What does an international driving license look like?

Today, many travelers use rental cars on holiday abroad. This is very convenient: tourists are not limited to the territory of the hotel or public transport route and can travel anywhere in the country.

However, many are faced with the question: is their driver's license valid on the roads of a foreign state and how to get an international driver's license.

What does an international driving license look like?

The international driver's license of a new type is an addition to national rights, it gives the driver permission to drive a car outside the Russian Federation.

Photo of the international driver's license of the new sample

The document contains the following information in English:

1. The validity period of the document;
2. Date of issue;
3. Primary driver's license number;
4. Full name, date of birth and region of residence of the owner of the rights;
5. Categories of vehicles that the document holder is allowed to drive.

Driving licenses of international standard are issued by the traffic police without examinations on the basis of ordinary rights. The validity of an international driving license is 3 years. However, if less than three years are left before the replacement of the national certificate, then international rights will be valid for the same period as ordinary ones.

Which countries have international driving licenses

International rights are needed only abroad, in Russia they are not a document certifying the right to drive a vehicle. But even outside our country, international paper will not be required everywhere.

In 1969, a special UN Commission prepared a document on the law of international treaties. This document was called the Vienna Convention and was signed by more than 100 countries, including Russia. According to article 41 of the agreement, all its participants recognize each other's national driving licenses if they comply with the provisions of the Vienna Convention.

Russian rights issued since 2011 (in the form of a plastic card) meet all modern requirements of the Vienna Agreement. With this driver's license, you have the right to drive a car in any country party to the agreement. And for this you will not need either a translation of rights or their international version.

There are questions about the Russian driver's license of the old sample. It is also valid in the states that have signed the Vienna Convention. The fact is that in 2006 the provisions of the agreement governing the appearance of rights have changed. In this connection, all countries had to bring their documents to the specified model within five years, which was done by Russia in 2011.

The old rights are recognized by the agreement until the expiration of their validity. Thus, with any national driving license of the Russian Federation, you can drive a car in 114 countries of the Vienna Convention without additional documents.

What to do if you are going to go to a state that has not signed the agreement? Since 1949, the Geneva Convention has been in force in a number of countries. Its participants allow foreigners to drive only if they have an international driver's license.

Therefore, before traveling to these countries, do not be too lazy to issue it. And forget to bring your regular driver's license with you, because without it, international ones are invalid.

If you are traveling to a country that has not signed any of the agreements, to drive a car there you will need to obtain a local document by passing qualifying exams.

Table. List of countries where international Russian law is in force

Documents for obtaining an international driving license

To register the rights, you just need to contact the traffic police department that provides such a service, with the necessary package of papers. A driver's license is issued within half an hour.

Documents for obtaining a driver's license:

1. Application for the issuance of a VU;
2. Passport of a citizen of Russia;
3. Foreign passport and a photocopy of the page with personal information;
4. Ordinary driver's license;
5. One photo 4.5 by 3.5 cm, printed on matte paper (as a rule, a photo can be taken on the spot during registration);
6. Receipt of payment of state duty.

Production cost - 1600 rubles. Providing a medical certificate is not required, this item was recently abolished.

How to get a new international driver's license through the State Services

It is also possible to apply for a document through the public services portal https://www.gosuslugi.ru. To do this, in the appropriate section of the site, fill out an electronic application, upload the specified documents. After that, you will be asked to choose a date and time that is convenient for visiting the traffic police and obtaining a certificate.

Instructions for obtaining an IDP through the State Services

1. We submit all the necessary list of documents(scans must be clear). This list is on the website page.

2. We pay the state duty.

3.At the next stage, the driver will see the terms for the provision of the service and the consideration of his application.

4. Only an individual can receive the service, and only one for whom an international driver's license is issued.

5. In case of refusal to issue, the exact reason for the rejection of the application will be indicated. As a rule, this is an incorrect design, submission of documents, or their deadline has expired or expires.

Servicing of visitors who have submitted an application through the State Services is carried out without a queue. Often in the traffic police, a separate window or office is allocated for this.

According to information from the portal website, the issuance of rights should take no more than 15 minutes. You must have the originals of all documents that you previously submitted electronically with you.

Video: obtaining an international driver's license through the State Services.

International driving license - how to get in St. Petersburg

To obtain an international driver's license for a car in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, it is necessary to provide the above listed package of documents to the document issuing department.

International driving license in Moscow

Where can I get an international driving license in Moscow? The issuance of an IDP in Moscow is carried out at the traffic police at the following addresses:

• st. Tvardovsky, d. 8 k. 5 (m Strogino);
• st. Ordynka B., d. 8 (m. Tretyakovskaya, m. Novokuznetskaya);
• st. Lobnenskaya, 20;
• st. Pyalovskaya, 21 (m. Vladykino);
• st. Izmailovsky Menagerie 2nd, 2A (m. Partizanskaya);
• st. Warsaw highway, 170D (m. Anino, m. Lesoparkovaya);
• st. Kyiv, 20 (m. Student);
• Zelenograd, st. Krupskoy, d. 1;
• Troitsk, Oktyabrsky avenue, 20;
• Signalny passage, 9.

You can also use http://asap-auto.com to apply for an IDL.

Video: personal experience of obtaining international rights.