Can I run with my Canadian CDL in Texas???

Maybe US companies rotate drivers out before any residency laws take effect in Canada? Most oil jobs in Texas is local work. Home daily type of tankers. Day cabs. So they might only want local guys. If you live here with a permanent residency you need a TX CDL. You might need to find a company that is not a Texas company but do haul oil on Texas. Another thing your asking to work in America, for an American company. Might want to check out the work visa programs. That would be like me going to work in Canada for a Canadian company.

 

Simple answer is no. You will need to convert to the state where you reside within 30 days I think.

 

That is the way I see most USA states have it. Live it that sate more than 30 days and you are breaking the law.
Same if one of us was to move from 1 state to another for more than 30 days we have to transfer our license to that new state.
Dave ----

 

..."a driver must possess a valid CDL from their home state where he or she resides."..re-read that and what do you see?A valid CDL from their STATE and NOT "a valid CDL from their home state or country"...

 

Why go and buy a house in Florida where i can sell you an ocean front property in Arizona?just kidding..All you need to do is call Texas DMV and ask how you can change your class 1 license to a class A...

 

I live in NY, and work in OH, and still have my NY license. I work varying rotations, typically 14 on 7 off. This stuff about switching your CDL to the state you're going to work in only applies if you are relocating your residence there (unless Texas has some obnoxious rule about out-of-state workers). I do not know how having a Canadian license would fit in...shouldn't make a difference. Met plenty of Canadian folks (mostly Talisman staff) who were working here on the same sort of rotations I am, and I'm pretty certain they weren't asked to switch their licenses.

Of course, as they say around here... "This Ain't ##### Texas".