Minimum Wait to Apply for a Work License After Suspension

[mmurray34]

My question involves a driver's license issued by the State of: PA

After years of ignoring old tickets and driving under suspension I recently got pulled over again and am trying to properly fix it.. the quick of the story is that I had 2 old unpaid driving under suspension tickets and recently I paid one of them.. so my year suspension for that just started.. I have a 2nd old one that I am trying to sort out as I never was contacted about it and wasn't aware it was still active. I also have a court hearing for the ticket I just received later this month.

My questions are;

1. If best-case scenario I am able to get the old ticket and the one I am going to court for, thrown out, and I then only have the 1 year suspension left... how long do I need to wait to apply for a work license? I've already served about 30 days for the one that I paid and began in July. I work for in the automotive aftermarket industry and my job revolves around build and restoring classic cars and driving them to events... so it definitely is impossible for me to do my job without a license (I obviously was just driving w/o a license before.. but I'm now trying to get it all sorted).


2. If I can't get the 2nd old ticket thrown out or changed and the pending one IS. I then have 2 years total to serve.. then how long do I need to serve/wait before I can apply for the work license?

3. Worst case scenario- I get convicted of both tickets left and I have to serve 3 years total.. does that change the time I have to wait. Like is it 30 days for a year, 90 for 2 and 120 for 3 before I can apply?

I'm hoping this can be sorted so I can get a work license.. my career depends on it!!

Thanks in advance for any help

[Mr. Knowitall]

Read this. The application is here.

A: If the DL-15 form is received and approved prior to the effective date of your suspension, one of two things will
happen:

1) If the effective date of suspension is less than 15 days from the process date, the Department will delay the start of your suspension for 15 days and issue an interim license;

2) If the effective date is greater than 15 days from the process date, the Department will not delay the suspension but will issue an interim license. The interim license provides you with a continuous driving privilege while the surrender of your regular driver’s license is used for the processing of your OLL.

Note: Credit toward your suspension will begin upon the new effective date or after, if you delay in submitting your license to the Department.

[mmurray34]

Read this. The application is here.

Thanks for the response.. but my question is how long you have to wait/serve of a suspension in PA before you can apply for a suspension.. I understood from a friend that is a police officer that it could be something like 30 days if the suspension is for a year, and possibly longer if it is 2-3 years (she guessed 18 months or something)

So I understand how it works when and IF I can get a work license.. but I'm trying to avoid getting denied the work license because I didn't serve enough time to get a work license. I may try and give the DMV a call today, hopefully they can sort out how it works..

[vincedia]

Time to serve is only one portion of eligibility for the work license. The other factors are the violations themselves. If you have too many of certain violations, you are not eligible...ever.
The same if you have any indefinite suspensions, or outstanding tickets. There is more to it than just how long you have to wait.

Be careful who you speak to at PennDOT, they are not always able to give exact information about the work license because it can be confusing...especially when you have "years of ignoring old tickets and driving under suspension"

My guess is that with a statement like that you will not be eligible for the work license. You may be eligible for a probationary license, but that is an entirely different animal.