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Jim
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Dec 16, 2017

Mexico travel with an expired US DL license...

Screwed up and forgot to renew my DL when I was back home in Oregon, and my upcoming travel plans to visit my daughter in Minneapolis will take me a couple thousand miles away from my home base.

My DL will expire in a couple months while I'm here in Mexico, two driving hours from the border, in San Felipe, Baja. My home state is Oregon so not one of the border states, unfortunately. I've been a full timer for 13 years.

My question is this, what's the possible penalty for a tourist driving in Mexico with an expired DL if I ever do get stopped for something down here?

Thanks!
  • good question, I doubt they will notice even if you do get pulled over. If its posisble see if you can renew it over the phone or get a temp by mail and have a freind send it via DHL which is reliable in Mexico