Thanks for all the replies! Finally I got my driving license last week!! What a relief!!! I was browsing sajha postings and I came across my own thread. I thought why not I describe how I finally got through it so that it could be useful for others in similar situation. Good thing in the place where I reside is that this place has three DMV offices. I was rejected by only one of them, while the second does not deal with issuing new permits. The third was closed for some time for some reasons. Despite my student advisor's suggestion to cross the Canadian border or else even visit Nepal for this, I had a faint line of hope that this third office would not check the stamps. So I just need to give a final try there. I waited for about a month for this office to open. When I applied there, they did not even check the original forms, not to mention the stamps. I have my new status papers, new passport and other documents. They saw my new valid passport and the updated status papers. I sat for the test, I passed and the permit was on its way. Then, I took 10 h driving lessons plus the 5 h course. I had a break after the first 5 lessons and arranged the nest five lessons just before the road test. I took the road test, I passed and my license is also on its. So the point here is sometimes u have to think differently and approach in some other way. Who knows how your luck works. U just have to try. Do not give up!!! Good luck!!!!