California MVR

Southeast asia, Were you living in Thailand, Laos, Burma, Cambodia

 

Unless you can get a MVR from California it sure sounds like you have to wait a year..

"must provide a motor vehicle record (MVR) issued by another state that is less than 30 days old and shows proof of at least one year of driving history."....

The full context..."Then, prove one year of driving experience in a vehicle other than a motorcycle. For drivers with an Arizona license, this information is already available on our database. For out-of-state applicants, your out-of-state license must have been issued more than one year ago or you must provide a motor vehicle record (MVR) issued by another state that is less than 30 days old and shows proof of at least one year of driving history. No third-party MVRs will be accepted."
Also the CDL permit is only good for six months. It doesn't say you have to have it that long.
Don't write any checks for school just yet.
https://azdot.gov/mvd/driver-services/commercial-driver-license/LicenseInfo/cdl-instruction-permit

 

They'll purge in 3 years but you have to call Sac and request it done. Takes 4 to 6 weeks and you look like an angel when all is said and done.

 

Driving records go back 3 years, some 5 and some 10. My state Arkansas is 3 years. The CDL I turned in is gone now. If I want it back, it's medical first followed by Fed backgrounds, refresher school then permit and later CDL test. It's not going to happen and Ive got 30 years.

Where you live in the world during your past does not matter as long you are a tax paying American Citizen.

Whatever license you have today if it is not a CDL, that means you have to go through whatever your state, in this case Arizona requires of you to get one. Which is driven quite powerfully by the Federal CDL Laws in place since 1994 and evolving with newer regulations coming pretty quickly.

If you already touched a big truck in your lifetime and drive the same... then you do not have the fears most people who never drove a big truck. That is a advantage.

For work history, 7 to 10 years. Including addresses. Now if you lived in China, Thailand etc you will be more of a interesting person to look at somewhat harder by employers because some parts of Asia have laws that does not exist inside these United States so expect extra questions that are designed fact finding.

 

If purging doesnt improve the condition, call your doctor immediately.

 

1-800-777-0133 -- That's the California DMV Customer Service phone number. They just told me:

You'll need to visit a Calif. DMV office with your current driver's license (Cambodia, wherever), birth certificate and passport, Social Security number. You'll have to take a written exam for whatever license class you're seeking and you may have to also take a driving test. 17 years is "probably too far back" for DMV to still have a record, but you could ask the CA DMV office worker to check anyway. Possibly, with your Asia driving experience and your (new) California license., you could squeak by in AZ. I realize that a new license is not proof of your overall driving experience, but, with that new CA license in hand, you can explain to AZ what's gone on. You might get a sympathetic hearing. Can't hurt to try.