Dominican Drivers License - Puerto Plata

[tripp789]

If the person has already has a drivers license from his home country the following may be an option.

Instituto Nacional de Tránsito y Transporte Terrestre | INTRANT - Cambio de Licencia de Conducir Extranjera a Dominicana

Es la emisión de licencias de conducir a personas extranjeras con Residencia, Visa de Negocio, Permiso de Trabajo o Visa de Estudiante en el país.

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Has anyone used this? It requires a “certified” drivers license from your home country. I looked at my state and don’t see anyway to get one.

 

[bob saunders]

Has anyone used this? It requires a “certified” drivers license from your home country. I looked at my state and don’t see anyway to get one.

As Canadians my wife and I went to the Canadian Embassy and had them certify that our licenses were current and valid, then we followed the rest of the procedure as per your link. We did no drivers test, only eye and ear test, plus a blood test for blood type, had our picture taken and walked out with our licenses in a couple of hours.

 

[josh2203]

A driving school instructor can't take the eye test, hearing test, or blood test for you.

If you now have to do all that, things have indeed changed then. My wife did the whole license thing a couple of years ago and it was theory exam (which was totally silly, even I did not know answers (I'm not saying I know everything, but those questions had nothing to do with actual driving/road safety/preparing your vehicle) to half the practice questions they gave to her... So she googled them as they gave no material for studying...), practice exam (drive 3 minutes round the block, period...), and done... Or are these for expats or something like this?

 

[AlterEgo]

Has anyone used this? It requires a “certified” drivers license from your home country. I looked at my state and don’t see anyway to get one.

If you’re American it doesn’t apply because we don’t have a national license, only individual states.

 

[william webster]

Some licenses 'roll over' to the RD system.................. not any US ones

This was reported earlier.. post #16.... read the thread people!!

 

[Astucia]

Hearing test ? if your deaf you can't drive hear ? Being hearing impaired driving here is a plus.

A friend is slightly hearing impaired and is restricted here from driving at night

 

[JD Jones]

As Canadians my wife and I went to the Canadian Embassy and had them certify that our licenses were current and valid, then we followed the rest of the procedure as per your link. We did no drivers test, only eye and ear test, plus a blood test for blood type, had our picture taken and walked out with our licenses in a couple of hours.

This wasn't a renewal, correct?

 

[Kricke87]

If you now have to do all that, things have indeed changed then. My wife did the whole license thing a couple of years ago and it was theory exam (which was totally silly, even I did not know answers (I'm not saying I know everything, but those questions had nothing to do with actual driving/road safety/preparing your vehicle) to half the practice questions they gave to her... So she googled them as they gave no material for studying...), practice exam (drive 3 minutes round the block, period...), and done... Or are these for expats or something like this?

Yepp had the same experience of getting the DR license.
I also thought about doing the "roll over", but because it involved going to the capital to go see my country's consulate to certify my national license and still have to pay the license fee, I decided it was cheaper to do it the "DR" way..

 

[Cdn_Gringo]

I too could have had my Canadian license certified but did not want to make the 10 hour bus trip to SD. Pay licensing fees at Banreserva, go to licensing office in Puerto Plata. Talk to the guys outside about the class that explains the test questions and gives you the info to answer the the weird and unexpected questions. Go into the office to register, test eyes, test blood take theory test on a computer. If you pass you get a temp learners permit. Go pay for practical test at Banreservas. Go back to office in 4 weeks and take the practical driving test. All done.

There are examples of the complete theory tests on Youtube.com. My very limited Spanish was not an impediment. I was quite surprised. I understood the class and the computer tests. The class is basically, "this is the question", "this is the answer". This word means fine, this word means infraction etc. One of the head-scratcher questions I got : "It is permissible to honk your horn at animals on the roadway?" Answer: "No."