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bajabound2005
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friend of mine just got hers in Ensenada. here's her story:
"When dealing with a bureaucracy, experiences may vary. Something I had forgotten when, boosted by a report here of another person's relatively easy
experience obtaining their driver's license, I plunged ahead on my own quest.
He advised arrive early. I am first person there at 8am opening. So far so good.
I am quickly shown to a monitor by a woman who asks the standard preguntas in Spanish. I reply by showing her copies of my Light bill, FM-3 and
required blood type from a Lab (Nunez in Maneadero).
Next is a 15 question electronic test in Spanish.
The other fellow wrote his moderator spoke English and was friendly and translated. I look wildly around for someone who can help translate. Too
late.
My moderator speaks only Spanish and is bored with my slow translations.
I fail. But there's a second chance.
Fortunately the bored moderator has wandered off. Halfway through the exam I snag the English speaking guy as he walks by.
I pass.
Next interview with Crux Rojo if you're an organ donor expect to pay $167pesos for donating your body parts after you no longer need them.
The driving exam. The other fellow's was waived because he had a driver's license from the States. So do I. No waiver. But easy-peasy if you know the
words in Spanish for "Turn right at the corner" "Turn left." Yes, I do.
I now pay at the window.
The other fellow's license is for FIVE years;I've been issued a provisional license for 9 months because I am told it is my first time. I have to
renew when the provisional license expires and that one will be for five years. (I am told I won't have to repeat the morning's process. Will see if
that's accurate next April.)
The other fellow's process took an hour. Mine took an hour and twenty minutes.
I pay a total of $725 for the morning's entertainment (The price will be about the same for renewal.) and bounce out of the Licencia department with
my driver's license in hand inordinately happy."
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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BajaBlanca
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Wow, experiences do vary.
No test in La Bocana or Santa Rosalia. First and second one both good for 3 years.
Regarding the International Drivers License, when I first moved to the States from Brazil, I had both my Brazilian and Int'l licenses. One day, when
I stopped a cop to ask for directions and he then asked me for my license, I gave him, logically, the Int'l one. He looked me in the eye and said,
don't you have one from the country you got this in? So, I handed it to him.
. He said, next time just hand over this one. Go figure.
[Edited on 7-25-2014 by BajaBlanca]
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vandenberg
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Here in Loreto they're only good for 3 years. Go figure?
Maybe a revenue issue??
[Edited on 7-23-2014 by vandenberg]
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bajabound2005
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remember...driver's licenses are issued by the STATE. they would be different from Baja Calif to Baja Sur.
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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Mula
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3 years validity in Comondu and a little over 200 pesos. Only need to know your blood type. Nothing else.
Baja Norte is getting more Americanized, sounds like.
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BajaBlanca
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Just had a chat with Les and the validity of ours is 3 THREE YEARS and not five. I went back and changed my post saying 5 years. Sorry but sounds
like both north and south Baja issue three year licenses.
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bajajudy
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When we first moved down here, we got international driving licenses. After we had got them from AAA, we noticed that it said not valid n
Mexico.....of course that could have changed in 15 years.
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Mulegena
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Just had a chat with Les and the validity of ours is 3 THREE YEARS and not five. I went back and changed my post saying 5 years. Sorry but sounds
like both north and south Baja issue three year licenses. |
You got yours in the Sta. Rosalía office, Blanca
& Les, in the pólice department up on the hill? They gave us 1 year each for 500 pesos apiece-- dirty ratz!
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
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BajaBlanca
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that is so odd that it would not be valid in Mexico ....
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bajaguy
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International Driving Permit (IDP)
"NOTE: Your driver’s license issued by your state DMV will allow you to drive legally in Canada and Mexico. However, an IDP can come in handy in
Mexico because it’s translated into Spanish"
http://www.dmv.org/international-driver-permits.php
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
When we first moved down here, we got international driving licenses. After we had got them from AAA, we noticed that it said not valid n
Mexico.....of course that could have changed in 15 years. |
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BajaGringo
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Just checked and my drivers license issued here in San Quintin in 2011 expires in 2016...
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wetto
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Mexican Drivers License. We always thought that it was the bottle of Pacifico we opened just before getting in our car.
Lee S
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
When we first moved down here, we got international driving licenses. After we had got them from AAA, we noticed that it said not valid n
Mexico.....of course that could have changed in 15 years. |
I doubt it has changed.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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bajabuddha
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wetto
Mexican Drivers License. We always thought that it was the bottle of Pacifico we opened just before getting in our car. |
That's your Mexican A/C. A friend from Mexicali says this time of year is "La Tierra del Juevos Hielados" there. That's when you put a cold ballena
of TKT between your legs with the windows down.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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