Department of Motor Vehicles

My time at this DMV was wonderful. The staff was VERY nice and helpful, and the line was quite short! Got my license in about 30minutes. Lots of parking, too.

I went there yesterday at 9 am and It was the fastest dmv visit I have ever done. Ms Mary was great, fast and efficient.

Wait times listed online by DMV online are a complete joke. The website said 3 minute wait before I went. When I got to the DMV branch I encountered a 10 minute line to just get my ticket to wait for service. 1.5 hours later I got called to the counter. While I was waiting, I checked online and sure enough the wait time was still listed as 3 minutes.

This Department of Motor Vehicles is the busiest branch in the Richmond area. Getting to DMV early is a wise decision. You can experience long waiting times. I’ve waited 3 hours to get my vehicle registered. There’s plenty of parking outside. Across from DMV are a couple of restaurants. The most important thing is getting to DMV early as possible to avoid long waiting times.

There have been good times and there have been bad times for me, waiting at the DMV. Usually they have very little parking and I find that ironic. Take THAT Alanis Morisette! It’s really best to go here with as many of ducks in a row as you can and as early in the morning as you can muster. You can check out on the website what stuff you’ll need beforehand and some things you can do online. I’d recommend that. However, you need to get a PIN and they have to mail it to you and that takes weeks. If it’s time sensitive just suck it up and go to the building.
They open at 8, so you can totally go before work if you’re a 9−5er. I have, however, had waits as long as 4 hours here. I’m not even kidding. Once I showed up at around 4 pm and the lady said, «It’s going to be a 4 hour wait for that.»
«But you close at 5. What happens then?»
«Well you’ll just have to go home, since we close.»
«So I’d wait an hour for nothing?
She shrugged. I didn’t wait. I came back the next day as soon as they opened. I mean, it’s the city center DMV. It’s not going to be the most pleasant place, but be nice, have all your information and bring a book. You’ll be okay.