Zeb Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Once your US driver's license is about expire, can you just renew it for whatever US State or are from or optionally, acquire an international driver's license and keep driving in Mexico? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Habacht Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Some states require you to appear in person and will mail your renewal to an existing address in that state; some states require you to appear in person if you are over 65...some will allow on line renewals. A Mexican license is accepted for driving a car in all US states. An international drivers license is easily gotten thru the AAA...but some insurance companies will not insure you with the international license....so the answer is MAYBE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 NOTE: An international driving license is not a stand-alone license and is only a translation & confirmation of your state-issued license. So, it is no good without a current state-issued license. It is also not valid in the jurisdiction where it is issued; only in other countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappysmarket Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 An international "drivers license" is actually just a permit. It translates your local license into many different languages. They advertise "no test required" and in small print "just your currently valid license". Hahaha, what a hoot! Wonder how many they sell! RV beat me to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanMexicali Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Once your US driver's license is about expire, can you just renew it for whatever US State or are from or optionally, acquire an international driver's license and keep driving in Mexico? I´ve seen my friend´s European international drivers licence he got in England 15 years ago and it has no expiration date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Posted April 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Ok. I will look into it then if I may be able to get one that does not expire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 They do not expire, as they are not a license. The expiration that applies is the state-issued license to which it refers. You must have a state-issued license from somewhere, valid and unexpired, no matter where you drive. As already explained, the so called international license is just a translation for cops that cannot read your license. That is seldom required anywhere these days. So just use your current license. Renew by mail once, if you can, and/or get a new one in the Mexican state where you will reside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Berca Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 According to one of his other posts, he will be entering Mexico on a tourist visa. May not be able to get a license here. Best bet is to renew in the States as soon as possible as some states do not allow renewals by mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Posted April 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 They do not expire, as they are not a license. The expiration that applies is the state-issued license to which it refers. You must have a state-issued license from somewhere, valid and unexpired, no matter where you drive. As already explained, the so called international license is just a translation for cops that cannot read your license. That is seldom required anywhere these days. So just use your current license. Renew by mail once, if you can, and/or get a new one in the Mexican state where you will reside. Yes. I understood that it is not a stand along from the previous answers. I just thought it might be a benefit if there is no expiration date on it. It can serve as a duplicate in case one is lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Posted April 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 For Texas licensees living in Mexico. I just looked up renewals by mail. You may do so until you are 79 years young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barcelonaman Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 I´ve seen my friend´s European international drivers licence he got in England 15 years ago and it has no expiration date. they do expire. when you are 70 .its on the back of the licence and the counter part licence which is seperate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Berca Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Good news. Sounds like you are all set on this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Texas does allow renewal by mail; just once, then you must appear in person the next time with proofs of residency. We did that but cannot do it again by mail unless we have been present for the previous license. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerm Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 RV I thought you lived in AZ? Why are you renewing in Texas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 ‘We did that‘, is past tense. When we lived in Chapala, until recently, we did that. Now, we are in AZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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