This is my 3rd year on permit. I took the endorsement test last year and passed just fine. I had just got a new ID a few weeks before and asked the testing center if I had to go to the DMV and get a new ID and they said that the endorsement would show up in the system and I didn't need to get a new ID. A little over a month later I went to the DMV to get a new ID. I decided I wanted the endorsement on it and was told at the DMV that the endorsement expires 30 days after taking the test if you do not go to the DMV to get it added to your ID. Back to square one again this year. Going to do it all in a day this year.