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<blockquote data-quote="O4L" data-source="post: 3599309" data-attributes="member: 24429"><p>I had no idea that it was nearly impossible to get a DL renewed. Mine expired at the end of April.</p><p></p><p>I had noticed the last few times I had been in the tag office that there was a sign stating that DL renewals now required an appointment so about mid-April I called the tag agency that I use to set an appointment for my renewal.</p><p></p><p>They didn't even answer the phone. I just got a message that said they weren't taking anymore appointments until after the end of May.</p><p></p><p>I called four more tag agencies before I found one that could get me in on the last day of the month. They charged me a non refundable fee of $4 just to make an appointment. Mind you that I'm not trying to get a fancy Real ID version. I just want a regular old fashioned driver's license like I've had since 1976.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime someone told that I could renew my DL online so I jump through all the hoops to get it done and pay my $40 fee. Only after I pay my fee does it tell me that it will be at least 30 days before they get back to me with a "decision" on whether or not to renew my DL. Of course I cannot get anyone on the phone so I send an email stating that my license expires at the end of the month so I either need a DL before then or a refund of my $40.</p><p></p><p>I don't hear anything back from the State so I keep my appointment at the tag agency to get my license renewed. It all goes well, except they got to me a little late because there was a little old lady ahead of me that was getting her Real ID, even though her license was no where near expiring and the deadline for requiring a Real ID had been extended for two more years. I knew all of this because the little old lady proceeded to chat with the office girl about every detail of her recent history, witch I could hear even though I was all the way across the room.</p><p></p><p> The staff was very friendly but it cost me another $38 because, of course, the system doesn't show that I have already paid online. I leave there with a piece of paper that looks like a blown up copy of my new DL but no actual DL like the good old days when times were apparently much more simple. They tell me that I'll get my new DL by mail after three weeks.</p><p></p><p>I send another email to the DPS telling them that I got my license and asked for a refund of the $40 that I paid online. It's nearly two months later and I haven't gotten any reply to my emails but I did finally get my DL in the mail which makes me look like some scofflaw because it states in the upper right hand corner "NOT FOR REAL ID PURPOSES".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="O4L, post: 3599309, member: 24429"] I had no idea that it was nearly impossible to get a DL renewed. Mine expired at the end of April. I had noticed the last few times I had been in the tag office that there was a sign stating that DL renewals now required an appointment so about mid-April I called the tag agency that I use to set an appointment for my renewal. They didn't even answer the phone. I just got a message that said they weren't taking anymore appointments until after the end of May. I called four more tag agencies before I found one that could get me in on the last day of the month. They charged me a non refundable fee of $4 just to make an appointment. Mind you that I'm not trying to get a fancy Real ID version. I just want a regular old fashioned driver's license like I've had since 1976. In the meantime someone told that I could renew my DL online so I jump through all the hoops to get it done and pay my $40 fee. Only after I pay my fee does it tell me that it will be at least 30 days before they get back to me with a "decision" on whether or not to renew my DL. Of course I cannot get anyone on the phone so I send an email stating that my license expires at the end of the month so I either need a DL before then or a refund of my $40. I don't hear anything back from the State so I keep my appointment at the tag agency to get my license renewed. It all goes well, except they got to me a little late because there was a little old lady ahead of me that was getting her Real ID, even though her license was no where near expiring and the deadline for requiring a Real ID had been extended for two more years. I knew all of this because the little old lady proceeded to chat with the office girl about every detail of her recent history, witch I could hear even though I was all the way across the room. The staff was very friendly but it cost me another $38 because, of course, the system doesn't show that I have already paid online. I leave there with a piece of paper that looks like a blown up copy of my new DL but no actual DL like the good old days when times were apparently much more simple. They tell me that I'll get my new DL by mail after three weeks. I send another email to the DPS telling them that I got my license and asked for a refund of the $40 that I paid online. It's nearly two months later and I haven't gotten any reply to my emails but I did finally get my DL in the mail which makes me look like some scofflaw because it states in the upper right hand corner "NOT FOR REAL ID PURPOSES". [/QUOTE]
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