Formalities? most likely the question is, how much you have to pay to get one?
There are legal means to obtain a drivers license in venezuela, but it is a lot easier (and extremely common) to use bribes to obtain it.
Things I do know:
- If you are coming as a tourist (short trip) you can use your home country's license.
- If you are coming as a resident, you might want to check out how we drive before you decide to get a license. I have some friends from Argentina and other countries that would not dare to touch a car here (they say we are crazy).
- If you are a resident I'm sure you can muster all the documentation to get a driver's license, doing it the legal way will take a few months. It is supposed to be somewhat easy, but sometimes they make it hard (so they can ask for a bribe)
The "INTT" is the institution in charge of issueing driver's licenses.
here's the link: http://www.intt.gob.ve/intt/?p=23
On top of the license you also need a Medical Exam Certificate. They perform basic eye test to check for shortsight and daltonism, it is a 5-10 min test (and very cheap), you just have to find where they are performing it. Sometimes, you find a table with a poster in a Mall saying they are performing the test and you can take it right there and then.
What are your plans? why do you need a license here?
Another useful link:
http://www.intt.gob.ve/intt/?p=180
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