LICENSE CLASS G1
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DESCRIPTION
It is the first level of license which
is obtained approving the following tests:
1.
Exam about the
knowledge of the driving regulations and transit signals used in
Canada.
2. Approve vision exam.
The exam on the knowledge of the regulation and transit signals has around
60 to 80 multiple choice questions and it is done in a PC. This a relative
easy exam for a person who has experience driving a car and has read about
the regulations and transit signals in
Ontario. You must answer correctly around 80 % of
the questions to obtain the Drivers License G-1.
In the vision exam which is taken in a machine in front of the Bureau
Office, you may use the glasses your normally use in order to have complete
vision. In that case, a note in your license shall indicate that you have to
use it.
If you approve
the knowledge and vision exams, you will be taken a photo, and you will
receive an acknowledgement that you have acquired Driving License G-1. The
document shall arrive at your address around two weeks later.
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RESTRICTIONS FOR DRIVERS WITH LICENSE G-1
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Maintain “0”
level of alcohol in blood while driving.
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Can drive only with another person with license G (full
license), with at least 4 years of driving experience and with less than
0.05 % of alcohol in blood, just in case he has to drive in case of
emergency.
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The driver as be alone in the car with the person with
license G in the front seat of the vehicle.
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The number of passengers shall be limited to the number of
safety seat belts.
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He could not drive in highways, “400 series” highways or
expressways as Queen Elizabeth
Way,
Don Valley Parkway, Gardiner Expressway, E.C. Row
Expressway and Conestoga
Parkway.
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He cannot drive
between midnight and 5:00 a.m.
NOTE:
If you are with an Ontario
certified instructor, you may drive in any road, including highways.
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COST:
$ 125 – G1 License – (Jul 2006)
The cost includes knowledge test in a computer, road test, and 5 years
license.
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REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO APPLY FOR LICENSE G-1
To apply for the first time for the license in Ontario
or Canada,
you must prove your legal name, date of birth (day, month, and year) and
your signature.
You must present some of the following documents:
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Passport (Canadian or from your country)
● Permanent Resident Card o Confirmation of Permanent Residence.
● Immigration Temporary Document (Employment Authorization (IMM 1442),
Refugee Status Claim (IMM 1434), Temporary Resident's Permit (IMM1442) or
another)
If the temporary document does not indicate legal name, birth date or
signature, another document may be necessary. You must also have an address
to receive the document by mail.
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IMPORTANT
When you apply in
Canada
for the Drive’s License for the first time, as immigrant, you
will be asked “how long is your experience driving".
It is utterly important to answer that question
with the larger possible quantity of years, since that driving
experience shall be registered in your history and may be
important at the moment of buying insurance for your car. Car
insurance is expensive in Ontario
for immigrants (it is obligatory to drive in
Canada) (see section 18.8). If
you have a large driving experience there shall be more
possibilities of finding a better price for the initial costs of
the insurance in Canadian insurance companies, which will save
you lots of money through the years.
With this purpose, it is
advisable to bring any document which may support your driving
experience, as certificates (translated into English) issued by
insurance company or transit department in your country of
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WHERE
TO TAKE THE EXAM AND APPLY FOR LICENSE G-1
There are several locations of the Ministry of Transportation where you can
take the knowledge and vision tests and obtain your license G-1. The
following is the Ministry of Transportation office in
Toronto, where you can take the test in several
languages:
Queen's Park (Toronto)
Driver and Vehicle License Issuing Office
(MacDonald Block, Room M1-21 900,
Bay Street/77 Wellesley Street West)
To see more places in
Ontario to
take the exam and apply for the driver’s license consult the following
address:
DRIVE TEST-Driver Examination Centres
NOTE:
Not all the offices offer to take the exam in languages
differet to English. If you want to do it in your own language, you have to
take it only in Queen’s Park (Toronto)
or in the following locations within the Metropolitan Area of Toronto:
Brampton
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Telephone
(905) 793-4340 |
59 First Gulf Blvd,
Unit #9
Brampton,
ON
L6W 4P9 |
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Mon-Sat 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
Map |
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Toronto
Metro East |
Telephone
(416) 757-2589 |
Victoria
Terrace Plaza
1448 Lawrence Ave E.,
Unit 15
North York,
ON
M4A 2V6 |
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Mon-Sat 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
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You will also find the test in English or other language in the following
Ontario Cities:
● Belleville
• Windsor
• Brantford
• Chatham
• Espanola
• Guelph
• Kenora
• London
• St. Catherins
Other subjects related to vehicles and drivers licenses may be consulted at
the Ministry or Transportation. You may also visit some of the following
offices in Ontario:
Downsview (2680 Keele St., Building A)
Hamilton (Red
Hill Creek
Center,
2255 Barton Street East)
Kingston
(1355 John Counter Boulevard)
London
(659 Exeter Road)
North Bay
(447 McKeown Avenue, Suite 301)
Ottawa
(3091 Albion Road,
Unit 2)
Queen's Park Driver and Vehicle License Issuing Office.
(MacDonald Block, Room M1-21 900,
Bay Street/77 Wellesley Street West)
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NOTES
According with the Ministry, the new drivers of passengers vehicles with G-1
must wait a year to apply for the road test and obtain license G-2. This
time may be shortening to 8 months if you take and approve a driving course
approved by the Ministry of Transportation.
Use the following link to look for a school to take the driving course
approved in Ontario:
Ministry-Approved
Beginner Driver Education Courses
NOTE: When you have license G.1, you must take the road test for license G-2
before due date. If your license G-1 expires before having the G-2, you must
take the knowledge exam again to obtain G-1.
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IMPORTANT: When
you apply for the first time for the driver’s license it is
important to certify the longest possible time of driving
experience. Besides finding a better initial price for the
insurance, you will also have the possibility of asking for the
road test G-2. If you approve this exam (you will only have one
chance), you will obtain your license G. If you achieve it, the
economic and personal benefit would be huge, since you shall
start driving your car with a class G license, and you will save
around $ 1000 per year and $
5000 in
5 years compared with the insurance you would have to pay with a
drivers license class G-2 |
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RECOMMENDATION
To succeed in approving the SOLE chance that you will be given
by the Ministry of Transportation, the recommended action is to
hire some driving lessons with an
Ontario
certified instructor, with experience in this type of tests.
Experience has shown that with at least 4 or 6 hours of driving
practice with a good driving instructor, you will have high
chances of approving the road test and obtain the license class
G. If you
achieve it, would be your first great success in
Canada.
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NOTE: If you want to contact a driving instructor in
Ontario
who will prepare you for driving in highways for this test,
CONTACT US by e-mail and we will recommend you one with
experience in this test. This instructor may guide and prepare
you at the site where your test shall be taken, may rent to you
the car you have been using in the practices, and drive you to
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IMPORTANT
As in other important situations, you must be mentally prepared
for failure. It is rather usual that immigrants fail driving
test the first times. The stress and anxiety together with the
difficulties to understand a different language lead us to make
many mistakes in these tests. The average times that
Ontario
drivers needed to take test in order to approve it, between 2002
- 2004, was around 2.5 times. For that reason, it is important
to study and practice the best that you can. |
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