Drivers License

We are once again beginning the process to get a government issued document.  This time it's a drivers license.  We are prepared for waiting in lines. We expect to have to show all our documents again. And getting appointments will take months of patience.  So here we go....

The web site tells us to make an appointment.  It's an appointment to make an appointment to take the drivers class.  We must show our Sedula and a health certification that you get from your doctor for $15.  It took 30 days to get the first appointment.

Secondly, we are scheduled to take a drivers class.  This means that we get in a car of the driving official and drive around the island until he/she is satisfied that we can drive.  We are required to wear long pants, closed toe shoes, and sleeved tops for this driving class.

Once we pass the driving test, which costs $50, we return to the government office with all of our documents and request that a drivers license be issued.  At which time, they will schedule a time for us to return to get our photo completed.  Cost of the drivers license is $16.40.

We have been told, that many times the Dutch teens come to Bonaire to get their first drivers license because its easier to drive on the island than in the Netherlands.  You have to be 18 years of age to get a drivers license on Bonaire and the Netherlands. 

Wish us luck!