Possible to get a US CDL??

If your here on a work visa show that to them along with your social security card. My wife had to do that before her green card was approved

 

No dice, I’ve been here 3 years and you’re only allowed a us CDL with permanent residency or green card.

I’ve tried everything.

I currently have a Canadian CDL and Arizona Drivers license.

 

Keep
Your passport with you

some brilliant cop in Georgia locked a Canadian car driver in a cage at the police station because he had never seen a Canadian drivers license and thought it was fake .


https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ledger-enquirer.com/news/state/georgia/article210710284.html

 

I have the green card and a social and am
Currently in Arizona. Arizona is requiring a permanent physical address so my Airbnb addresses won’t do. They also require a rewrite of the CDL test plus endorsements. Medical card and P-test. Texas was the same
Way.

I’m thinking to go back to New Mexico that seemed to have a straight across trade-in for my CND CDL to a NM CDL.

I’m not sure if any companies will hire with a CND CDL and just have one drive. I had a gig with a film company out this way and when we were considering to rent from Penske a D Straight Truck, Penske was fine with my CND license.

I haven’t checked out any formal companies yet. I don’t know where I got this idea that AZ was some laid back vacation spot. It’s a pretty serious, conservative and tight state.

 

Commercial Drivers License Reciprocity With Canada, Notice and Technical Amendment to Part 383 | FMCSA

Actually, this seems
To read that we can continue driving in the US as CND CDL holders.

I feel companies won’t hire despite this. I’ve found that no one would hire , of any kind of work without my Green card AND my social…Green card caught up with me first and the social I was finally able to get an appointment by late September. No actual social card yet but I do have the number.

 

I am a dual citizen ( Can/US). I called Florida DOT last year becuase I am seriously considering working down there. They said they will swap my Canadian commercial license for a Florida one no problem. Now with the full mandate going into effect soon I am more than likely heading south.
GL

 

Guys, please help me out here. How do I get a US work visa and/or green card? I tried googling, calling companies to sponsor and all that jazz with no luck. Can you please share your stories how you got into the US as a Canadian?