rocco72 wrote:i got my drivers license here almost 5 years ago and they required a chinese name, i guess they were just darn lazy...

rocco72 wrote:Maybe different districts work in different ways....anyway TIC

Tom_32 wrote:It's easy:

1.take digital photos
(Take passport ,Resident certificate,both original)
(Transportation office:No 3 gate No 179 QingChun Road,Tel:64987070 ext 54280)
2.fill the form of drive license application
3.body check.
4.Translation of the foreign drive license.
Specified translation company:
Shanghai translator union,Room 702-4 GuoLv Business tower East NanJing Road No 66.
Tel:63239181
5.Send all above documents to this transportation office and make appointment for regulation test
6.If pass the test,the will issue the drive license in China.

The test consists out of 100 multiple choice questions.

Should be not to difficult.

Good Luck

Tobasta wrote:Hey, I would also like to know if there's a different procedure to do if you have a foreign driver's licence that enables you to drive cars, but wanna drive motorbikes in China now...
I thought I would just get the Chinese licence and the job would be done... I hope I'm not mistaken.
Thanks for the answer!

edinshanghai wrote:OH, and yes, they wanted and used my Chinese name. Which was especially invented for this occasion.... Laziness on the side of the Chinese police officer? Next time I'll take Sinned69 to explain this to the officials of the 'Shanghai Vehicule Management bureau'.

sinned69 wrote:

woaihuan wrote:Lets clear some things up.
You do not need a "Residence Permit", unless you have a working visa. If you have an L Visa, you just need a temporary residence form. You should have got the form from a local police station within 24 hours of entering China...

Residence Permit for Foreigner is the visa that one gets for working in mainland China (some people refer to this as the Z-visa -which is theoretically incorrect). Z-visa is the visa initially given to an individual by Chinese embassies located outside China in other territories/countries. The Z-visa allows one to enter the country to take up employment & is usually valid for 30 days upon entering mainland China. Once one arrives on the Z-visa, they & the employing company/unit must then apply for the employment visa aka "Residence Permit for Foreigner in PRC" Therefore one cannot continue working on the Z visa indefinitely (its purpose if just to get the perspective employee here). The temporary residency form referred to is needed by nearly all foreigners staying in mainland China. This is actually the Registration of Residence form/slip which is obtained from various PSB offices that register foreigners, that one must obtain and keep in their possession. It seems in many places in PRC this Registration of Residence form is to be renewed annually even if the place of residence has not changed. That might not be the case if a foreigner has a "Residence Permit for Foreigner in PRC" that is longer than 12 months in duration.

My question concerning the X visa (student visa) was related to whether it also gets converted in some way as the Z visa does to something similar to the "Residence Permit for Foreigner in PRC"? If not then perhaps there is a temporary drivers license category that exists, that wasn't available before. I ask as it does seem that there is some alteration or amendment to the rules that can allow a student visa holder or even holders of L (visitor) visas to PRC to get a drivers license. For example there is a motorcycle touring business that can arrange riders to bring their own bikes into PRC with relevant carnie and assist participants to obtain their Chinese drivers license. So it would appear that L visa holders can get it. Although are various types of L visas.

ranmachen wrote:Just to confiirm, a tourist visa or business visa allows you to get a temporary driver's license but the visa needs to be 90 days or less?

If I apply for a license, can I get it within the same day? Or will they schedule my test some other day?

Also, what happens after 90 days? Can I just renew my license or do I have to take the test all over again?

titefee wrote:hello,

I'm planning to go to chongqing this summer for my studies so i'll have a student visa and i would like to know if i can take the driving test there because i didn't have the time to get my driving license in France so i was hoping to get it in china.

okt0ber wrote:wheres the place to get a motorbike license? I do not have one from my country.

titefee wrote:thank you for your reply. i know that in chongqing they have translated the writing test in english and french so i can do it but i really don't know about the drinving lessons. i have to enquire about it.