How to validate dutch drivers licence in DR?

Rocio · #1 01-26-2005, 03:12 PM

Hi there,
I have a Dutch drivers licence and now I received my cedula and residency just a few days ago. I want to buy a car and need probably to have a Dominican drivers licence. Do you know what I have to do? I hope not so much hassle...

thanks for the help!
ro

Escott · #2 01-26-2005, 05:25 PM

You can drive on the dutch DL for 90 days since your last passport stamp. Then you need a DR license. You can do this the easy or hard way. I took the easy way.

Scott

Rocio · #3 01-26-2005, 06:31 PM

Ok Scott, can you please explain the easy and the hard way.
Thanks!

Pib · #4 01-26-2005, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Escott

You can drive on the dutch DL for 90 days since your last passport stamp. Then you need a DR license. You can do this the easy or hard way. I took the easy way.

Scott

Only 15 days now. Robert did it (get his Dominican license). Do a search, I am sure he posted something about it.

Escott · #5 01-26-2005, 11:17 PM

90 days on the license. 15 days on the Tourist visa. I got my Dominican Drivers License for a while already.

Hard way is waiting on lines for 2 days taking the written test and waiting again for the license to be produced. Then you pray the laminating machine doesn't break down like all things Dominican.

Easy way is to find a facilitator that will charge you (75 US bux in my case) and gets it all done in 1 hour somehow. Head of Motor Vehicle took my test for me and I just commented on how well she did while she was doing it.

Hope that helps somehow.

Scott

Robert · #6 01-27-2005, 12:06 AM

Read this thread - Drivers Licence

You can take the easy route, but buyer beware. I went with a friend last week to renew her license. She wasn't in the system, so they refused to renew it.
Yes, she had a perfectly good looking license. She had brought her license in order to avoid the test etc, much like Scott described. Lucky she has never had an accident, otherwise she would have had 1 or 2 other problems.

It really is not worth the risk these days taking the easy route, either with licenses or cedulas etc. Many of the government departments are now really clamping down and going over past records, or in the case of my friend, no record.

Don't say you wasn't warned...

stallion · #7 01-27-2005, 02:36 AM

They should just exhange their home country licence for a DR licence. I mean you already know how to drive and held a Drivers license in another country. They should just give it to you. Here in canada, If you have a licence from USA, Japan, Australia, Germany and couple other countries licenses with 2 years driving experience, they will issue you a canadian Drivers license with out any tests.

Robert · #8 01-27-2005, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by stallion

They should just exhange their home country licence for a DR licence. I mean you already know how to drive and held a Drivers license in another country. They should just give it to you. Here in canada, If you have a licence from USA, Japan, Australia, Germany and couple other countries licenses with 2 years driving experience, they will issue you a canadian Drivers license with out any tests.

It's exactly the same here. As long as you can get your current license authenticated by your embassy/consulate they will issue you a DR license.

They make US citizens take the test etc, because the US embassy/consulate will not authenticate licenses, ridiculous, but that's how it is. Don't blame the DR, blame your local embassy/consulate if they will not authenticate it.

Escott · #9 01-27-2005, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert

Read this thread - Drivers Licence

You can take the easy route, but buyer beware. I went with a friend last week to renew her license. She wasn't in the system, so they refused to renew it.
Yes, she had a perfectly good looking license. She had brought her license in order to avoid the test etc, much like Scott described. Lucky she has never had an accident, otherwise she would have had 1 or 2 other problems.

It really is not worth the risk these days taking the easy route, either with licenses or cedulas etc. Many of the government departments are now really clamping down and going over past records, or in the case of my friend, no record.

Don't say you wasn't warned...

So you think the head of motor vehicle didn't take my test well enough for me?

There were people selling licenses that I heard about a few years ago but mine came from the Motor Vehicle office. Make sure your facilitator takes you to the Motor Vehicle office, complete with Doctors certificate and what ever else you need to get the license done well.

I also didn't have to TRADE in my US license. I have both.

Scott

Pib · #10 01-27-2005, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Escott

So you think the head of motor vehicle didn't take my test well enough for me?

There were people selling licenses that I heard about a few years ago but mine came from the Motor Vehicle office. Make sure your facilitator takes you to the Motor Vehicle office, complete with Doctors certificate and what ever else you need to get the license done well.

I also didn't have to TRADE in my US license. I have both.

Scott

They all come from the Motor Vehicle Office. That is they steal the card and print it with your data without actually leaving any records of having done that. Come four years you go to renew your license and you're not there.

Pay somebody at your own risk.

P.S. I have a friend that works in the License Dpt. Yes, he told me some people did this. Yes, you will lose your money. Yes, if you have an accident the insurance company will run your license through the database, if it's not there you have a fake license, no matter how pretty it looks.