S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 In ten Arab countries, Brazilians may drive vehicles with the International Driving Permit (IDP), a document that has the Brazilian driving license (CNH, acronym in Portuguese) in several languages, including Arabic. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya are the Arab countries that accept Brazilians with IDP.<\/p>\n
The first eight have signed the Vienna Convention, an international agreement on road traffic signed in 1968 which has 76 countries included now. The others \u2013 Algeria and Libya \u2013 accept the use of IDP by Brazilians because of other agreements, according to information from S\u00e3o Paulo State Traffic Department (DETRAN-SP).<\/p>\n
IDP must be used in the countries that signed the Vienna Convention if the person plans to drive there for more than 180 days. Before that, you can use your own Brazilian CNH. However, S\u00e3o Paulo state government recommends Brazilians to carry it anyway because it is a translated document recognized worldwide that may facilitate the checking of information about the driver.<\/p>\n
IDP is issued in German, Chinese, Spanish, French, English, Japanese, and Russian, as well as Arabic, and must be presented in the country where the Brazilian will drive together with the original CNH. The kind of vehicle allowed to drive will be the same specified at the Brazilian license. Its validity will also be same of the CNH if its under three years. If CNH validity is equal or higher than three years, IDP will be valid for three years.<\/p>\n
Some countries near Brazil accept the Brazilian CNH without the need for IDP. They are Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia, which follow the unified basic traffic regulation, according to DETRAN-SP. Brazil has agreements of reciprocal recognition of driver\u2019s license with Mozambique, Spain and Italy.<\/p>\n
DETRAN-SP advises that when traveling to countries that are not in these groups, are not part of Vienna Convention, and have no deals with Brazil, the Brazilian driver seeks information on the rules to drive at the country\u2019s traffic department or the Brazilian consulate.<\/p>\n
To ask for an IDP one must have a CNH up to date, be not suspended or forbidden to drive and have no other legal restrictions. The document has an emission rate. Tariffs, procedures, and places of issues range from one Brazilian state to another. In S\u00e3o Paulo, it can be asked online at Detran-SP<\/a>\u2019s website or in personal in service units.<\/p>\n Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n