crossing provincial borders - re-activate drivers license for 90 days

[Etesan]

I am here on implied status, Visa ran out 2013 but my drivers license is valid until 2019

a. Is it true or just a rumour that if I cross provincial borders for example BC to Alberta, stay a day and come back to BC, that I legaly can use my drivers license for 90 days again or do I have to cross national borders?

b. Would I need a form of proof (receipt from a gas station, flight ticket and so on) to show to the police in case they ask?


Any advice or experiences?

 

[rhcohen2014]

if your driver's license is still valid in that province, you haven't forfeited it to become licensed somehwere else, or it hasn't been suspended, then I don't think it becomes inactive. I think the only way to "reactivate" a license is if you traded your license to a different province or country, you returned and applied for a new one. in my opinion, as long as it hasn't expired, you are free to drive with that license. i've never heard of having to cross borders to "reactivate" a driver's license. sounds pretty silly to me. even visitors can apply for driver's license in canada, your actual status doesn't matter.

 

[Etesan]

What do you know, a couple of daysof complaining and the OWP comes in the mail. Drivers license here I come YEAH!