Panama Driving Permits for Foreigners
September 2, 2009 by ursula
Filed under Tips to Living in Panama
You can drive up to 90 days with your country’s DL
To get a Panamanian Drivers License, requirements include:
Passport
Authorization from the Direction of Migration and Naturalization
Blood type
Present a written test about the driving manual and traffic rules
Listen to a speech
The cost of this permit depends on the validity of the document, if it is for less than 3 months it is $5.50 and for more than 3 months it is $20.00
The driver’s license office is located in the Sertracen Building, on Diego Dominguez Street # 508, in Albrook close to Albrook Mall . Notes: Make copies of your passport, home state/country driver’s license and immigration carnet. You can have the blood test done across the street from the drivers license bureau.
From Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. a 9:30 a.m.
OBSERVATION: If the person has a valid driver’s license from their own country they can present it to the “Autoridad del Transito” and they will obtain an equivalent Panamanian drivers license without the need to present any written or practical tests. To do so you must have some type of immigration visa in Panama (work, pensionado, reforestation, etc.)
This article is courtesy of Panama Car Insurance.
