Where to get a Mexican driver's license
Posted by Renee on January 1, 2022, 12:44 pm
Does anyone know where in Cihuatlán to go to get a Mexican driver's license? What is the name of the office? Where is it located? What are the hours? I have a bank account statement, utility bill from my landlord and a rental agreement so I think I have the paperwork needed. I expect I'll need to bring my passport, residency card and US driver's license as well. Any help is appreciated!
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Posted by Jean-Philipe W on January 1, 2022, 1:17 pm, in reply to "Where to get a Mexican driver's license"
The office is one block past the bus station, turn right, then on the left side. You also need a medical certificate showing your blood type. | -------------------Re: Where to get a Mexican driver's license
Posted by ErinS on January 1, 2022, 1:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Where to get a Mexican driver's license"
You will need all of the following: Certificate of blood type, copy of passport; copy of PR or Temp Resident Card, copy of CFE bill, and if you are renewing your mex licence, your old licence. (DO NOT BRING YOUR US OR CAN LICENCE AS YOU CAN NOT HAVE TWO LICENCES AT THE SAME TIME). If this is your first licence, you will be required to complete a multi guess questionaire which can be found on line in both english and spanish but the test is in spanish, and you are allowed someone to translate for you if necessary. | -------------------Re: Where to get a Mexican driver's license
Posted by Neal on January 1, 2022, 3:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Where to get a Mexican driver's license"
I did mine in April. I had all the copies but in typical Mexican fashion they found them unacceptable and sent me outside the office to have them redone for a relatively minor fee. I recommend getting there early as a line forms about half an hour before they open. The head honcho had a hand held translation device. He would scan the question and then show me the translation and I would try and pick the correct answer . The biggest problem is the translations were really really bad so it was a challenge. If you read the questions on line first you will see they are not well written to start with but it will help to familiarize yourself with them ahead of time. At some point in the process you will have to go up the street towards the church to pay for the license . I do not remember if it was before or after I took the test. They kind of made me wait around till the end as I was a special case, I.e. not fluent in Spanish. Plan to spend a long time there and it will all work out in the end. If you are really worried about the language issue take somebody with you. When I was researching this I found a map on TomZap Barra that pinpointed the location of the office. | -------------------Re: Where to get a Mexican driver's license
Posted by Neal on January 1, 2022, 4:07 pm, in reply to "Re: Where to get a Mexican driver's license"
The TomZap thread is from about 8 months ago. I tried to take a screenshot and paste it here but I guess that’s not the way it’s done. If anybody wants to direct me to the tutorial on posting pictures I would be happy to try again. | -------------------Re: Where to get a Mexican driver's license
Posted by Renee on January 1, 2022, 3:31 pm, in reply to "Re: Where to get a Mexican driver's license"
Thank you! Do they have people there who can translate the form for me? Also do you know the name of this office that I need to go to? | -------------------Re: Where to get a Mexican driver's license
Posted by Evelyn B on January 1, 2022, 11:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Where to get a Mexican driver's license"
When I took the test a few years ago now, there were 108 questions that I had to study, I got them from a ‘board’ in Ajijic with the answers in English. They only asked me 10 questions, and I had 10 minutes to answer, all done on a computer at the old office. Incredibly I got them all correct in 8 minutes but it was a lot of pressure. I had to go back to the office three times to pick up my license because each time I was there, including the day I took the test, their laminating machine was broken. Things have improved since then, I renewed the license about 4 years ago at the new office and other than not first going into another office on the corner for yet more paperwork, I think it was to have copies made of the paperwork I took, everything was much more organized. That reminds me, I need to see when this second license expires…..groan, another trip there, more paperwork. This country is drowning in paperwork. No test to renew the license tho. Good luck! | -------------------
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