Driver’s Manual | 17 license will be returned at your request, but only  after you return your New York license. prevents you from doing so, contact a DMV Call  Center.  If you enter military service, your license can  be automatically extended throughout your active  service and for six months after discharge. You  must notify the department within 60 days of the  entry date into service. You must submit the form,  Notification of Military Service (MV-75), available  from the DMV website (search under Forms) or at  any motor vehicle office. If you are under age 18 and hold a learner  permit, junior permit or junior driver license from  outside New York State, you must obey the  restrictions described in this publication as well as  the restrictions from your home state. Make sure  your permit or license is valid to drive outside  your home state before you operate a vehicle in  New York. If you are less than 16 years of age, you  cannot drive in New York State even if you have  an out-of-state license. If you are a resident of another state or country  and hold a valid driver license there, you can  legally drive in New York State. You should not  apply for a New York driver license unless you  become a resident of this state. Then, to remain  legally licensed, you must apply for a New York  driver license within 30 days after you establish  you are a New York State resident. If you are a new resident with a valid driver  license issued by a U.S. state, territory or posses- sion, or a Canadian province or territory, you must  turn in your out-of-state license to get a New York  driver license. You must show additional proof of  name and date of birth (see “Applying for your  First License”), and provide your Social Security  card. You must pass the vision test. If your out- of-state license has been valid for less than six  months or had expired more than one year ago,  you must also pass the written and road tests and  complete the safe driving course.  If you are a new resident licensed in a country  other than Canada, you must pass the vision  test, complete the safe driving course, turn in  your foreign license, and you must pass a written  and road test. When you pass the road test, you  must give your foreign license to the DMV motor  vehicle license examiner who conducted the  test. Your foreign driver license will be destroyed  unless you provide the examiner a written request  to hold your foreign license on file at a New York  State Department of Motor Vehicles office. The  license examiner will tell you which DMV District  Office will hold your foreign license. Your foreign  NON-RESIDENT AND NEW RESIDENT  DRIVERS Drivers from Outside New York State