Kong it Zomi u leh naau te, Tu hun ciang iin US leh leitung gam tuamtuam pan Kawlgam ah a zin a hawh Zomi ki tam mahmah ta hi. Nisim phial iin a kiciah hi ta mai ahihmanin ih khantohna hang iin kipakk mahmah ingh. Kawlgam ih ciah ciang iin car rental company – Avis, Alamo, Budget, Enterprise, National, cihte US bang dan iin na om lo aa ih kawm sunsun ciang motor leh a hawl a ki kawm khawm pahpah suak hi. Ahizongh’n khat veivei ih meeltheih te motor ih zangh aa ih kawm aa bus ah ih tuang zongh iin ei mahmah in Kawlgam sung ah driving license nei lengg hoih aa zongh noptuam mahmah leh a kisap hun hong om veve hi.
Kawlgam ka om laai iin Commercial Vehicle license ih ci diam Kawlpau iin ahnga license ka neihsa hi aa Yangon kahngiahnah ah Hino TE11 te tawh hong test ngiat uh hi. Tua peen US ka tun khit zawh tu maa kum 18 laai pek iin ka renew sak leh renew khin napi uh US ah a om kahih lam ka agent pa in na gen kha see ahihmanin ka license na thoh sak nuam nawn lo aa ka Kawlgam driving license peen a bei/si hiau suak hi. Tua hi aa Kawlgam ka ciah zelzel hang iin driving license nei lo iin Kawlgam ka om sung iin license nei lopi mah ka hawl loh a phatmawh hun ciang iin without license tawh a hawl den hi ingh. Ki suangtaak iin lau giauguau den ingh. Ahizongh’n Topa’ hong kep man iin traffic police te ii nawngkaisakna bel phukha ngei kei ingh.
A diakdiak iin gaalkap kumpi pan iin civil government (democratic government) ah a hong kilaih aa ki pan ih gam sung peen free mahmah iin nuam mahmah iin traffic police (mawtaw pikkel kawl te’n a cih pong mawk uh – motor vehicle pan aa a laak uh) te’n zongh hong buai sak lo iin suak ta mahmah iin nuam mahmah hi. Tua peen hun kikheel thak tuung sung te hi aa traffic police department lam te’n vangg (aana) nei nawn meel lo uh ahihmanun a daih om hun sung uh ahi hi.
Tu iin hong sawt kik ta aa kumpi in traffic police te power a piakna uh tungtawn iin khauh kik ta uh aa lampi dungdung ah zongh kimu kik ta iin khialhna ih neih leh or license ih neih kei leh penalty peen kumpi ngeina bang iin piak loh phamawh hun hong tung kik ta hi. Passport tawh gamdang pan a ciah hi aa traffic violation khawng tawh court khawng ah hun va bei man tadih lo ding ihihmanin driving license nei lo aa Kawlgam sung ah motor hawl loh ding hoih peen hi.
Thu hoih khat kong pulaak nop ah Kawlgam aa Motor Vehicle Department te zongh khanghlo iin pil ta uh ahihmanun license peen document kim ih neih nak leh olno tak iin kingah kik thei hi cih hong thei sak nuam ingh. Tu tungtaang, March to April 2017, kaal 7 sung bang ka ciah sung iin khamtunggam khua tuamtuam ah zin kawikawi nuam kahihmanin motor ka hawl loh a phatmawhna hong om hi. Kawlpi ka tun ciang iin Kawlpi aa DMV – Kahngiahnah ah “US driving license nei peuh lengh tawmvei ka om sung iin Kawlgam ah motor hawl khuan om lel lo ahiam?
Kawlgam te aa kipan leh gamdang te zongh US ah a hong pai uh ciang iin amau gam pan aa a license uh zangh iin US airport mun khat peuh hong tunnana uh pan rental car kawm iin hawl khuan ki pia pah buang uh hi ven, kei tu’n US pan hong ciah kahih teh Kawlgam ka om sung iin US driving license tawh ka hawl thei diam ka cih leh hong phal lo uh hi. Ka lamet hong bang lo aa ka dah giugiau leh DMV Director zum sung ah nuamtak iin thu ka kikum uh aa a thu om zia teng hong gen hi.
Tua bang iin hong vaihawmpih ahihmanin ka lamet loh pii iin Kawl gam sung ah kum 5 license (kopain license) te khat ni khat thu iin na ngah thei ingh. Kawlpi DMV aa Director pa in gamdang ah zongh nong na gen sak in hong cih ban ah theihhuaisa kahihmanin a tomno iin hong gen pak ingh.
ASEAN kipawlna gam te pan aa motor hawlna license a nei khempeuh te in ASEAN gam sung ahih nak leh amau gam tek ii driving license tawh suakta tak leh legal tak iin hawl thei hi.
US leh gampi a dangdang te tawh tua bang arrangement om lo ahihmanin Kawlgam sung ah ASEAN gam mi teng lo buang in gamdang license tawh hawl thei lo uh hi.
Ahizongh’n Kawlgam na om laai aa na neihsa ahnga or kuu paing license na kep laai aa gamdang pan aa na gamdang license leh na passport, Kawlgam aa na hmatpongtin na neih nak leh Kawlgam aa na neih ngeisa license class bangbangh hong bawl sak pah ding hi. Hih peen Kawlgam DMV ii March kha sung aa policy direction thak hi.
Kawlgam license na nei ngei kei aa, Kawlgam license luui na neih nawn kei mah leh zongh na gamdang driving license nei inla, na passport, na Kawlgam hmatpongtin, cih te nei peuh lecin license thak hong pia thei aa ni sawtpi tak ngak kuul lo hi.
Kei bang iin ka Kawlgam driving license luui pua kha lo kahihmanin ka Kawlgam hmatpongtin, US passport, CA license cih teng tawh hong bawl sak uh hi. Driving test zongh hong test sak pah, na khempeuh a manlang iin hong bawl sak uh aa sum zongh tam lua hong ngen beh lo uh hi. Kawlpi ah ni khat thu iin kum 5 license ngah iin Kawl gam sum Ks. 90,000 kiim pawl bei hi. Ka commercial license luui a kem hi lengh Kawlgam aa ahnga license zongh hong pia pah thei dan uh hi.
Kawlgam ah Kawlgam driving license ka neih man iin suakta tak, kisuangtaak vet lo iin Kawlpi, Tedim, Kapteel, Saizang, Sezaang, Tualzaang, Tonzaang, Ciau, Tamu, Mandalay, Taunggyi, Tathone, Kyaik Hti Yoo, Yangon, mun khempeuh ah hawl thei kahihmanin nuam tuam mahmah hi. Kawlgam thukham zui kahihamin driving license vai ah Kawlgam thukham in hong nawngkaai sak thei lo, thukha nuai ah om lo iin thukham tung ah om kahihmanin tua thukham in hong khih lo thei lo hi. Thukham zui kahihmanin thukham pan ka suakta aa hong khih thei lo ahihmanin thukham zuih mah nuam peenpeen iin hong suakta sak hi.
Tua ahihmanin Kawlgam na ciah uh ciang un Kawlgam driving license a deih te in na gamdang driving license, na passport, Kawlgam hmatpongtin, Kawlgam driving license luui na neih leh hamsa lo iin license hong bawl sak thei uh hi. Kawlgam hmatpongtin ih neih kei leh bel gamdang mi taktak dan iin hong seh le uh a procedure tuam dang kha mai thei aa document dangdang zongh Embassy pan ngah kuul mai thei ding hi. A hoih peen ah bel Kawlgam aa license luui, expired mah ta leh renewable period sung ah a om laai nak leh Kawlgam mi bang iin renew sak ziau peen a ol peen leh sum tawm bei peenpeen hi.
Zomi pih khual zin gamvak nuam, a thei nai lo ih om khak aa a phattuampih ding ih om khak leh ci aa deihsakna tawh kong gelh pak hi. Gelh khialh a om leh hong ngaidam un. Lungdam.
Hong it na mipih uh,
Mungno Gualnam
Riverside, California
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