the same license etc. Since I didn't have old two wheeler license, they couldn't add that to my four wheeler license but didn't that is going to be big deal - I think I will dare to drive on a two wheeler in Bangalore anytime soon, with the rash of four wheelers and pollution, smoke that washes you up.
Got stamped envelope for delivery of cards from a stationary store down stairs. Gave the papers to one of the clerks and RTO officer showed after an hour or so. He browsed thru' the papers and asked to pay one more penalty (don't recall for what) and signed the papers - whew!!! It was time for one more pics (that they put on the smart card - yes, the licenses here are now smart card with a chip on it. Come on, California - you can do it too!!.
Once that was done, we were told cards would arrive in a week or so. Given the old memories of dealing with RTO, didn't believe they would come so soon but behold, the cards arrived the next week itself, 3 or 4 days from the day we went to RTO. Not bad, not bad at all !!
Went to the local DMV (what is called RTO here) with the usual suspect papers like Rental agreement, PAN card, multiple pictures etc. They do need the rental agreement for address proof and Class-C vehicle description print out from California DMV(easy to get on the net). Had to fill-up two forms - Form 2 and 4, which were available at the reception desk. It was pretty simple to fill-up and put the pictures on. Also, had a pay the fees, which was in the range of Rs. 1000 or so and included some penalty for expired license, getting both two and four wheeler in the same license etc. Since I didn't have old two wheeler license, they couldn't add that to my four wheeler license but didn't that is going to be big deal - I think I will dare to drive on a two wheeler in Bangalore anytime soon, with the rash of four wheelers and pollution, smoke that washes you up.
Got stamped envelope for delivery of cards from a stationary store down stairs. Gave the papers to one of the clerks and RTO officer showed after an hour or so. He browsed thru' the papers and asked to pay one more penalty (don't recall for what) and signed the papers - whew!!! It was time for one more pics (that they put on the smart card - yes, the licenses here are now smart card with a chip on it. Come on, California - you can do it too!!.
Once that was done, we were told cards would arrive in a week or so. Given the old memories of dealing with RTO, didn't believe they would come so soon but behold, the cards arrived the next week itself, 3 or 4 days from the day we went to RTO. Not bad, not bad at all !!
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