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Check whether you need an International Driving Permit to drive in the USA, UK, UAE, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Germany, France or Italy with an Indian licence.
Find out if your Indian licence is enough. Pick a country to see whether an IDP is required, how long you can drive on your own licence, and what rental companies ask for. This page brings together 10 separate international driving permit checker pages (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, UAE, UK, USA) so you can compare them without hunting for the right one.
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Choose your country at the top: Australia, Canada, France, Germany and 6 more. On a phone it is a drop-down list.
Fill in the international driving permit checker for that country; each of the 10 options keeps its own rules, data and defaults.
Read the result, then switch country to compare. The page link keeps your country (?v=australia), so you can bookmark or share it.
Australia, Canada, France and the rest sit behind one picker, so switching country takes a tap instead of a new search.
Every country keeps its own rules, numbers and defaults rather than one generic template.
The link remembers the country you picked, so a bookmark or a shared link opens straight on it.
10: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, UAE, UK, USA. Pick one at the top of the tool; the page link updates (for example ?v=australia) so you can bookmark or share that exact view.
Only if your licence is not in English. Every state and territory allows an overseas visitor to drive on a valid overseas licence, but where that licence is not in English the driver must carry an official English translation or an International Driving Permit with it. A UK, Irish, US, Canadian, New Zealand, Indian, Singaporean or South African licence is already in English and needs nothing extra.
Only if your licence is not printed in English or French. Those are Canada's two official languages, so a UK, Irish, American, Australian, Indian, French or Belgian licence can be read as it stands and needs nothing extra. A licence in Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek or Chinese script should be carried with a 1949 Geneva International Driving Permit, or a certified English or French translation, in every province.
Only if your licence was issued outside the EU or EEA and is not written in French. The arrete du 12 janvier 2012 requires such a licence to carry an official French translation, and an International Driving Permit is accepted as that translation. EU and EEA licences are recognised outright under Article R222-1 of the Code de la route, UK photocard licences are accepted without an IDP, and a Quebec permis printed in French already meets the test.
Only if your licence was issued outside the EU or EEA and does not follow the standardised Annex 6 layout. Section 29(2) of the Fahrerlaubnis-Verordnung requires such a licence to be accompanied by a translation, and an International Driving Permit is expressly accepted as that translation. EU and EEA licences need nothing extra, and UK and Swiss photocards follow the standard layout, so they are accepted on their own.
Only if your licence was issued outside the EU and EEA. Article 135 of the Codice della Strada requires such a licence to be accompanied by an International Driving Permit or a sworn Italian translation, so a US, Australian, Canadian, Indian or Japanese licence needs one. EU and EEA licences are recognised in their own right, UK photocard licences are accepted for visits without a permit, and a Swiss licence already carries Italian among its printed languages.
No. Article 107-2 of the Road Traffic Act recognises only permits issued under the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, so a 1968 Vienna permit - and the older 1926 Paris one - has no standing in Japan. Rental companies check the convention printed on the cover and will refuse the booking, and at a police stop you count as an unlicensed driver. Most authorities that issue the Vienna format can also issue the Geneva one; ask specifically before you travel.
Only if your licence is not in English. The Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Rule 1999 requires an overseas licence to be in English, or to be accompanied by an accurate English translation - from an NZ Transport Agency approved translation service, your country's diplomatic mission here, or the authority that issued the licence - or by an International Driving Permit. A UK, Irish, Australian, US, Canadian, Indian, Singaporean or South African licence is already in English and needs nothing extra.
As a tourist, only if your licence is not on the list the UAE recognises on its own, or is not printed in English or Arabic. Holders of UK, Irish, US, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and GCC licences can normally hire on the licence alone. A licence in German, Japanese, Korean or another script that a hire clerk cannot read is expected to come with an International Driving Permit as the translation, and rental companies enforce that even where the law is looser.
No. A visitor may drive any type of small vehicle listed on their full, valid driving licence - issued anywhere in the world - for 12 months from the date they last entered Great Britain, and nothing in British law requires an International Driving Permit alongside it. The only practical reason to carry one is a rental company that cannot read a licence in a non-Latin script and asks for a translation as a condition of the booking.
Not if your licence is already in English. No federal law requires one, and Article 24 of the 1949 Geneva Convention obliges the United States to recognise a visitor's valid foreign licence, so a UK, Irish, Australian, Canadian, Indian or South African licence is enough on its own. If your licence is not in English, several states - Georgia and Michigan publish it most plainly - expect an International Driving Permit alongside it, and virtually every rental company will ask for one.