HEY.......on that subject. Can one do the exam without having a cedula? As in Joe Gringo off the boat????
HEY.......on that subject. Can one do the exam without having a cedula? As in Joe Gringo off the boat????
For the record I do have residence and cedula.
I went to the Danish consulate and presented my Danish drivers license asking for a note that I could present Patty and Selma in the Dominican Department of Motor Vehicles. Just to speed up the issuing of a Dominican drivers license if that was possible.
For the record I do have residence and cedula.
I went to the Danish consulate and presented my Danish drivers license asking for a note that I could present Patty and Selma in the Dominican Department of Motor Vehicles. Just to speed up the issuing of a Dominican drivers license if that was possible.
It was.
With the note in hand I was shown to an office way in the back where someone who knew about checking papers or someone just letting me sit there for an hour while they pretended to check papers provided the necessary stamps.
After that the show was on:
1. Go to the eye doctor. Four people enter the room at the same time and are all asked to read the same line from the chart. Make sure you're the last of the four, then you can memorize the line when the first three reads it out and you'll pass the test even if you're blind.
2. Give a blood sample. It's the Dominican Red Cross taking the sample. If you have a valid card presenting your blood type that'll do.
3. Get your picture and finger print taken. Just like any US airport, same equipment.
4. Wait 15 minutes for your new Dominican drivers license.
It all cost me about 1500 pesos and took about 2 hours. No written or oral exams in dubious Dominican traffic laws of which you only need to learn one anyway: Stick your arm out the window and wave it about, then you can do anything you want and the rest of the traffic will know to give way and respect your actions.