International Inquiry For CDL Training
Topic 4163 | Page 1
Gerrit, welcome to the forum!
This is a question that comes up fairly often in here, and I can only think of one person who ever came back ant told us that they finally got their CDL in the U.S. - if I remember correctly he was from England. It's difficult (next to impossible) to get a work visa to be a truck driver here since the U.S. government classifies truck driving as a low skilled labor job. One further difficulty in this pursuit is the fact that you will have to hold a standard U.S. drivers license for one year before you can attempt to get the CDL. It doesn't matter if you hold a truck drivers license from another country or not, that one rule makes it problematic for many people when they realize they have to get here and then find some other way to earn a living for at least one year before they can start working on getting the C.D.L.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
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Hallo Everyone,
I am new to the forum and are from South Africa. Anybody out there from my part of the world. I would like to convert to a CDL in the USA. I have already spend hours and hours on the worldwide web. It doesn't matter witch page you open it seems that every state has its own sets of rules.
As an prospective immigrant any advice from the seasoned truckers out there?
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
DWI:
Driving While Intoxicated