Driver na walang alam sa Adelaide

rareking · February 2015

Mates - how long will it take to go through this long process and how much will it cost me at an average? Salamat sa inputs. Plan to do it for my wife as soon as we arrive Adelaide on June.

According sa website ng SA:

New drivers
Steps to getting your driver's licence

Getting a driver's licence involves gradually progressing through a series of stages until you are ready to graduate to a full driver's licence.

It involves:

Passing a licence theory test
a learner's permit
completing compulsory driving hours during the learner's permit stage
a compulsory hazard perception test
P1 provisional licence for one year
P2 provisional licence for two years
graduating to a full driver's licence.

brixx89 · April 2015

@rareking sa Adelaide din pala destinasyon mo..anyway nag inquire nako directly about sa pagkuha ng drivers licence...eto sagot nila sa akin, btw im holding a prof drivers licence sa pinas since 2001 as i mentioned sa inquiryko sa kanila..

Thank you for your enquiry.

If you have an overseas Driver’s Licence and have moved to South Australia, you must change your overseas Driver’s Licence to a South Australian Driver’s Licence within three (3) months of becoming a permanent resident.

Applicants for a South Australian Driver’s Licence who hold or have held, within the preceding five years, an overseas Driver’s Licence from one of the identified countries listed below are exempt from the requirement to undertake and pass a written test and the practical driving test for basic car and motorcycle class only.

Austria
Belgium
Canada
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Guernsey
Ireland
Isle Of Man
Italy
Japan
Jersey
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Singapore
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Malta

Unfortunately The Philippines is not an approved country, in relation to the Australian Road Rules.

http://www.sa.gov.au/topics/transport-travel-and-motoring/motoring/interstate-and-international-motorists/motorists-from-overseas/driving-with-an-overseas-licence

You will have to pass a written test on the road rules and a practical driving test before a South Australian Driver’s Licence can be issued. The written test can be undertaken at any Service SA Customer Service Centre between 9:00am and 4:00pm or at any country Police Station. If attending a Service SA customer service centre you will be required to attend the centre of your choice to make a booking to sit the Theory test, payment of $34.00 will also be required at this time.

You will need to present evidence of your identity. Please refer to below website for a list of accepted documents:

http://www.sa.gov.au/topics/transport-travel-and-motoring/motoring/drivers-and-licences/maintaining-and-updating-your-driver-s-licence/evidence-of-identity

Identification will be your current overseas Driver’s Licence, passport documentation from category B, e.g. financial institution account card with signature and embossed name, and evidence of your South Australian residential address, e.g. rental/lease agreement, utilities bill or bank statement. If your licence is not written in English you will also need an English Translation of your Driver’s Licence or your International Driving Permit. To obtain a translation you should contact:

The Interpreting and Translation Centre
24 Flinders Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Telephone : 8226 1990 http://www.translate.sa.gov.au/

The Driver’s Handbook needs to be studied prior to undertaking the test. The Driver's Handbook is available from some news agencies and Service SA Customer Service Centres, at a cost of $10.00 (including GST). The Driver's Handbook may be borrowed from participating public libraries and is also available to view and download via this site:
http://www.mylicence.sa.gov.au/road-rules/the-drivers-handbook

The Royal Automobile Association RAA website offers a practice test facility. Please go to the address http://www.raa.com.au/motoring-and-road-safety/learning-to-drive/take-the-online-learners-test

The fee to sit the written test is $34.00.

Upon passing the written test you will be issued with a Theory Test Certificate of Attainment” letter is to be issued . This letter confirms the theory test has been passed and a practical driving test is required for the *equivalent class of the overseas licence. Section 97A of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 allows the client to continue driving on their overseas licence in order to undertake a practical driving test

If the client fails the practical test or the certificate expires, a learner’s permit for that class is issued. The client then becomes subject to learner conditions, but is exempt from the compulsory twelve months (or six months if they are 25 years of age or older) and 75 hours of supervised driving.
During that time you will need to undertake a practical driving test with an Authorised Driving Examiner. A sample of these practical driving tests will be subject to a further validation, before a South Australian Licence is issued. This requires the applicant to undertake a further practical driving test (validation assessment) with a government assessment officer at no cost. The Authorised Driving Examiner will issue you with a Certificate of Competency once you have successfully passed the practical driving test. Should you be unable to obtain the Certificate of Competency during the currency of your temporary permit, you will need to apply for a Learner’s Permit. This will allow you more time to undergo the practical driving test.

You will then need to attend a Service SA Customer Service Centre with your overseas Driver’s Licence, the Certificate of Competency, temporary permit and evidence of identity. A photo of you will be taken and a temporary Driver’s Licence issued. Your photographic licence will then be posted to you. A South Australian Driver’s Licence may be issued for a period between 1 and 10 years. The fee is $39.00 per year plus a $17.00 administration fee.

For Service SA Centre locations please go to the following website address:
http://www.sa.gov.au/directories/customer-service-centres/locations-and-opening-hours

For enquiries about foreign Language tests insert the following information also.

Applicants who are unable to read and write English can sit for the written road rules test in their native language. Service SA will pay for an interpreter for the first attempt.

Firstly you must pass the compulsory give-way part of the written test (give-way diagrams). Following this an interpreter will be booked for you at the Customer Service Centre

ayan mahaba lang pakibasa nalang para sa lahat din..

rareking · April 2015

@brixx89 wow sir detailed response. Maraming salamat, review ko.

brixx89 · April 2015

@rareking no worries maiyt!

emjdee · April 2015

Hello! Kung meron ka ng Pinas license pwede mo na i-skip yung ibang steps and have your license converted to full license.

Kelangan mo lang makapasa sa theory test, take VORT (Vehicle on the Road Test) and pass a hazard perception test.

Madali lang ang theory test, may mock exam sa RAA website. Yung mga questions dun, yun lang din ang lumalabas sa theory test. For the VORT exam, depende po ito sa inyo. If nagddrive na po kayo sa Pinas, pwede siguro 1-3 sessions lang with an instructor - para at least mafamiliarise kayo sa road rules dito, then derecho na mag-VORT. Yung hazard perception test, madali lang daw. Meron din sample exam sa RAA website.

Yung instructor ko for the VORT, $70 per hour po ang charge. Tapos yung actual exam is $285 (it includes one practise session prior the actual test and yung fee for the examiner). Nalaman ko recently na mura eto kasi yung hubby ko nasa $300+++ ang singil sa kanya for the VORT exam alone.

rareking · April 2015

@emjdee - anong site or kung meron ka contact info nung instructor mo? Pahingi. Salamat ng marami.

peach17 · April 2015

hi @emjdee, sino ang instructor mo? hehe Filipino ba?
kelan ka mag aactual driving exam? or baka tapos ka na hehe

ang mahal pala ng actual exam... $285...
yung driver mo, sya na din ba ang mag aactual exam sayo?

brixx89 · April 2015

mahal din pala ung actual driving test...tapus pag bagsak uulit ka ulit waah

emjdee · April 2015

@rareking hello! Driver Intuition - www.driverintuition.com.au or pwede mo rin sya itext at 0404856834. Thanks

emjdee · April 2015

@peach17 mura na yan... kasi may kasama na syang 1 hour practise session before the actual test. Yung iba kong kakilala nasa $300++ / $400++ ang singil sa VORT. Tapos VORT lang yun, wala pang practise session...

Aussie yung instructor ko... Dati pinoy pero naka isang session lng ako sa kanya hehe. Wala pa ako sched ng VORT eh.. gusto ko sana long weekend para hindi "busy" ang roads sana... Pero hopefully soon. Gusto ko na kasi talaga mag-test. Hehe. Yung instructor cannot be the same person as the examiner unfortunately. Yung instructor mo na ang bahala sa examiner... Pag confident ka na mag-VORT pa schedule mo lang and sya na bahala kumausap dun.

brixx89 · April 2015

@emjdee..tanong ko lang po pag nag test ka ba ng VORT kailangan dala ka na sarili mong kotse? pano kung wala ka pa kotse?

emjdee · April 2015

@brixx89 hello! you can use your instructor's car or if meron ka na, pwede din yung sayo...

brixx89 · April 2015

@emjdee salamat po..

IslanderndCity · April 2015

Hello mga nasa South Australia po,
So sa mga wala pang DL and may chance pa na makauwi sa Pinas bago mag-for good na sa Au, tama po ang to-do list below?
1. Get DL sa Pinas either pro or non-pro.
2. Once nasa Au na & hindi pa expire and Pinas DL, take written test (fee = 34 $) kahit wala pang own sasakyan (no work/adjustment mode pa po eh

)
3. After passing written test, pwede na ako magdrive for 1 year
4. Before mag-1-year, take Actual Driving test (fee = 289 $) and take the Hazard Perception Test (fee = ??? $)
5. Once passed #4, then I'll have my Au Pro DL na
???

Envy · April 2015

Step 3. i recommend hiring a driving instructor for atleast 1 - 2 sessions (maybe $60 - $80 per hour) just to be familiar with the road, the rules and drivers.

A friend who's been driving in Phils for 10+ years, got into a minor accident first week in Australia because of 'habits' he had. (not doing shoulder check EVERYTIME, does not know how to merge, and does not know how to use roundabouts)

better safe than sorry.

brixx89 · April 2015

Hello mga nasa South Australia po,
So sa mga wala pang DL and may chance pa na makauwi sa Pinas bago mag-for good na sa Au, tama po ang to-do list below?
1. Get DL sa Pinas either pro or non-pro.
2. Once nasa Au na & hindi pa expire and Pinas DL, take written test (fee = 34 $) kahit wala pang own sasakyan (no work/adjustment mode pa po eh )
3. After passing written test, pwede na ako magdrive for 1 year
4. Before mag-1-year, take Actual Driving test (fee = 289 $) and take the Hazard Perception Test (fee = ??? $)
5. Once passed #4, then I'll have my Au Pro DL na
???

kung nagmamaneho ka na at may DL ka sa pinas make sure na valid pa sya...pagdating mo dito bili ka or download ng rgules and regulations nila about sa road safety and driving, kung under temporary visa ka, you can drive for 4 years (as yung temp visa validity mo) then kung maging PR ka na you need to change you license in 3 months..ako nung nag book ako ng theory nalaman ko na pwede naman pala kahit di muna mag exam agad since valid pa phil DL ko until 2016, after a month dito, now driving na din dito

good lucks

IslanderndCity · May 2015

Hello mga nasa South Australia po,
So sa mga wala pang DL and may chance pa na makauwi sa Pinas bago mag-for good na sa Au, tama po ang to-do list below?
1. Get DL sa Pinas either pro or non-pro.
2. Once nasa Au na & hindi pa expire and Pinas DL, take written test (fee = 34 $) kahit wala pang own sasakyan (no work/adjustment mode pa po eh )
3. After passing written test, pwede na ako magdrive for 1 year
4. Before mag-1-year, take Actual Driving test (fee = 289 $) and take the Hazard Perception Test (fee = ??? $)
5. Once passed #4, then I'll have my Au Pro DL na
???
kung nagmamaneho ka na at may DL ka sa pinas make sure na valid pa sya...pagdating mo dito bili ka or download ng rgules and regulations nila about sa road safety and driving, kung under temporary visa ka, you can drive for 4 years (as yung temp visa validity mo) then kung maging PR ka na you need to change you license in 3 months..ako nung nag book ako ng theory nalaman ko na pwede naman pala kahit di muna mag exam agad since valid pa phil DL ko until 2016, after a month dito, now driving na din dito good lucks

PR ka din when u arrived in SA? Bakit sinabi ba ng may authority dyan na within 3 months need na to change Phil DL to Australia SA DL?

brixx89 · May 2015

Hello mga nasa South Australia po,
So sa mga wala pang DL and may chance pa na makauwi sa Pinas bago mag-for good na sa Au, tama po ang to-do list below?
1. Get DL sa Pinas either pro or non-pro.
2. Once nasa Au na & hindi pa expire and Pinas DL, take written test (fee = 34 $) kahit wala pang own sasakyan (no work/adjustment mode pa po eh )
3. After passing written test, pwede na ako magdrive for 1 year
4. Before mag-1-year, take Actual Driving test (fee = 289 $) and take the Hazard Perception Test (fee = ??? $)
5. Once passed #4, then I'll have my Au Pro DL na
???
kung nagmamaneho ka na at may DL ka sa pinas make sure na valid pa sya...pagdating mo dito bili ka or download ng rgules and regulations nila about sa road safety and driving, kung under temporary visa ka, you can drive for 4 years (as yung temp visa validity mo) then kung maging PR ka na you need to change you license in 3 months..ako nung nag book ako ng theory nalaman ko na pwede naman pala kahit di muna mag exam agad since valid pa phil DL ko until 2016, after a month dito, now driving na din dito good lucks
PR ka din when u arrived in SA? Bakit sinabi ba ng may authority dyan na within 3 months need na to change Phil DL to Australia SA DL?

hindi po under visa 489..kung PR ka you need to change your PH DL to AU in three months po, nasa rules nila yun...kaya nung nagpunta ako dun mismo pina cancel ko yung booking ng theory test ko nung nalaman ko na pwede ako magmaneho until 4yrs (until valid ung PH DL) since temporary lang ako..pero kung example after 2 yrs mag appply at mapprove ako na PR, then I need to take the test and have my PH DL change to AU DL..

IslanderndCity · May 2015

@brixx89 nasa posts din kasi sa ibang forum na tama ka nakalagay sa website nila na 3 months lang pag-PR, pero in actual, hindi daw po. as long as hindi pa expire ang Phil license, pwede pa magtake ng theory test kahit beyond 3 months ka na sa South Au.

IslanderndCity · May 2015

@brixx89 ito nga pala ang summary from other thread:

So sa mga wala pang DL and may chance pa na makauwi sa Pinas, the steps are:
1. Get DL sa Pinas either pro or non-pro.
2. Once nasa Au na & hindi pa expire and Pinas DL, take theory exam kahit wala pang own sasakyan (no work/adjustment mode pa po eh )
3. After theory exam, permit to drive for 1 year ang matanggap mo
4. Before mag 1 year, take Actual Exam and take the Hazard Perception Test.
5. Once passed #4, then u'll have Au full driver's licence. congrats!

sources: taga PinoyAu na may actual experiences na in driving/getting license sa South Au

brixx89 · May 2015

@brixx89 ito nga pala ang summary from other thread:

So sa mga wala pang DL and may chance pa na makauwi sa Pinas, the steps are:
1. Get DL sa Pinas either pro or non-pro.
2. Once nasa Au na & hindi pa expire and Pinas DL, take theory exam kahit wala pang own sasakyan (no work/adjustment mode pa po eh )
3. After theory exam, permit to drive for 1 year ang matanggap mo
4. Before mag 1 year, take Actual Exam and take the Hazard Perception Test.
5. Once passed #4, then u'll have Au full driver's licence. congrats!

sources: taga PinoyAu na may actual experiences na in driving/getting license sa South Au

thanks po, kumuha na din ako ng sasakyan para ma practice na din at the same time may magamit sa paparating na taglamig.

IslanderndCity · May 2015

@brixx89 ito nga pala ang summary from other thread:

So sa mga wala pang DL and may chance pa na makauwi sa Pinas, the steps are:
1. Get DL sa Pinas either pro or non-pro.
2. Once nasa Au na & hindi pa expire and Pinas DL, take theory exam kahit wala pang own sasakyan (no work/adjustment mode pa po eh )
3. After theory exam, permit to drive for 1 year ang matanggap mo
4. Before mag 1 year, take Actual Exam and take the Hazard Perception Test.
5. Once passed #4, then u'll have Au full driver's licence. congrats!

sources: taga PinoyAu na may actual experiences na in driving/getting license sa South Au
thanks po, kumuha na din ako ng sasakyan para ma practice na din at the same time may magamit sa paparating na taglamig.

Wow! CAR

goreo · May 2015

Hi @IslanderndCity , clarification lang about thepermit to drive for a year.. parang driving license din ba sya or learners permit sya na pwede ka lang magdrive with an instructor?

IslanderndCity · May 2015

Hi @IslanderndCity , clarification lang about thepermit to drive for a year.. parang driving license din ba sya or learners permit sya na pwede ka lang magdrive with an instructor?

Good question po. Sana may sasagot from South Au

tartakobsky · May 2015

@goreo theory test attainment certificate po ito. You need to carry along with your overseas license.

IslanderndCity · May 2015

@tartakobsky which means u can drive alone?

tartakobsky · May 2015

@IslanderndCity Yes you can drive alone.

sonsi_03 · May 2015

@IslanderndCity Yes you can drive alone.

bossing balita?

tartakobsky · May 2015

@sonsi_03
Bossing makuha ko na lisensya next week, 5 years na binayaran ko hehe.

brixx89 · May 2015

madali lang ba yung practical test sir? may contact pa kyo ng examiner?

goreo · June 2015

madali lang ba yung practical test sir? may contact pa kyo ng examiner?

may date ka na ba ng practical road test brad? magpapasched na ako kasi sabi nung nasa service SA, dapat daw within 3 months mai-convert ko na yung UAE DL ko to AU DL..