Nowhere will you find any info on the home page of the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) – – about getting a “driver’s permit” or “provisional license.” (And don’t be all thinking you can just Google that phrase like it is 2016 because you can’t. It’s expensive though – $49.50! If you choose a different online course, make sure it doesn’t make you wait several hours between lessons because those take weeks or even months to complete.
Complete a Driver’s Education Course. You need to be 15 years old to start one. There are a thousand companies offering online driver’s ed but we recommend because they let you proceed through the lessons as you complete them. You must now hold a permit for a minimum of 6 months before you can apply for a driver’s license, regardless of when you turn 16. Turn 15. If you want to drive when you turn 16, get started a year in advance. The bottom line? I believe this page has the most current, “fast facts” version of what is needed to get a permit – and then a license. But if you have your teen follow the steps and tips below, he or she might even walk out with a permit on the first try! The frustration factor is enhanced by the fact that what’s actually required by the DMV differs from what their official site says on certain official-but-out-of-date pages, and may differ from day to day depending on who you talk to at the DMV.Īfter four trips to the DMV, conversations with 6-8 different DMV employees, scouring the DMV site, and griping with other families who’d experienced a similar runaround, I decided to detail the current scoop on what it takes to get a driver’s permit in California – with the caveat that today is Septemand what worked today may not work tomorrow. 
Little did I know that you need an advanced degree in “Government Bureaucracy” and “1990s Web Site Design” to decipher the process. When my son turned 15 and asked about getting his driver’s permit, I told him to go online and figure out what needed to be done.
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