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Baja Cal. South - Getting a Drivers License

colamex4 - 3-24-2012 at 03:42 PM

Hi:

I am a Canadian living in Baja North, with an FM3. I have a Baja North drivers license.

I am considering moving to Baja Cal. South. I will want to buy a car when I get there, but I will need a Baja Soth driveurs license to do so.

How hard is it to get a Baja South license? When I applied for my Baja North license there was a written test in Spanish, with crazy questions I could not answer. Luckily for me, a fellow who worked in the licensing office answered the questions for me - or I would probably have failed.

So I am concerned that if I move to Baja South, and then fail the drivers license test, I will be stuck there without a car. That would be a major problem.

Any advice?

Thanks.

colamex4 - 3-24-2012 at 05:11 PM

Thanks Kate. In the document you referenced it says Concluir el curso obligatorio de educación vial y elaborar examen teórico - práctico respectivo which I think means there is a course to take, and a written exam.

colamex4 - 3-24-2012 at 06:59 PM

Thanks.

I am wondering if there is any way to get a definitive answer to the question of whether I will need to take a written test...I would hate to move there and then not be able to buy a car.

Is there a way to email the motor vehicle office in La Paz and ask them?

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bajaguy - 3-24-2012 at 07:07 PM

As them if they have the test in English......they do in Ensenada.

In fact, one of our neighbors went in to get a license and they gave her a motorcycle test in Engllish (she doesn't have a motorcycle)......she got 100%........the tests are not rocket science!!!!!

colamex4 - 3-24-2012 at 07:31 PM

Interesting...the test I took was difficult...questions like "If you are driving at night and a car is approaching from the opposite direction, how far away from that car should you change from high beams to low beams? a) 100 meters b) 125 meters c) 150 meters d) 175 meters

I didn't have a clue (plus the test was in Spanish), and there was no materials to pre-study for the test. Without the help of the man beside me, I would have flunked for sure (you needed 12 out of 15 correct to pass).

Correct answer

bajaguy - 3-24-2012 at 07:51 PM

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Originally posted by colamex4
Interesting...the test I took was difficult...questions like "If you are driving at night and a car is approaching from the opposite direction, how far away from that car should you change from high beams to low beams? a) 100 meters b) 125 meters c) 150 meters d) 175 meters





The correct answer is that you don't have to dim your lights......nobody else does!!!!!!

BajaBlanca - 3-24-2012 at 08:03 PM

I am sure it depends on where you request the license

here in la bocana, you give an address and a photo and get your license on the spot

one has to wait til the santa rosalia people come, that is the hardest part

want to move to this part of BCS temporarily ?????

shari - 3-24-2012 at 09:51 PM

When I got my license in Sta.Rosalia, I had to take the test and it was pretty tricky...but the nice guy helped me out on a couple questions and I passed. In Asuncion, like La Bocana, there is no test...just pays your money, get your photo taken, show em ID and they give you your license.

colamex4 - 3-24-2012 at 11:09 PM

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Originally posted by morgaine7
It's hard to understand why you're so concerned. The absolute worst that could happen is that you'd have to take the driving course and exams, and that's very unlikely since you already have a valid license from another state.


Actually, the worst that can happen is that there is a written test, and I fail it and can't get licensed. When I got my license here in Baja North, I already had a Jalisco license but that did me no good, and I definitely would have failed the written exam but for the kindness of a guy who saw me struggling with the test (in Spanish). But, as you say, if there does turn out to be a written exam, maybe a 'coyote' will help.

Mula - 3-25-2012 at 05:53 AM

Here in Lopez Mateos last December 28, the whole office of the Comondu Presidente pulled in to the Civic Center, set up a whole portable office - cameras, file cabinets, printers, laminators, etc. and gave anyone and everyone a valid BCS driver's license for 218 pesos. Photo, blood type, address.

No tests, no questions. Said license is valid for 3 years.

Also paid taxes and cleared up any other items dealing with Municipality.

My husband got there late, so he got his photo and all his information in, but had to pick up his license at the Insurgentes Police Department the next day - and voila - it was there and ready!

After 2 or 3 hours in Lopez they packed the office up and the next day were at Benito Juarez doing the same thing. A Canadian friend of ours took his wife over there to get her Mexican Driver's License - same deal as the day before in Lopez.

Amazing Program. 218 pesos for driver's license and 180 pesos for property taxes.

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captkw - 3-25-2012 at 07:48 AM

license,license we dont need no stickin lecense !!! it's on the bumber !! I dont remember the name of that movie, but it was funny !! K&T