1. Consul-General Lee Jong-kook of the Republic of Korea to Chicago and DMV Administrator Kristina Boardman of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation signed the ROK-Wisconsin Memorandum of Understanding on the Mutual Recognition and Exchange of Driver’s Licenses on February 16, Chicago time.

° The MOU, when brought into force, will allow ROK nationals residing in Wisconsin and Wisconsinites living in the ROK to exchange their non-commercial driver’s licenses with ones issued by the other side without further driving test, thereby greatly improving their relevant administrative convenience.

2. The MOU will be brought into force immediately after being signed.

3. The ROK Foreign Ministry will actively seek agreements on the mutual recognition of driver’s licenses with other US states and countries with many Korean residents in continued efforts to resolve challenges and promote convenience of overseas Koreans.


* unofficial translation