FOREIGN DRIVER’S LICENSES FROM TREATY COUNTRIES
Drivers from treaty countries are allowed to legally drive in
Michigan on a foreign driver’s license if the license is printed in
English or accompanied with an English translation.
Under Michigan law, the driver doesn’t need to show proof of
legal presence.
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Canada
Central
African Rep.
Chile
China (Taiwan)
Columbia
Congo
Congo
Democratic Rep.
Costa Rica
Cote d’Ivoire
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Rep.
Denmark
Dominican
Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Fiji
Finland
France
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Korea
Kyrgyz Rep.
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Maruitius
Mexico
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Namibia
Nicaragua
Netherlands
New Zealand
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Panama
Papua New
Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian
Federation
Rwanda
St. Lucia
St Vincent &
the Grenadines
San Marino
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovak Rep.
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Syrian Arab Rep.
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad &
Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
United Arab
Emirates
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam Rep.
Western Samoa
Zambia
Zimbabwe
FOREIGN DRIVER’S LICENSES FROM NON-TREATY
COUNTRIES
Drivers from non-treaty countries are allowed to legally drive in
Michigan on a foreign driver’s license if:
The driver’s license is printed in English or accompanied with
an English translation, and
The driver can show proof of legal presence.
Saint Kitts and
Nevis
Samoa
Sao Tome
Principe
Saudi Arabia
Sint Maarten
Solomon
Islands
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Yemen
Afghanistan Croatia Kosovo
Andorra Curacao Kuwait
Angola •Democratic Latvia
Antigua and Republic of Liberia
Barbuda Timor-Leste Libya
Armenia Djibouti Liechtenstein
Aruba Dominica Macedonia
Azerbaijan Equatorial Maldives
Bahrain Guinea Marshall
Belarus Eritrea Islands
Bhutan Estonia Mauritania
Bolivia Ethiopia Micronesia
Bosnia and Gabon Moldova
Herzegovina Guinea Mongolia
Brunei Guinea-Bissau Mozambique
Burma Holy See Nauru
Burundi Indonesia Nepal
Cameroon Iran Oman Pakistan
Cape Verde Iraq Palau
Chad Kazakhstan Palestinian
China Kenya Territories
Comoros Kiribati Qatar
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