Where your driving licence is recognised if your passport is from Canada

Driving in Antigua and Barbuda

Visitor's temporary driver's licence:

Up to 3 months

Driving test for a visitor:

May be waived

Resident's driving licence:

Valid 1 year

Driving on a Foreign Licence

Basis:

Bilateral agreement with the issuing country

Recognition lapses after:

1 continuous year of stay

Professional and commercial licences:

Excluded

Driving in Barbados on a Foreign Licence

What the Act requires:

A valid driving licence authorising you to drive that class of vehicle

Does a foreign licence count as a driving licence under the Act:

Yes, since the definition was substituted in 2017

Visitor Permit fee, stays under two months:

$10.00 BBD

Register in a Commune and Your Own Licence Stops Working; Whether You Exchange It Turns on a Convention

Once you are in a Belgian register:

You may only drive on a Belgian or a European licence

Before that:

A foreign national or international licence issued under the international traffic rules is enough

Exchange without sitting the tests:

An exemption from the examinations, not an entitlement of its own

Driving in Belize on a Foreign Licence

Driving on a valid foreign licence:

a period of twelve months from the date of his last entry into Belize

What restarts the twelve months:

Your last entry into Belize

Temporary driving licence for a bona fide visitor:

any period not exceeding three months

Driving and Licence Exchange

Licence validity for a resident foreigner:

The same as the foreigner's identity card

Minimum age:

18 for private and motorcycle, 21 for professional categories

Cost, most categories:

Bs 225

Driving and Licence Exchange

Foreign licence valid for:

180 days

Counted from:

The date of entry into Brazilian territory

After 180 days, recognised licence:

Medical and psychological examinations

Exchanging a Foreign Driving Licence

Countries with a treaty in force:

Spain, South Korea, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Japan, Paraguay, Bolivia

Brazil:

Agreement signed, not yet in force

Licences obtained by exchange elsewhere:

Excluded

Recognition of a Foreign Driving Licence

Who qualifies:

People born in a country with an agreement

Registration:

Fingerprint in the RUNT

Identity document:

Cédula de extranjería

Your Foreign Licence Lasts Exactly as Long as Your Stay

How long a foreign licence is valid for:

A period identical to your authorised legal stay

Minimum uninterrupted stay before converting:

None

Who may convert:

Anyone with an approved migration status, or with an application pending

Driving and Licence Exchange

Driving on a foreign licence:

6 months from entry, non-extendable

Categories covered:

A, A1 and B

After 6 months:

The Cuban national licence is necessary

Driving in Dominica

Visitor's temporary driving licence:

Up to 3 months

International driving licence:

Exempts you while valid

Dominican international driving licence:

12 months from issue

Driving: One Article for Foreign Licences, and Nothing for Visitors

Foreign licence conversion:

For residents, while the foreign licence is valid

Visitors driving on a foreign licence:

Not addressed in the law

Licence validity:

4 years

Exchanging a Foreign Driving Licence

Cost:

USD 142, plus the bank's commission

Licence validity:

5 years

Shorter stays:

The licence is cut to the period authorised by the migration authorities

Driving on a Foreign Licence, and the Easiest Exchange in the Region

Driving on a foreign licence:

90 days maximum

What you may drive in that time:

Vehicles you own

Reporting on arrival:

Required, to the traffic directorate

Conversion Without a Test Runs Off a List, and No Country in This Corpus Is On It

Conversion without a test:

Only for states named in Annex 11

Latin America and the Caribbean on that list:

None of the thirty-three

What the exemption switches off:

The medical examination, the eyesight test, the proficiency test, first aid and the training

Driving in Grenada

Visitor's temporary licence:

Up to 3 months

Fee for the temporary licence:

Not stated in the Act

International driving licence:

Exempts you from holding a Grenadian licence

Driving in Guatemala

What is issued:

A permiso de conducir, not a licence

Available from:

While the temporary residence application is in process

Guarantor:

A Guatemalan by origin, guaranteeing no other foreigner

Driving in Guyana on a Foreign Licence: Sixty Days, Then a Four-Week Permit

Driving on a foreign licence:

60 days after entry into Guyana

Instrument that allows it:

Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (The Use of Foreign Issued Driver's Licence in Guyana) Regulations 2022

Effective from:

26 August 2022

Driving in Honduras

Driving on a foreign licence as a visitor:

Allowed, subject to reciprocity

Driving on a foreign licence as a resident:

Not provided for

Exchange of a foreign licence:

No procedure in the traffic law

Conversion Without a Test Exists Only Where Italy Has an Agreement With Your Country

Conversion without an examination:

Only where a bilateral understanding allows it

On what basis:

Reciprocity

What happens to your old licence:

Withdrawn and returned to the issuing authority, with reasons

Driving in Jamaica

Driving on a foreign licence:

No provision for it in the Act in force

Age of the foreign licence that unlocks the exemption:

Issued not more than twelve months before

What the exemption does not cover:

The licensing fee

Driving Licences in Mexico

National licence for a private car:

None - the states and Mexico City issue them

Validity of a state licence elsewhere in Mexico:

Full validity throughout the country

Maximum validity:

5 years in general; 2 years for emergency, medical, police and school transport vehicles

A Foreign Licence Lasts 185 Days, and Whether It Can Be Exchanged Is a List of Thirteen Entries

How long a non-EU licence keeps you legal here:

185 days from the day you settled in the Netherlands

Exchange without a Dutch examination:

Only for licences designated by ministerial regulation

Who is on the designated list:

Alberta, Andorra, Chinese Taipei, Gibraltar and the United Kingdom, Guernsey, Israel, Japan, Jersey, the Isle of Man, Monaco, Quebec, South Korea and Singapore

Driving in Nicaragua

Driving on a foreign licence:

For as long as that licence is valid

What triggers the need for a Nicaraguan licence:

The foreign licence expiring, not a period of stay

Nicaraguan licence validity:

5 years

Driving in Panama

Driving as a tourist:

90 days on a foreign licence

Can a tourist get a Panamanian licence?:

No, expressly

Can a tourist get one by extending the stay?:

No

Driving Licences for Foreign Residents

Issuing authority:

The municipality, not a national agency

Minimum age:

18

Migration document required:

The admission card issued by the migration directorate

Exchanging a Foreign Driving Licence

Knowledge test waived for:

Spain, Korea and Chile

Medical and psychological assessment:

Required for everyone

Foreign licence validity:

Must be valid at the time of the exchange

Your Own Licence Works for Six Months After You Settle, and Whether You Exchange It Without an Exam Turns on the Document, Not on the Country

How long your own licence lasts after you settle:

6 months from the start of permanent or temporary residence

EU, EEA and Swiss licences:

Recognised in their own right, and exempt by name from the examination condition

What decides whether you sit an exam:

Whether your licence matches the Vienna Convention model and data range, not whether your state signed it

Three Classes of Foreign Licence, and Which One You Are In Is Decided by a List

If your state is named under Decreto-Lei n.º 46/2022:

You may keep driving on your own licence, even after becoming resident

Age limit on that class:

Under 60

Age of the licence:

Not more than 15 years since issue or last renewal

Driving in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Visitor's temporary licence, maximum validity:

1 year

Fee for a visitor's temporary licence:

$50 for three months, $100 for one year

Driving test for a visitor:

At the officer's discretion

Driving in Saint Lucia

Visitor's driving permit:

Valid for not more than 3 months

Eastern Caribbean Protocol citizens:

No permit needed

Economic citizens of Protocol states:

Permit still needed

Driving in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Temporary driver's permit:

EC$125.00

Validity:

6 months from the date of issue

One-year local driver's permit:

EC$125.00

Six Months on the Licence You Brought, Then a Convention Decides Whether You Exchange It or Start Again

How long your own licence lasts here:

Six months from establishing normal residence

Without normal residence:

Six months from entering Spain lawfully

After that:

The licence is not valid to drive in Spain at all

Driving: the Rijwet 1971 Governs It, and the Official Collection Does Not Publish It

Governing Act:

Rijwet 1971

Published in the National Assembly's collection:

No

Period a foreign licence may be used:

Not established

Where Your Licence Was Issued Decides Everything, and a Third-Country Licence Now Dies After a Year on the Register

Is your foreign licence valid on arrival:

Yes, according to its content

When a non-EEA licence stops working:

More than one year after you are entered in the population register

Which licences Sweden will exchange:

EEA licences, and licences issued in the Faroe Islands, the United Kingdom, Japan or Switzerland

Driving on a Foreign Licence: Three Months, Which Is Not the Eight Months Immigration Gives You

Foreign licence valid for:

A visit of not more than three months

Also required:

Not being employed in The Bahamas

Minimum age:

Seventeen, or fifteen for an excepted motor vehicle

Driving in Trinidad and Tobago on a Foreign Licence

On an international driving permit:

While the permit remains valid, with no stated limit

On an ordinary foreign licence from a listed country:

3 months from the date of arrival

How the list is made:

By Notice of the Minister published in the Gazette

There Is No Federal Licence - and the Federal Rule That Exists Ties Yours to Your Status

A national driving licence:

None - the states issue them

What federal law governs:

Which state licences a federal agency may accept

Temporary lawful status:

Required for a temporary or limited-term licence

Exchanging a Foreign Driving Licence

Who handles it:

The intendencia where you live

Countries with a convenio in force:

Spain

Italy:

Convenio expired in 2019

Driving in Venezuela

Issuing body:

Instituto Nacional de Transporte Terrestre

Terms on which a foreigner is licensed:

Delegated by the Act to its regulation

Medical certificate:

Required, issued free by the health ministry