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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our Au Pair holds an international driver’s license and is responsible driver.She was hired mainly to drive the kids around. She uses my husbands car and is currently driving the kids on her international license.she and the car is insured.She has a very busy social life where she drives all around the town  with her AP friends. She is comfortable with the driving. Anyways, Virginia state  says that you need to obtain a license within 6 months upon your arrival.The concern we have is that she has completed 5.5months of her contract and has still not obtained a US License.She has taken her drivers written test thrice now in Spanish and unfortunately has not been able to pass them.When we inquired on her drivers test situation and her plans or next steps.She said not to worry, she has it under control from advice from her AP friends.She also mentioned that there are APs out there who drive with their international license  and the host families are fine with it and are flexible.She also mentioned when she passes the test, she would obtain a learner’s permit (like her friends have done) which extends her 6 month license requirement.Reading the DMV website it says for a learner’s permit, you need an adult that has a full license, sitting besides the driver while driving (which we cannot do).Within a 15/20 days she needs to take the written test and road driver’s test. We are really worried how this will impact our family. 
Like any family household, we have a hectic schedules, DMV has insisted she now takes a class (which we will pay for 300 bucks or so) to even be eligible to sit for a written test for the fourth time.Should we wait it out for a month? or think of next steps?
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You need to contact your LCC and have a sit down with your AP. Whatever plan she has come up with on the advice of her AP friends is not a plan that your family will likely feel comfortable with. The bottom line is that her job depends on the ability to legally drive your car and it's about to become a serious issue. 
If she failed the test in Spanish, three times, she's not studying for it. I'm not sure why you are paying for the driving class because that is 100% her issue at this point. We had a very inexperienced driver from Colombia with poor english skills who passed the written test on the first try in spanish. She had to study.

You need to make it clear that her ability to drive is now on the line. You aren't going to be "flexible" when it comes to driving legally. A learner's permit means she can't drive after a certain time and can't drive anyone around until after she's had a certain amount of hours of driving documented. Unless she wants you or your husband to go along with her when she hangs out with friends, I dont' think she wants to use the learner's legally either.

I wouldn't wait it out. If she had failed it once, then be helpful and flexible. At this point, your work schedules are being jeopardized by her inability to be prepared for an pass the written exam.
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