Everyones views on foreign drivers

Tell me about another country on this planet that is more diverse than us. We rule the world! We are all people! We make the world turn!

GO BRONCOS!!

 

Recently I watched TV series for Australian truck drivers, it was very interesting I really wanted to emigrate to Australia or NZ 20 years ago...
I am with dual citizenship (Bulgarian and US) and now I am preparing to be at least 7 months in USA, will be driving for FedEx ground (hopefully, I did not applied yet, because I am still in Bulgaria) .
I have very good driving experience, proper behavior, good working English, and no, I do not wear Adidas and flipflops (I can not drive with them).

 

You would have to go the cdl school.... Like a technical college type place 6-8 weeks maybe . Or a training company . Where they train you and get you your cdl and then you work for them for a while..

That part would be easy and the immigration laws I'm not sure about......

 

If you know how to drive truck, in Chicago, Illinois, there are Polish and Serbian CDL schools that will cost you 2000-2500 dollars for 160 hours, but you can get less hours, of course, when you show them that you can make the maneuvers and drive properly over the road - I did this and costed me only 700 dollars, but I spent $1000 before that, trying to get CDL A myself - big mistake.
But..with visitor visa you will not have rights to have CDL A. You can get only regular driver licence, for car/pick up/van.
The easiest way to get green card for USA (give you rights to live and work there) is thru marriage. But this can be a trap...or can cost you a lot, not only money.

 

Anywhere from $2000-$5000 depending on the location and the school.

Or you can sign a contract with a company for them to pay your tuition up front, then you'd be contractually committed to that company (generally a 1 year contract).

It's better to pay up front so you aren't handcuffed to a particular company (if you don't complete the contract they'll generally charge you an outrageous amount for school). If you pay yourself up front some starter companies will reimburse you for school tuition (at Schneider they paid back $150/month until it was fully reimbursed)

 

Goggle cdl schools in USA .....

I didn't go to school back then someone threw the keys at you and said get going....

I'm gonna guess 4-7 thousand maybe ...

 

Check here, this is for Illinois, but it is federal standard:

http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/drivers/drivers_license/CDL/legalpresence.html

The visitor visa will not get you CDL A, for sure. I know lots of bulgarian drivers on visitor visas, that will drive trucks until their CDL driver licence expire, and after that...either go back to Europe, or become O/O and hire legal driver to drive the truck.