What should I do with my Chinese driver’s license abroad (Toronto)?

You can apply for driver's license notarization. You only need to bring your ID card, household register, and valid driver's license to the notary office where the driver's license is issued to apply for it. What you should pay attention to is that you plan to drive abroad. The date of travel should be within the validity period on the driver's license. To apply for driver's license notarization, you can issue a power of attorney according to the needs of the driver's license holder and entrust others to apply on your behalf.

1. According to the interpretation of the "International Driving Permit", in order to facilitate drivers to drive in other signatory countries, the 1968 Vienna Convention on International Road Traffic stipulates that each contracting party allows drivers holding driver's licenses issued by other countries to drive in their countries. Driving within the country. In order to solve the language barrier, a method has also been developed, that is, the governments of each contracting party authorize their traffic management departments to issue a certification document to the holders of their own driving licenses traveling abroad in accordance with the format stipulated in the convention to provide traffic management services in other countries. The agency certifies that the driver has a valid driving license issued by the country. This certification document is called the International Driving Document, or IDD for short, in the Convention, which is translated into Chinese as "International Driving License" or "International Driving License"

(1). Application requirements

Many countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand accept foreigners to directly use foreign driver's licenses to drive on their soil, with a translation if necessary. What is required in the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic is a Certified Translation (see Article 41, paragraph 2a, of the 1968 Convention). This means that a qualified individual or translation company will issue a translation for you and confirm the content of the translation, that is, declare his or her translation qualifications at the end of the translation, swear that the translation content is accurate, and write State their address, signature and seal. This fully complies with the requirements of the Convention and can be officially accepted by all contracting states.

(2) Required materials: 1. "Motor Vehicle Driving License Application Form". 2. If the applicant’s identity certificate (original and copy) is not in Chinese, the original and copy of the Chinese translation must be issued. Identity proof refers to: a. Chinese residents should submit a "Resident Identity Card" or "Temporary Resident Identity Card"; in the place of temporary residence, they should also submit a residence or temporary residence certificate issued by the public security agency. b. Foreigners should submit the passport or other travel documents they hold when entering the country, a valid visa with a stay (stay) period of more than three months or a residence permit in Hangzhou, and accommodation registration issued by the Hangzhou Public Security Bureau. prove. c. Personnel of foreign embassies and consulates in China and representatives of international organizations in China should submit valid identity documents issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. d. Overseas Chinese should submit a "Passport of the People's Republic of China" and a certificate of residence and temporary residence issued by the local public security agency. e. Residents of Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions should submit the "Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents" or the "Return Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Compatriots", and the "Resident Identity Card" of the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions. f. Residents of the Taiwan area should submit the "Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents" issued by the public security authority or the "Travel Permit of the People's Republic of China and the People's Republic of China" issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is valid for more than three months. 3. "Certificate of Physical Conditions of Motor Vehicle Drivers" issued by a medical institution at or above the county level or regiment level. If the applicant is a staff member of a foreign embassy or consulate in China or a representative office of an international organization in China, the "Certificate of Physical Conditions" will not be reviewed. 4. The motor vehicle driving license you hold (must be within the validity period), which should be an overseas driving license, not an international driving license. If it is expressed in a language other than Chinese, a Chinese translation (original and copy) should also be issued. 5. Six 1-inch color frontal photos of the driver without a hat and with a white background.

(3) Issuing agencies

In some contracting countries, agencies authorized by the country’s legal authorities to issue international driver’s licenses include:

1. United States: The U.S. AAA and NAC are government departments authorized to issue international driver's licenses. Their international driver's license is called IDD (International Driver Document). It does not require U.S. citizenship, but it does require a U.S. driver's license, and the driver's license must be issued within 6 months after the international driver's license is issued. Must not expire within the period. In fact, there is no organization called International Automobile Association. International Automobile Association Inc. is just a privately registered translation company in the United States.

2. Canada: The only agency authorized by the Canadian government to issue international driving licenses is CAA.

3. Australia: Only NRMA (New South Wales), RACV (Victoria), RACT (Tasmania), RAASA, RACWA, AANT and RACQ (Queensland) are authorized to issue international driving licenses.

4. New Zealand: The agency authorized by the Land Transport Safety Authority of the New Zealand government to issue international driving licenses on its behalf is AA.

None of the above agencies will issue international driver's licenses to people who do not have a driver's license from that country.

5. China: The only institution with the authority to issue international driver's licenses to Chinese driver's license holders is the relevant departments of the Chinese government or its authorized agencies, but the Chinese government has not joined the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic.

An international driving license issued to you by another country is not valid.

China does not have a corresponding institution that is familiar to European and American countries. Usually you can use a notarized translation from a Chinese notary office. When using notarized documents from a notary office, you should find an experienced notary office, because some notary offices have low translation skills and are not familiar with the correspondence between domestic and foreign motor vehicle classification methods. They translate hard when translating, which makes foreign traffic management officials Or the car rental company cannot understand such a "translation" and requires you to re-translate it. There are also some notarized documents that only confirm that the originals are consistent, but do not confirm the translation content or do not indicate the translation qualifications. They are not "Certified Translation" and do not meet the requirements.

2. According to the "Driving License Notarization", if the applicant needs to use a domestic driving license to drive a motor vehicle abroad, he or she can apply for driving license notarization.

The following documents should be submitted when applying for driver's license notarization:

1. The applicant's ID card, household register, and a copy of the passport if abroad.

2. The original and copy of the applicant’s driving license.

3. If you entrust someone else to handle the matter, you should provide the identity document, ID card, household register, etc. of the entrusted person.

3. According to the introduction of "Toronto"

Toronto, Canada's largest city and the capital of Ontario, is located in the Southern Ontario region on the northwest shore of Lake Ontario. It is the largest city in Canada and the fourth largest city in North America in terms of population after Mexico City, New York and Los Angeles. Toronto is one of the most diverse cities in the world. 49% of its residents are immigrants from more than 100 nationalities from all over the world. More than 140 languages ????are gathered in this North American metropolis. Due to the extremely low crime rate and pleasant environment, Toronto is one of the most diverse cities in the world. Toronto has been rated as one of the most livable cities in the world, ranking among the top ten livable cities in the world for many years.