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tvik · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 371 Location: here

I gave up my Canadian drivers license a while back. Is it possible to get a Mexican one??

Phil_K · Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 2041 Location: A World of my Own

Piece of cake! Go to a Mega/Comercial Mexicana store that has a Tesorer�a department (In D.F. Chabacano, Tlatalolco, Miguel Angel de Quevedo), ask for the drivers license application, go to the checkout and pay it ($400-500 MX, don't know exactly) go back to the office with proof of address and official ID, they will process it and give it to you, and that's it. No proof of ability to drive, medical, eye test, nothing. If you are not in D.F., I'm not sure...

Prof.Gringo · Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:51 pm Post subject:

The DL in DF is now good for 3 years (used to be forever, lucky me I got one of those Laughing

) and you'll need a FM-3/2 to get one along with your CURP.

Same goes in Mexico State but they only issue them for 1 year to foreigners.

notamiss · Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:09 pm Post subject:

Some states, apparently, do have driving tests for the license, so it depends where tvik is located.

I don't know how it is now, but in DF it used to be that if you had an FM3 your driver�s license was for 1 year, while if you had an FM2 it was the same term as the locals. I have the forever one, too... until I lose it.

Prof.Gringo · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:33 pm Post subject:

Samantha · Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 2038 Location: Mexican Riviera

Each State is different in their requirements for foreigners. Written, driving, blood test, eye test, FM3, is required for a 2 year license here, at a cost of slightly over 300 pesos. They also initially require a letter of "recommendation" from a national who must produce his national credential.

Here, a national can get a license for either two or four years. A foreigner, even with an FM2, can be issued one for only two years.

Spector · Joined: 23 Oct 2009 Posts: 66

Are Mexican cars automatic like US ones?

notamiss · Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:54 am Post subject:

Automatic ones are like US automatic cars, but it's easier to find standard versions than in Canada, and, I presume, the US.

Prof.Gringo · Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 8:41 pm Post subject:

mejms · Joined: 04 Jan 2010 Posts: 390

Driving in the city in is ridiculous, be it Guadalajara, Puebla, Queretaro, and Mexico City-- well, enough said.

There's no sense of order, no organization... Well, that's Mexico in so many ways, but on the road at least I'd like for people to not drive with a death wish. I consistently see cars flipped over and from time to time a dead pedestrian on the road. And then when I beep at the horrific drivers, I get a "Pendejo" thrown my way. Figures.