Using international driver’s license
While being first 30 days in Taiwan there is two types of licenses which allow you to legally drive a vehicle such as International Driving License or Taiwanese issued Driver's License. A national driver's license from your home country is acceptable ONLY if you have an ARC (Alien Resident Certificate; see Visas section) and your home country has a 'reciprocal agreement' with Taiwan. Also if context of your native driver license is not in English language you have to make translation of driving licence.
When you get your International Driver’s License, be sure it allows you to drive both cars and motorcycles. You can drive in Taiwan from the time you touch down for up to a full year using your international driver’s license. Using a recognized International Driver’s license, for the first 30 days of your stay you can drive any class of non-commercial vehicle that your license states you can drive without doing anything at all. Your IDL is all you need.
At 30 days of being here if you want to continue driving you are required by law to go down to your local DMV and have your license endorsed by the state. If you go into day 31 without the endorsement it would be illegal to drive.Here is list of countries witch honor Valid International Drivers’ License is Recognized for First 30 Days:
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English Speaking Countries
|
Your Country’s Valid International Drivers’ License is Recognized for First 30 Days? |
| ASIA |
|
| Pakistan |
NO |
| India |
Yes |
| AFRICA |
|
| S. Africa |
Yes |
| Nigeria |
NO |
| Uganda |
NO |
| EUROPE |
|
| UK |
Yes |
| Ireland |
Yes |
| NORTH AMERICA |
|
| Canada |
Pls See Below |
| USA |
Pls See Below |
| OCEANIA |
|
| Australia |
Yes |
| New Zealand |
Yes |
| Papua New Guinea |
Yes |
| CARRIBEAN |
|
| Bahamas |
Yes |
| Jamaica |
Yes |
|
Canada
|
Your Province’s Valid International Drivers’ License is Recognized for First 30 Days? |
| 加拿大安大略省 Ontrario |
Yes |
| 努那伏 Nunavut |
Yes |
| 沙士卡其灣 Saskatchewan |
Yes |
| 育空特區 Yukon Territory |
Yes |
| 亞伯達省 Alberta |
Yes |
| 卑詩省 British Columbia |
Yes |
| 西北特區 Northwest Territories |
Yes |
|
USA
|
Your State’s Valid International Drivers’ License is Recognized for First 30 Days |
| 阿拉巴馬州 Alabama |
Yes |
| 阿拉斯加州 Alaska |
Yes |
| 亞利桑那州 Arizona |
Yes |
| 阿肯色州 Arkansas |
Yes |
| 加州 California |
Yes |
| 科羅拉多州 Colorado |
Yes |
| 康乃狄克州 Connecticut |
Yes |
| 德拉瓦州 Delaware |
Yes |
| 佛羅里達州 Florida |
NO |
| 喬治亞州 Georgia |
Yes |
| 關島 Guam |
Yes |
| 夏威夷州 Hawaii |
Yes |
| 艾達荷州 Idaho |
Yes |
| 伊利諾州 Illinois |
Yes |
| 印第安那州 Indiana |
Yes |
| 愛荷華州 Iowa |
Yes |
| 堪薩斯州 Kansas |
Yes |
| 肯塔基州 Kentucky |
Yes |
| 路易斯安那州 Louisiana |
Yes |
| 緬因州 Maine |
Yes |
| 馬里蘭州 Maryland |
Yes |
| 麻塞諸塞州 Massachusetts |
Yes |
| 密西根州 Michigan |
Yes |
| 明尼蘇達州 Minnesota |
Yes |
| 密西西比亞州 Mississippi |
Yes |
| 密蘇里州 Missouri |
Yes |
| 蒙大拿州 Montana |
Yes |
| 內布拉斯加州 Nebraska |
Yes |
| 內華達州 Nevada |
Yes |
| 新罕布什爾州 New Hampshire |
Yes |
| 新澤西州 New jersey |
Yes |
| 新墨西哥州 New Mexico |
Yes |
| 北達科他州 North Dakota |
Yes |
| 俄亥俄州 Ohio |
Yes |
| 奧克拉荷馬州 Oklahoma |
NO |
| 俄勒岡州 Oregon |
Yes |
| 賓州 Pennsylvania |
Yes |
| 羅得島州 Rhode Island |
Yes |
| 南卡羅來那州 South Carolina |
NO |
| 南達科他州 South Dakota |
Yes |
| 田納西州 Tennessee |
Yes |
| 德州 Texas |
Yes |
| 猶他州 Utah |
Yes |
| 佛蒙特州 Vermont |
Yes |
| 維吉尼亞州 Virginia |
Yes |
| 華盛頓州 Washington State |
Yes |
| 華盛頓特區 Washington D.C. |
Yes |
| 西維吉尼亞州 West Virginia |
Yes |
| 威斯康辛州 Wisconsin |
Yes |
| 懷俄明州 Wyoming |
Yes |
| 北卡羅來納洲 North Carolina |
Yes |
| 紐約州 New York |
Yes |
If you plan to stay for a maximum time of three months a foreigner only can use his / her International Driver’s License. International Driver’s Licenses are issued in one’s home country. Applying for an International Driver’s License can verify from country to country, but generally speaking you can apply for an International Driver’s License when you have a local driver’s license already. After paying a small fee an International Driver’s License will be issues for you, and is mostly for valid for 1 – 5 years. When applying you need to show your country’s driver license and bring passport size photographs.
Getting a local Taiwanese driver license
Foreigners holding an Alien Residence Certificate (ARC) without a driver'slicense or holding a driver's license from a non-reciprocating country are not allowed to drive, and may only drive after passing the driving test and obtaining an ROC driver's license.
Department of Motor Vehicle Application Requirements:
1) ARC (Alien Resident Certificate; see Visas section)
2) Passport
3) 3 passport size photos (2.4cm by 3cm)
4) Cash for fees (variable)
5) Physical/eye exam (at clinic or public hospital)
Motor Vehicles Office
Address : No.21, Sec. 4, Bade Rd,Taipei 10561
City Bus : Take 257, 205, 276, 203 or 202 and get off at the MVO stop
MRT : Get off at Dr. Sun Yet-Sun Memorial Hall Station, check the map, then walk 10 minutes to reach the MVO
Paid parking spaces (free for the handicapped) are available
Motor Vehicles Office, North Branch
Address：No.80, Sec.5, Chengde Rd.,Taipei
City Bus：Take 288 or 620,get off at the MVO North Branch stop
MRT : Get off at Shilin Station, leave by Exit 1, then take bus 620 and get off at the MVO North Branch stop
Service Hours :
Monday through Friday 09:00 am to 05:30pm
(All applications should be submitted by 05:00 pm)
In translation this is called getting a driving visa, 國際駕駛執照簽證. When you reach your 30th day, go down to your local DMV & take this explanation of what you are trying to do and this form and give them to the counter dude or dudette.
Form IDL visa: 30_day_form.gif (151.46 kb)
List of necessary documents.
- Your International Drivers License. If you are from the USA you’ll need to show your local license also.
- Your passport.
- 1 photo taken within 6 months. Black and white or color, no hat.
- The form for a driving visa.
They will endorse your International Drivers’ License for the balance of time left on your visa, up to one year. So, if you had a 60 day visa and came in on the 30th day they’d stamp you forward to use your IDL for 30 more days.