Residents in Miami-Dade reported long wait times and even resale of shifts to get a driver’s license at the offices of the county Department of Motor Vehicles (DVM).
A channel report Telemundo 51 reveals that many residents are fed up with long wait times and people booking appointments to resell to those in a hurry.
The DVM said it was aware of the situation, alerted that appointments are free and that as of Tuesday wait times were shortened to “a few weeks” in Broward and Miami-Dade.
Some workers have requested several days off work to solve what seems to be a simple process, and have not yet been able to obtain the license.
“I delayed my day at work to try to do it. I will say that in the last two months, I tried to do it three times. I didn’t even come close to succeeding,” said Dr. Rian Mearcks, who has had to alter his patients’ appointments three times. times and still have not been able to get your document.
NBC 6 asked government officials about this crisis, and they responded that the “FLHSMV is in the process of hiring additional driver’s license examiners and increasing Florida Licensing on Wheels (FLOW) events,” the Florida Licensing on Wheels (FLOW) spokesperson said. the entity.
He added that “there are also a number of private third-party providers that can help with testing drivers for an additional fee.”
At the beginning of July, users on social networks documented the long queues and fights to process the license driving in Miami, incidents that occur after Governor Ron DeSantis invalidated for Florida the licenses granted to undocumented migrants in five states of the country since July 1.
The new immigration law pushed by De Santis invalidates “driver’s licenses issued in other states and held by unauthorized immigrants,” while prohibiting the issuance of a driver’s license to anyone who does not provide proof of residence. legal in the United States.
Neither will licenses that are not valid in other states, for which the bearer will be cited.
A list of license classes from other states that are not valid in Florida published by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles clarifies that licenses issued to undocumented immigrants in Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island and Vermont will not be accepted.
