State of New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles Commission

Rude people. You’re there at the door to answer questions, so answer the damn questions with a little less attitude! Lines start well before opening time and go outside around the building. I know it’s dmv and I should have expected that, but there are so many better ways to do this. Inefficient.

Hi welcome to Hell. Have a seat and let us drain your life. Lets us challenge your patience. Urghh I don’t recommend going here on Saturday. The worst.

To work at motor vehicles here the requirements.
1) hate your life
2) hate people
3) be rude
4) don’t care about anyones feelings but your own (selfish)
5) abuse of power
This place is one of the most horrible places in NJ. I am surprised it isn’t featured in the magazine of Weird NJ. I came here on the snow day Monday. I went to renew my licence. That is almost equal to a death sentence.
The place was packed for a snow day. Not a seat to be found. The lady at the front desk that looks like The mom of the kardashians (Kris Jenner) was extremely rude. my questions were legit questions and she just lectured me like I was a 4 year old. Absolutely horrible. This place sucks. I get to the line and the people behind the counter think they are above everyone.
In conclusion this place is an abomination on earth. All these other fake reviews that gave more than 1 star are absolutely insane. Urghh I challenge anyone that begs to differ.

The most rude — ghetto trash people I have ever dealt with, at every point of service they treat you like you are stupid and have no manners what so ever.

When you go for your Drivers Exam if you have The Fat White B***h be ready cause she’s A Freaking D!*k Very Very Rude

I’ve been coming to this branch of the DMV since long before they renovated. Back then the building was kind of sad and dark looking, but they’ve since done a major renovation and now it looks great. This DMV is divided into three key sections: the office/​paperwork building, the road test area and the inspection area. These are set far apart from each other which is good-​this means people aren’t getting in each other’s way trying to accomplish different tasks.
I’ve gone on Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays to this branch and every time I’ve gone I’ve never had to wait longer than 10 – 20 minutes to resolve whatever paperwork issue (renewals, new license etc.). The key is having your paperwork ready to go and be clear on why you’re there. If you don’t go to the right line, you’ll have to start all over. When you first enter, a triage station tells you where to go, so listen carefully or you’ll waste tons of time. The service can be a bit gruff at times, but other times it’s downright friendly. I’ve never had anyone be outright rude or unhelpful.
The inspection section is awesome. If you arrive early in the morning there’s usually a line of cars waiting, but I’ve never had to wait longer than 10 – 15 minutes to finally pull up to an inspection station. If you go on «off hours» (like say, 11AM on a Monday) you stand a better chance of being seen within 5 – 10 minutes. The inspection process itself is fairly quick and the employees are usually friendly and chatty (which I appreciate).
This has been and continues to be my «go to» DMV in NJ.

Worst place with the slowest service on the face of this planet. Try North Brunswick. #torture

This place still sucks! I think they actually got worse. Even the employees don’t speak English!!! WTF???

Out of all the northern NJ inspection/​MV spots– this one is my favorite. Maybe I’ve been lucky but never had to wait long if never at all at the inspection line. Inside can be a lil tricky depending on time of day and month it is. Again — I’ve never had to wait a long time.
The facility is updated and is mapped out well

Over the years, the inspection process has become a lot easier. You don’t have to spend all day in line.
That being said, this place’s customer service is beyond poor. When I presented the documents I said good morning and didn’t even get a grunt.
While I waiting in the garage, a gentleman who spoke inaudibly in the extremely noisy lot. He told me that they couldn’t get the car into drive in front of me. It didn’t seem stalled but I understand these things happen.
When it was finally my turn, again I couldn’t understand his instructions and asked him to repeat. This was an exercise in futility.
When my car was done he told me «you no listen». I just asked the gentleman where to go. Finally someone showed me to my car.
I also saw them yelling at other people. I understand this may not be the their dream job but I have worked at some crappy places myself and was never this nasty.
Will try a different place next time.

Here now and honestly kind of offended by the rude customer service at the front desk. The lady suggested I might be soliciting my home address because I was missing an envelope. I dont usually write reviews but needed to do that here so that the supervisors can be aware. I don’t want to feel like I’m being attacked by the staff when all I came to do was renew an ID. Fire these ppl or teach them how to communicate better. Will not be coming back here even if it’s closer to home.

Wouldn’t wish a trip to the MVC on my worse enemy. Notoriously slow. Every weekend I’ve been here the lines are extremely long and sometimes ive seen the live go out the door. This MVC is Rahway supports ALOT of ppl in the surrounding area. This is one of the most busiest in my experiences. Workers look uninterested to be here and aren’t overly friendly. Expect short accurate blunt answers. They need to beef up staff on weekends to support the flow of ppl!

This is the worst dmv i habe gone in 2 states. People here hava attitude injected in their blood. They make it impossible for you to renew your license. They have the 6 point rule eventhough you already have a license. To transfer your car from another state is mission impossible. The girl almost messed up by deleting the lien holder. Very complicated. My taxes is going to this attitude people.

The costumer service is poor, the lines starts from around the building, never come again to this dmv

I came here nervous and got most of the things i wanted to do, done. Everyone is professional and the road test center guys and the car inspection guys are awesome. reasonable, professional and accommodating. Was there at 1.30 pm and done with knowledge test at about 3.30pm. There was a guy at the license counter trying to convince a staff that a letter from his bank indicating where he lives is a valid document to make up for his 6 points but unfortunately the answer is a NO no matter how hard he tried. From what i heard, they need to see an actual mail that is sent to YOU at your address (doesn’t matter if everything is done online these days!)…so come prepared with an actual mail that is addressed to YOU in your current address cos they will not take anything else (i used an utility bill, social security, bank atm card and my green card for my 6 points).
For the knowledge test, as an fyi, the test stops once you get 40 questions correct. so word of advice is answer those questions you know and skip through the questions that you are not so sure about first. If you cycle through all the 50 questions and still don’t have 40 questions correct, then you can plan your strategy accordingly.
For those that holds an out of country license, the name on your foreign country license has to match 100% with your immigration papers (green card, visa etc). You will have to take the road test if they don’t match so i suggest fixing your foreign country license first before going to MVC if you don’t want to take the road test. This agency was flexible and kind enough to accommodate my last minute road test request although i couldn’t go through it due to insufficient papers but kudos to everyone for being helpful, nice, reasonable and understanding. I even met a stranger who offered to lend me his car so that i can do the road test! so yes, i’m really grateful to all the people i met today. i think once you are out of the city, everyone is nice.
Car inspection was easy too… I have a 2011 car and all i needed was a sticker… in and out in 15mins.
All in all, i was dreading it in the beginning but it really wasn’t bad.

I endured two futile trips to the South Plainfield office in the past year – disorganized, nasty-​tempered people, with the supervisor flagrantly screwing off at her desk and daring you to say or do something about it! Decided that I would not go back there again, so today I tried Rahway, which is easier to get to without a car anyway (train + feet, or train + taxi).
Just AMAZING. The place was jammed, but the employees moved ‘em along. I didn’t even want to read my book, I was so fascinated by the brisk efficiency and good humor of the place.
So. I say 5 stars, and we should go and give them our love and appreciation for doing a hard job with competence and good grace.
((How’s this for creepy: I had 71, the same number Sonia posted.))

If you’re tired of the perpetual Black Friday line at the Newark DMV inspection, take the 15 minute drive here, new personal record, in and out of inspection in 8 minutes flat! Today is a Thursday at 11:30AM.

If Dexter didn’t have a code to follow, I’m pretty sure he would «handle» some of the employees that work in this building.
This is where people come to die! I wouldn’t mind waiting in line for 3 hours if the individuals who worked here were respectful and understanding!

I came here to get me car inspected. It was a great experience. The lines moved fast, the employees were friendly and courteous. It’s always a horrible experience to have to visit the DMV or MVS or MVC or whatever you call it, so it’s a rare treat to come in contact with people who at least try to make the situation more bearable.
The best part was checking the website before I left to get my car inspected. They have a live cam on the line, so you can avoid massive delays if you time it right. Entrance to exit, I was in there less than 20 minutes.