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How To Get A Foreign Driver's License

Did you know that every state in the United States recognizes the validity of a foreign driver's license from almost every country?

It's true. When people visit the United States from Europe, South America, Canada, Australia, China and even the middle east, they can drive legally using their driver's license from their home country.

Did you know that there are countries very close to the United States where you can walk in and get your driver's license without a test the very same day?

No. We aren't talking about Canada or Mexico, but we are talking about countries where you can fly for about the same price as a flight from Dallas to New York. You can fly there in just hours, go to the local equivalent of their DMV and walk out holding your brand new driver's license.

The cost is about $20. You don't need to take a test. You just show your passport and your driver's license from the U.S.

The driver's license you receive the same day has your picture on it in two places, a holograph and several other security features. It is a government issued ID card and it has all of the security features you would expect with any government ID card.

However, it doesn't have your address or social security number on it. This country doesn't use social security numbers and doesn't list your address on the license itself.

What use is a foreign license?

The most important use to receive the same kind of treatment that visitors receive in the United States. It is incredible, but the United States now treats it's own residents more poorly than it does foreign visitors.

For example, if you go to rent a car in your own state, you will probably have to fill out extra paperwork and pay a higher rate because you are a resident. You will probably also have to show proof of insurance.

Three different times, I dropped my car off at a shop to be repaired and then went to rent a car. All three times, I forgot to bring my proof of insurance. It was in the glove box of the car that was at the repair shop.

Now, I just show my foreign driver's license. Rental car companies are used to renting to foreigners. They know that foreigners aren't used to all of the strange requirements that U.S. states place on their own residents. So they have a quick and easy way for foreigners to rent cars without all of the extra paperwork and insurance.

In fact, in my state, foreigners pay $6 per day for the required insurance. Residents have to show proof of insurance and then pay $8.50 to waive insurance. That's right. It's more of a hassle AND costs more to rent a car as a resident than it does to rent a car as a tourist.

That is what a foreign driver's license gives you. It makes you a tourist in your own country instead of a resident.

It also gives you more privacy. Since your address isn't printed on it, you aren't giving it to every hotel, police officer, library, video rental store and every other place where you show your ID. If they ask for your address, you can rattle off the address of the DMV where you received the license. Trust me. It's a foreign address. They won't bother to write it down. Their computer screen doesn't even have the right fields for a foreign address.

Get out of a ticket? Foreigners still have to follow the traffic laws. If you do 90 MPH in a 40 MPH zone, you will go to jail. It doesn't matter where your license was issued. If you drink and drive, you will go to jail.

But most of us get stopped for minor things like going 5 MPH over the speed limit on a freeway.

When you show your foreign driver's license to a police officer, you will find that most police officers suddenly stop being so rude and start being very polite. They explain to you what you did and ask you to slow it down. In most cases, you will leave with a warning and no ticket.

Why? Although they certainly have jurisdiction and can write you a ticket, it becomes a real hassle. The first problem they have is that they assume they can't run records on you. They really can.

They just need your name and birthdate which is on the foreign license. But they will assume that you have no records or warrants because you are just visiting. And the date on the driver's license is in day, month, year format so if they try to run records, they will probably enter the birth date wrong.

They also know that they are going to have a hassle getting the address right. It's not on your license and they have to enter it into their computer.

They know that the court will probably just drop the charge when the ticket comes back undeliverable and they know that will probably happen.

Even if it is deliverable, they know that most courts will still drop the charge when you don't appear in court. They won't usually issue a warrant for "failure to appear" or "failure to pay" like they will for residents of any state.

The officer also knows that the local DMV won't exchange records with the foreign country's driver's license issuing authority. That means your foreign driver's license isn't in jeopardy.

The officer knows that basically it would probably be a complete waste of time to write you a ticket. All of the eventual penalties for you ignoring that ticket probably don't apply to you.

The reality is that they do. If you get a ticket, you better pay it. The court might issue a warrant otherwise. It is true that your foreign driver's license will never be suspended or revoked for a ticket in the United States. However, if you ignore a ticket, you could end up with a warrant and be arrested at a later traffic stop.

But the officer knows that all of that is an extremely remote possibility. So most of the time... if you are polite... you won't get the ticket to begin with. Obviously all bets are off if you are a jerk or were driving drunk or recklessly.

There are other times when a foreign driver's license will give you advantages. For instance, if you get pulled over at one of those random checkpoints they will check your insurance, registration and call in to see if you have records or warrants.

You can be delayed for 5 or 10 minutes if you hand them your U.S. state driver's license.

But if you hand them this foreign license along with your passport and explain that you are residing in the foreign country and just on vacation back to the U.S. to visit friends and family... they know they can't call in records or warrants very easily. And they know that you aren't likely to have any. So they just wave you on. Once again a tourist gets treated better than a resident.

We already covered how fast you can get your foreign driver's license. You can fly to the country that issues them in a few hours (3 to 6 hours from anywhere in the U.S.) You can go to the DMV and have your driver's license the very same day. You will probably then need to spend the night before flying back because it will be late in the day.

So those are your costs. Here they are again:

1) A flight to this country for $350-$600 round trip (about the same as a plane ticket from Dallas to New York usually).

2) Hotel for a night (decent hotels are about $40 in this country).

3) A guide to walk you through the process ($50-$100... our report tells you how to get a guide).

4) The cost for our report that tells you all of the details.

We have helped dozens of people get their driver's license in this country. We have used our own driver's license from this country in the United States in all of the following situations:

a) To rent a car at the airport.

b) In a traffic stop.

c) In a random checkpoint.

d) To get a library card.

e) To pass the security checkpoint at an airport to pick up minors who were flying alone to come visit us.

f) To get into a federal government building.

g) To fly domestically within the United States.

h) To rent a movie.

i) To check in at a hotel without giving any U.S. address.

It is a perfectly legal ID that is recognized by treaty by every state in the United States as both a valid driver's license and as a valid government issued ID card.

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