1. Jamaica Learners License

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Are you looking to find out more information about driving legally in Jamaica? Find out how to get your International driving permit in Jamaica here.

Ladies rejecting you because you can’t drive? Well its time you go get yourself a driver’s license. To do this the RIGHT way may take a bit of cash and quite a bit of time. Yes, you may have a little link through which you can buy a license, but do you want to be driving, making simple errors due to lack of training and have other drivers condescendingly ask you if your license was bought? Now to get a license in Jamaica requires several steps, I’ll try to be as detailed as possible. You will first need to get a learners permit/license to do this you will have to go to a nearby tax office and collect a form.

The details must be entered on the form which should then be signed by a justice of the peace (JP) along with 2 passport sized pictures (also signed by JP). Take the signed form and photographs back to the tax office for processing. You will receive your learners permit immediately. The next step will be learning to drive. You may have private lessons from a licensed driver who must be seated in the passenger seat adjacent to the driver’s seat at all times during the lesson. The other option is to use a driving school. For persons living in Kingston there is JAA driving school, Grennell’s driving school and Keys driving school among others.

1. Your Jamaican drivers licence expires every 5 yrs on your birthday. You can renew it up to 30 days before it expires. Jamaican’s residing in the Cayman Islands can renew their Jamaican drivers licence whilst residing overseas. A Consular Officer will sign and affix the stamp/seal to certify all documents.
2. Renew, reapply or exchange your licence. Renew your driving licence. Renew your driving licence if you're 70 or over. Renew your short-term medical driving licence. Exchange your paper driving licence for a photocard licence. Reapply for a driving licence following a medical condition.

I chose to use Keys driving school simply because, while being very expensive was still more affordable than the other options I considered. My latest update had the cost of one lesson being $850 where one lesson lasts 30 minutes long. If you purchase ten or more lessons at once each lesson will cost $750. Basically it is cheaper to buy ten lessons than it is to buy nine. Having paid for lessons and having made a schedule at the Keys driving school’s office located off Hagley park road just beside York plaza, you are ready for the road! Well not really, your first couple of lessons are at a private lot nearby (about 1km away off Molynes Rd) and a shuttle will be provided to transport you to and from the lot.

You have the option of selecting standard transmission or, for those who can’t manage, automatic transmission. Of course, being the macho beast they say I am I chose standard. I like the sporty feel of standard transmission, lower fuel consumption and if the battery dies you can simply push start.

If you decide that you are going for the standard transmission your first instructor is very likely to be a miserable old man who will slap you on the leg for making a simple error such as stalling the vehicle (happens to every beginner). The man miserable u si! But him cool still. After mastering the art of changing the gear, reversing and parallel parking you will be allowed to drive on the road. Driving on the road is very easy and after a total of 15-25 lessons (all depends on you), you are ready for your test. The first thing you will need to do is pay for the test, right now the cost is $2,700 but with the sliding dollar don’t be alarmed if it increases. You may then take the receipt to keys driving school where they will arrange with the Depot (at Swallowfield Rd) to schedule a day for your test.

Beware Keys may delay scheduling the date so they may make some more money. The longer it takes to schedule a date the more likely it will be that you will purchase additional lessons, they will even call you to encourage more purchases.

You will also need a vehicle for the test. Keys provides this service as well at a cost of $4,000. Buying it on the corner seems attractive now doesn’t it? But don’t, you will need the lessons plus it is unethical.

The test is separated into three parts, the written test, the yard test and the road test. There are two papers for standard transmission and one for automatic transmission students. For the written test there are two books that you will need which are also sold at the driving school. On finishing the test you will be asked to wait outside while they mark the papers.

After passing the written section you will move on to the yard test which includes the hill start, reversing and finally parallel parking. You will be told whether you passed or not, in fact, you will know. Another waiting period will follow so it may be wise to clear your schedule for the day. The road test is usually done within the region of Mountain View.

You have to be very careful as the examiner (seated at the back) may fail you for the simplest error. If you passed all sections of your test you will be asked where you prefer to pick up your license. There is a collectorate office in Downtown and another in Constant Spring. In order to pick up your license, there is a $6,000 fee! You will take a photo for your license at the collectorate and the total process usually takes a one to two hours. So there you have it, a few months and about $40,000 later you will have a driver’s license.

In this third part in the series on motor vehicle and driver's licence transactions, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) looks at the process of renewing a driver's licence. It is illegal to drive in Jamaica without a current driver's licence. Driving with an expired licence is the same as never having been issued with one.

Your driver's licence expires every five years on your birthday. However, you have the option of renewing it up to 30 days before it expires, so you don't have to be in the tax office on your birthday. To renew your driver's licence, ideally you should take your expired document to any of the seven Revenue Service Centres (RSC), as the physical permit is produced only at these locations. At the RSC, you will be asked to complete a Driver's Licence Renewal Form (F7), after which you will pay the fee of $4,500 for a private licence, or $6,000 for a general licence. A motorcycle licence renewal costs $3,450. Together with the fee and F7 form, you must hand in your expired or nearly expired driver's licence.

After completing this process, you will be photographed and your new licence issued. REGULAR TAX OFFICE If you are unable to visit a RSC to have the licence renewed (or even to apply for a driver's licence), you may visit any tax office. There you will carry out the same procedures as you would at a RSC. However, rather than have your photograph taken, you would need to take with you notarised passport-sized photographs, no older than six months. The tax office will then dispatch your documents to the RSC to have the licence processed. This process is usually longer, as the tax office will allow requests to accumulate before they send the prospective renewals off to a RSC for processing. The RSC would usually return the licence to the originating tax office for collection by the applicant.

This can take up to three weeks. There is no age limit on driver's licence renewals. However, persons who are over a certain age may incur challenges to obtain coverage from their insurance companies. A driver's licence may need to be renewed while the holder is out of the country. The licensee should delegate a person who is in Jamaica to transact business on their behalf. Following this, the F7 can be downloaded from TAJ's website and completed by the licensee. The application form should be filled out and signed by the applicant in the presence of a notary public.

Jamaica Learners License

Otherwise, an authorised Jamaican Embassy/ High Commission protocol officer must sign or affix his stamp/seal to the form. A recent passport-sized photograph of the licensee should also be certified and stamped by the authorised officer, who should also verify that the person is literate. Photographs must not be more than six months old.

Having done this, an authorisation letter for the person delegated, the expired driver's licence, notarised form and photograph must be submitted to the collectorate for processing. Processing will take place once the fee, depending on the licence type, is paid. The person delegated must present a proper ID. For more information, you may contact, you may contact the TAJ Customer Care Centre at 1-888-tax-help (829-4357), or visit.