Driving With Suspended License: Don’t forget to do this to get your license back.

Driving With Suspended License: Don’t forget to do this to get your license back.

• When your driver’s license is suspended for a period of time, at some point in the future, you are going to be able to get your license back.
• And that is, you must pay the driver’s license reinstatement fee.

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Here’s some context.

• There are many reasons why your driver’s license may be suspended for a period of time.  
• For example – a 30-day suspension if you’ve been subject to an escalated demerit point suspension.
• Or if your license was suspended for 6-months due to a drive suspension charge conviction.
• Or if your license is suspended due to Family Responsibility Office, known as FRO issues.

Your License Will NOT Automatically Be Valid Again

• At the end of the time period of your suspension, your license will **NOT** automatically be valid again.
• All that happens at the end of that time period is that you are **ELIGIBLE** to get your driver’s license again.
• But before you get your driver’s license, you need to pay the Ontario government a license reinstatement fee of about $300.
• If you don’t pay this reinstatement fee, then while you may be eligible to get your driver’s license back, the reality is that your driver’s license is not valid, and you cannot drive.  
• And, if you get caught driving, you will be subject to a Driving While Under Suspension charge. And you will likely lose this charge even though you were eligible to get your license back, but you did not pay the reinstatement fee.
• So bottom line.  Make sure you have paid your reinstatement fee before you drive again.