After undocumented immigrants pass the written exam and receive a practice permit, they have to make an appointment and return to another office to be tested behind the wheel. He told KQED’s Beth Willon that a driver’s license would make him feel “confident, that’s the word, get confident again, I’m somebody.” None of the new DMV processing centers has the ability to administer actual behind-the-wheel driving tests. Jose Francisco Garcia was among those waiting in the cold for the processing center in East San Jose to open. California officials couldn’t predict how many people would immediately apply, but the number of those making appointments for a license more than doubled when immigrants were allowed to sign up. Same-day service is available at, including the one in San Jose, without an appointment. The DMV is asking that those who would like to apply for a license under the new law, AB60, or by calling 1-80.How to apply for a license under the new law The San Jose office was one of four opened in the state to handle the expected influx of applications. The DMV expects 1.4 million people will seek a license in the first three years of a program aimed at boosting road safety and making immigrants’ lives easier. Dozens of individuals arrived at a DMV office in San Jose early Friday morning to fill out paperwork for driver’s licenses, as a new law allowed California to begin taking applications from the nation’s largest population of undocumented immigrants.
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