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Obtain Your Dominican Driver's License
Driving in the Dominican Republic? We assist you in obtaining your Dominican driver’s license, guiding you through the application process and ensuring compliance with local regulations.
Need a Dominican Driver’s License?
Your international driver’s license may last awhile, but it might be better for you to eventually get a Dominican license.
Driver’s Permit Info
Those interested in obtaining a driver’s permit must fulfill the following requisites:
- Possess a Dominican ID (Cedula).
- Demonstrate moral quality proven by obtaining a Certificate of Good Conduct from the Attorney General.
- Display theoretical and practical knowledge of driving and driving laws by taking a written driving test, which is given at the INTRANT offices.
- Undergo an eye examination and blood type tests to be carried out in the National Institute of Transit (INTRANT in Spanish) headquarters in Santo Domingo.
- Provide receipts from the Banco de Reservas to prove that you have paid the taxes and fees necessary to obtain a driver’s license.
Required Documents
To obtain a learner’s permit
- Possess a Dominican ID (Cedula)
- Eye examination and blood type tests done at the central and regional INTRANT headquarters.
- Receipts from the Banco de Reservas verifying payment of taxes and services.
- Proof of passage of the written, theoretical test given by the INTRANT.
To Obtain Your First Driver’s License
- Possess a Dominican ID (Cedula)
- Proof of attendance at the Drivers Education class given at the central and regional headquarters of the National Institute of Transit.
- Certification of proof of having taken the Practical Test given by the INTRANT.
- Receipt of payment made to Banco de Reservas corresponding to the fee for a Driver’s License.
- A Learner’s Permit issued at least 45 days prior with at least one year left before expiration.
To Renew a Driver’s License
- Possess a Dominican ID (Cedula)
- Receipt from the Banco de Reservas verifying payment of taxes and services.
- Proof of eye exam administered at the central or local INTRANT offices.
- Expired driver’s license.
Change of Origin (from a foreign to a national driver’s license)
- Possess a Dominican ID (Cedula).
- Certification from the Embassy or Consulate of the country of origin stating the validity of the applicant’s driving license, duly confirmed and legalized in the Dominican Foreign Ministry.
- Proof of eye exam administered at the central INTRANT office.
- Receipt from the Banco de Reservas verifying payment of taxes and services.
Where can all of these procedures be carried out?
In Santo Domingo:
Central Office of the Transit Office.
COST: US$200.00
