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Can I drive there on a foreign licence?
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Choose the country you are driving in to get a clear verdict for your own country of licence — required, recommended, or a local licence needed — plus the IDP format it accepts and the rental-desk rule. An International Driving Permit is a certified translation of your national licence carried alongside the original, not a government-issued permit.
Covering 199 destinations, each answered for every country of licence we support.
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Where are you driving?
Select a country for the verdict by country of licence.
Europe
Albania16 licences answeredAndorra16 licences answeredAustria16 licences answeredBelarus16 licences answeredBelgium16 licences answeredBosnia and Herzegovina16 licences answeredBulgaria16 licences answeredCroatia16 licences answeredCyprus16 licences answeredCzechia16 licences answeredDenmark16 licences answeredEstonia16 licences answeredFinland16 licences answeredFrance15 licences answeredGermany15 licences answeredGreece16 licences answeredHungary16 licences answeredIceland16 licences answeredIreland15 licences answeredItaly16 licences answeredKosovo16 licences answeredLatvia16 licences answeredLiechtenstein16 licences answeredLithuania16 licences answeredLuxembourg16 licences answeredMalta16 licences answeredMoldova16 licences answeredMonaco16 licences answeredMontenegro16 licences answeredNetherlands16 licences answeredNorth Macedonia16 licences answeredNorway16 licences answeredPoland16 licences answeredPortugal16 licences answeredRomania16 licences answeredRussia16 licences answeredSan Marino16 licences answeredSerbia16 licences answeredSlovakia16 licences answeredSlovenia16 licences answeredSpain16 licences answeredSweden16 licences answeredSwitzerland16 licences answeredUkraine16 licences answeredUnited Kingdom15 licences answeredVatican City16 licences answered
North America
Antigua and Barbuda16 licences answeredBahamas16 licences answeredBarbados16 licences answeredCanada15 licences answeredCuba16 licences answeredDominica16 licences answeredDominican Republic16 licences answeredGrenada16 licences answeredHaiti16 licences answeredJamaica16 licences answeredMexico16 licences answeredSaint Kitts and Nevis16 licences answeredSaint Lucia16 licences answeredSaint Vincent and the Grenadines16 licences answeredTrinidad and Tobago16 licences answeredUnited States15 licences answered
Central America
South America
Argentina16 licences answeredBolivia16 licences answeredBrazil16 licences answeredChile16 licences answeredColombia16 licences answeredEcuador16 licences answeredGuyana16 licences answeredParaguay16 licences answeredPeru16 licences answeredSuriname16 licences answeredUruguay16 licences answeredVenezuela16 licences answered
Asia
Afghanistan16 licences answeredArmenia16 licences answeredAzerbaijan16 licences answeredBangladesh16 licences answeredBhutan16 licences answeredBrunei16 licences answeredCambodia16 licences answeredChina15 licences answeredGeorgia16 licences answeredHong Kong16 licences answeredIndia15 licences answeredIndonesia16 licences answeredJapan15 licences answeredKazakhstan16 licences answeredKyrgyzstan16 licences answeredLaos16 licences answeredMacau16 licences answeredMalaysia16 licences answeredMaldives16 licences answeredMongolia16 licences answeredMyanmar16 licences answeredNepal16 licences answeredNorth Korea16 licences answeredPakistan16 licences answeredPhilippines15 licences answeredSingapore15 licences answeredSouth Korea16 licences answeredSri Lanka16 licences answeredTaiwan16 licences answeredTajikistan16 licences answeredThailand16 licences answeredTimor-Leste16 licences answeredTurkmenistan16 licences answeredUzbekistan16 licences answeredVietnam16 licences answered
Middle East
Bahrain16 licences answeredIran16 licences answeredIraq16 licences answeredIsrael16 licences answeredJordan16 licences answeredKuwait16 licences answeredLebanon16 licences answeredOman16 licences answeredPalestine16 licences answeredQatar16 licences answeredSaudi Arabia16 licences answeredSyria16 licences answeredTurkey16 licences answeredUnited Arab Emirates15 licences answeredYemen16 licences answered
Africa
Algeria16 licences answeredAngola16 licences answeredBenin16 licences answeredBotswana16 licences answeredBurkina Faso16 licences answeredBurundi16 licences answeredCameroon16 licences answeredCape Verde16 licences answeredCentral African Republic16 licences answeredChad16 licences answeredComoros16 licences answeredDemocratic Republic of the Congo16 licences answeredDjibouti16 licences answeredEgypt16 licences answeredEquatorial Guinea16 licences answeredEritrea16 licences answeredEswatini16 licences answeredEthiopia16 licences answeredGabon16 licences answeredGambia16 licences answeredGhana16 licences answeredGuinea16 licences answeredGuinea-Bissau16 licences answeredIvory Coast16 licences answeredKenya16 licences answeredLesotho16 licences answeredLiberia16 licences answeredLibya16 licences answeredMadagascar16 licences answeredMalawi16 licences answeredMali16 licences answeredMauritania16 licences answeredMauritius16 licences answeredMorocco16 licences answeredMozambique16 licences answeredNamibia16 licences answeredNiger16 licences answeredNigeria15 licences answeredRepublic of the Congo16 licences answeredRwanda16 licences answeredSao Tome and Principe16 licences answeredSenegal16 licences answeredSeychelles16 licences answeredSierra Leone16 licences answeredSomalia16 licences answeredSouth Africa15 licences answeredSouth Sudan16 licences answeredSudan16 licences answeredTanzania16 licences answeredTogo16 licences answeredTunisia16 licences answeredUganda16 licences answeredZambia16 licences answeredZimbabwe16 licences answered
Oceania
Australia15 licences answeredFiji16 licences answeredKiribati16 licences answeredMarshall Islands16 licences answeredMicronesia16 licences answeredNauru16 licences answeredNew Zealand15 licences answeredPalau16 licences answeredPapua New Guinea16 licences answeredSamoa16 licences answeredSolomon Islands16 licences answeredTonga16 licences answeredTuvalu16 licences answeredVanuatu16 licences answered
Common questions
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Can I drive abroad on my home licence?
In many countries you can drive on a valid foreign licence for a limited period, but most expect you to carry an International Driving Permit alongside it — and some require one. An IDP is a certified translation of your national licence carried together with the original, not a government-issued permit and never a replacement for your licence. Pick your destination for the exact rule.
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What does each drive-in guide tell me?
Each destination hub links to a page for your specific country of licence, with a clear verdict — required, recommended, or a local licence needed — plus the convention format that country accepts, the rental-desk rule, and what to carry.
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How fast can I get an International Driving Permit?
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