Driving license in Venezuela

Hi Dane73!

Thanks for your input

Armand

Hi all, I'm also interested by these questions,

Best,
Federico

Formalities?  most likely the question is, how much you have to pay to get one?

There are legal means to obtain a drivers license in venezuela, but it is a lot easier (and extremely common) to use bribes to obtain it.

Things I do know:
- If you are coming as a tourist (short trip) you can use your home country's license.
- If you are coming as a resident, you might want to check out how we drive before you decide to get a license.  I have some friends from Argentina and other countries that would not dare to touch a car here (they say we are crazy).
- If you are a resident I'm sure you can muster all the documentation to get a driver's license, doing it the legal way will take a few months.  It is supposed to be somewhat easy, but sometimes they make it hard (so they can ask for a bribe)

The "INTT" is the institution in charge of issueing driver's licenses.

here's the link: http://www.intt.gob.ve/intt/?p=23

On top of the license you also need a Medical Exam Certificate.  They perform basic eye test to check for shortsight and daltonism, it is a 5-10 min test (and very cheap), you just have to find where they are performing it.  Sometimes, you find a table with a poster in a Mall saying they are performing the test and you can take it right there and then.

What are your plans? why do you need a license here?

Another useful link:
http://www.intt.gob.ve/intt/?p=180

Hi gunflame,

Thank you for your contribution

Maximilien