Any Recent CA Residents Obtain There CLASS A License

Hello All,

Was wondering if there are any recent CA residents who recently graduated from trucking school, and converted your permit into your CLASS A license, and what the process was for doing this. The reason I'm asking is that, I was told that once I graduate from trucking school, and go down to the CA DMV office to obtain my CLASS A license, that they will take my current CLASS C license from me and hand me a paper/temp copy of my class A license until my hard copy arrives in the mail 14 - 60 days later.

Now here is where I was told that the issues could start. Because I now have only a paper/temp copy of my class A license, I will not be able to take a drug test for any trucking companies because they will not except this paper/temp license as an "official" ID. Because the CA DMV takes my hardcopy of my class C, and I have no other form of an official ID (passport, etc), I basically have no official ID until I receive my hardcopy of my class A license.

So I was hoping that someone from CA who has recently graduated from truck driving school, and obtained there actual Class A license, can shed some light on the above as to actually if this is true or not the way I described above. From what I was told, is that the CA DMV just recently implemented this . Any info would be appreciated, thank you.

Hello All,

Was wondering if there are any recent CA residents who recently graduated from trucking school, and converted your permit into your CLASS A license, and what the process was for doing this. The reason I'm asking is that, I was told that once I graduate from trucking school, and go down to the CA DMV office to obtain my CLASS A license, that they will take my current CLASS C license from me and hand me a paper/temp copy of my class A license until my hard copy arrives in the mail 14 - 60 days later.

Now here is where I was told that the issues could start. Because I now have only a paper/temp copy of my class A license, I will not be able to take a drug test for any trucking companies because they will not except this paper/temp license as an "official" ID. Because the CA DMV takes my hardcopy of my class C, and I have no other form of an official ID (passport, etc), I basically have no official ID until I receive my hardcopy of my class A license.

So I was hoping that someone from CA who has recently graduated from truck driving school, and obtained there actual Class A license, can shed some light on the above as to actually if this is true or not the way I described above. From what I was told, is that the CA DMV just recently implemented this . Any info would be appreciated, thank you.

Charles - I recently heard the same thing from a friend who just recently graduated. If you have a passport they should accept that. If not, see if they will accept combination of picture IDs or see if the school can "vouch" for you with the companies you are applying too.

~scott

You can get a state id card and keep that with you as well

Thank you Scott & Scott. This new CA DMV was just brought to my attention, and from my understanding this change was just implemented. The school I'm attending has contacted the CA DMV and is waiting to hear on the exact details. For me, I'm currently out of state attending school, so obtaining a CA state ID card or passport would be hard to do until I complete school.