Dallas Pro Tip - when scheduling your appointment for new drivers license hit the online portal at 4pm.
Posted by PopeDubbie@reddit | Dallas | View on Reddit | 20 comments
New to Dallas and went to schedule my appointment for a new DL in the Texas DPS online portal and wasn’t able to get in til May 1st 2025.
I went into the office and the nice lady wouldn’t process me on site without an appointment, but I told her I couldn’t get in til May in the portal.
She leaned in under her breath and said the secret is that they refresh the portal everyday at 4pm and to sign on and schedule my appointment then for NEXT DAY APPOINTMENTS.
I tried her trick and it worked like a charm. Headed in at 10am tomorrow for my appointment.
Thank you for telling me “the secret” nice lady, here’s to you all lol!
femalepop_fan@reddit
Pro tip. Never go to the DPS without an appointment. They will not take in walk ins same day. Even though the websites says there’s limited available, they will still make you look online to book there. It’s an absolute waste of a shit show. They open up several same day lots, wasted my morning figuring that out the hard way. Shout out to the nice ladies at the Lake Worth location! I was surprised at how nice they were to me there. But I did have to drive 45 mins out of my way to get late same day appointments. Booked around 8 am for an 11 am appointment. Searching online and having to log in each time for a search made me wanna scratch my eyes out.
Dazzling-Lab1810@reddit
Well guess who gets the Humantitarian Award of the day. ♥️This guy♥️!
I've been waiting for months, it was 3:45 when I read this post, so I waited until 4:00p.m. 🤯boom next day👉 compared to next year. You just earned yourself some extra honey in heaven. It works✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️
Dazzling-Lab1810@reddit
Well guess who gets the Humantitarian Award of the day. ♥️This guy♥️!
I've been waiting for months, it was 3:45 when I read this post, so I waited until 4:00p.m. 🤯boom next day👉 compared to next year. You just earned yourself some extra honey in heaven. It works✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️
rockstar504@reddit
Unethical life pro tip: their system is absolutely garbage. They will tell you that you have to go in to renew in person... but the fucking website just lets you through
Way to go republicans, fucking idiots don't know shit about shit
SpuddMeister@reddit
I wish that was true for me. I tried everything to renew online.
I had to go in-person for my new DL back in 2018 when I first moved to DFW, now I have to go again.
milkbather@reddit
As a moron trying to get ahold of a license rn, thank you. If this works I owe you a beer.
PopeDubbie@reddit (OP)
Just picked up my license this morning after scheduling at 4pm yesterday. Works great!
strangelove4564@reddit
Every time I see these posts pop up it seems like the Texas legislature needs to start getting involved. It should not be this hard to get some basic paperwork taken care of. Maybe start complaining to your representatives and turning up the heat.
kingfish4002@reddit
Does nothing to save babies or protect children or deporting Mexicans so they will not do anything about it. Oh, maybe if 47 tells them to.
rockstar504@reddit
lmao like he gives a fuck about anyone but himself
PopeDubbie@reddit (OP)
I agree 100%, way to difficult for paper filing. But, that’s why I’m telling yall the 4pm trick so ya don’t have to drive in twice like myself.
badmutha44@reddit
Ya’ll ok down there? Seems like there are a few issues.
Pale-Succotash441@reddit
Or you can drive to a DPS location in Ellis (Waxahachie) or Navarro (Corsicana) counties. I used Corsicana last and was in and out.
AppealConsistent6749@reddit
I needed to renew my driver’s license and the wait times for appointments were weeks. A lady who worked for at the Lewisville DMV told me to either get online and check it often because people cancel OR look for an appointment in a neighboring city perhaps a smaller city. I did the latter and got an appointment for later that week. I had to drive to Denton from Irving but it was worth it compared to the endless frustration of trying to find an appointment in the Metroplex.
arlenroy@reddit
I think that's been the collaborative decision on this sub, go to a small podunk town or spend the time looking for the closest you can. The refresh thing is new to me, but if it works and helps someone out then good deal. But yeah my last renewal I had to drive out to Blue Mound? I think it was Blue Mound, all the way from across the metroplex, over an hour, to the DPS office that was oddly in a strip center. In and out, pretty quick. I've heard of some people getting next day appointments but literally having to take road trips, but made the best of it.
ViscountDeVesci@reddit
I went last month and they told that to everyone without an appointment.
DrinkSodaBad@reddit
4pm, that is a piece of new information. I think many people know 7:30am is when it refreshes.
hodor137@reddit
I had heard 7/730am was the time to do that, tried recently and it was a huge pain. There were definitely nice appointment slots popping up, but they were getting sniped constantly. Kept refreshing and trying and getting an error that the one id pick was already gone.
Ended up just accepting one a month out and calling it good.
Kommanderson1@reddit
I managed to get a same day appointment last week for two hours after I checked the portal. Has to drive to the South Dallas “mega” station, but got it sorted.
No_Bend8@reddit
I hope this works. Time to renew