At age 83, I had serious doubts about whether my driver’s license would be renewed.
This wasn’t due to a lack of agility but rather my waning eyesight, caused by macular degeneration and cataracts. Still, I decided to give it a try, as I only planned to drive within my fraccionamiento (local community).
A major issue when dealing with government processes is figuring out exactly which documents to bring with you. Too many times, I have stood in line for hours with a sheaf of papers in hand, only to be told, “Señor, you didn’t bring your birth certificate with an apostilled translation attached! Lo siento (I’m so sorry)!”
The first step for tasks like these is to search the internet to find out what’s required. And what do we find first? A detailed list of steps needed for getting a licencia de conducir ... in Bolivia or Argentina! Once you’ve managed to find a list for your own state in Mexico, you have to sort out:
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