Any person with a valid driving licence issued in their country of origin is permitted to drive in the United Kingdom for at least 12 months. After this period, you will need to exchange your documents for a UK licence, or pass the DVSA’s UK driving test. The fee for getting a driver’s license in Qatar is 500 Qatari Riyal and this if valid for 10 years. For non-Qataris its 250 Qatari Riyal and this is valid for 5 years. There is an additional fee for driving and vision tests. Those who are applying for a driver’s license needs to register with one of the authorized driving schools listed below. The good news is that if you are a regular driver in your home country and hold a valid driving licence, you can drive in Dubai as well without any worry. Before you ask, you can use the same international licence in Abu Dhabi as well.However, it must be kept in mind that the UAE does not accept driving licences from all countries on the world map.
Fact Sheets: Languages Used for Driver’s License Exams
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Driver Handbooks In Other Languages | DMV.ORG
| ALABAMA: | (13) Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese. |
| ALASKA: | (1) English |
| ARIZONA: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| ARKANSAS: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| CALIFORNIA: | (33) Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Cantonese, Croatian, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Mandarin Chinese, Farsi, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Tongan, Turkish, Vietnamese. |
| COLORADO: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| CONNECTICUT: | (7) English, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese. |
| DELAWARE: | (5) Chinese, English, Haitian Creole, Korean, Spanish. |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: | (15) Amharic, Arabic, Cantonese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Vietnamese. |
| FLORIDA: | (3) English, Haitian Creole, Spanish. |
| GEORGIA: | (11) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese. |
| HAWAII: | (12) Chinese, Chuuukese, Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, Ilocano, Marshal Islander, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog, Tongan, Vietnamese. |
| IDAHO: | (11) Arabic, American Sign Language, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Korean, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| ILLINOIS: | (5) Chinese, English, Korean, Polish, Spanish. |
| INDIANA: | (12) Arabic, Burmese, Chin, English, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Punjabi, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese. |
| IOWA: | (21) Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hmong, Italian, Korean, Laotian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| KANSAS: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| KENTUCKY: | (23) Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Croatian, English, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese. |
| LOUISIANA: | (1) English. |
| MAINE: | (5) Arabic, English, French, Somali, Spanish. |
| MARYLAND: | (6) English, French, Korean, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese. |
| MASSACHUSETTS: | (28) Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Burmese, Chinese, Czech, English, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese. |
| MICHIGAN: | (9) Arabic, Burmese, English, Greek, Hindi, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish. |
| MINNESOTA: | (6) English, Hmong, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| MISSISSIPPI: | (10) Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| MISSOURI: | (12) Bosnian, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| MONTANA: | (4) Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish. |
| NEBRASKA: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| NEVADA: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE: | (3) English, French, Spanish. |
| NEW JERSEY: | (10) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish. |
| NEW MEXICO: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| NEW YORK: | (14) Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, English, French, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish. |
| NORTH CAROLINA: | (10) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| NORTH DAKOTA: | (13) American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Nepali, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese. |
| OHIO: | (8) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Russian, Somali, Spanish. |
| OKLAHOMA: | (1) English |
| OREGON: | (8) Arabic, Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| PENNSYLVANIA: | (9) Arabic, English, French, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese. |
| RHODE ISLAND: | (7) Arabic, Bosnian, English, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish. |
| SOUTH CAROLINA: | (4) English, French, German, Spanish. |
| SOUTH DAKOTA: | (1) English. |
| TENNESSE: | (4) English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish. |
| TEXAS: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| UTAH: | (1) English. |
| VERMONT: | (5), English, French, Serbo-Croation, Somali, Spanish. |
| VIRGINIA: | (21) American Sign Language, Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, English, French, German, Haitian Creole, Italian, Korean, Mongolian, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese. |
| WASHINGTON: | (7) Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| WEST VIRGNIA: | (3) English, Japanese, Spanish. |
| WISCONSIN: | (8) Chinese, English, Hmong, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish. |
| WYOMING: | (1) English. |
In Albania, the driving licence (Albanian: Leje Drejtimi) is the official document which authorizes an individual to drive a motor vehicle: motorbike, car, truck or bus. This driving permit can be obtained only after the successful passing of the theoretical exam on road code knowledge followed by the practical exam which tests an individual's on the road driving ski.
Information in the above table was collected by U.S. English from officials at the motor vehicle departments in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, February-April 2016.
Fact Sheets: Languages Used for Driver’s License Exams
For a downloadable version of this fact sheet in PDF format, click here.
| ALABAMA: | (13) Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese. |
| ALASKA: | (1) English |
| ARIZONA: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| ARKANSAS: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| CALIFORNIA: | (33) Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Cantonese, Croatian, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Mandarin Chinese, Farsi, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Tongan, Turkish, Vietnamese. |
| COLORADO: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| CONNECTICUT: | (7) English, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese. |
| DELAWARE: | (5) Chinese, English, Haitian Creole, Korean, Spanish. |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: | (15) Amharic, Arabic, Cantonese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Vietnamese. |
| FLORIDA: | (3) English, Haitian Creole, Spanish. |
| GEORGIA: | (11) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese. |
| HAWAII: | (12) Chinese, Chuuukese, Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, Ilocano, Marshal Islander, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog, Tongan, Vietnamese. |
| IDAHO: | (11) Arabic, American Sign Language, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Korean, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| ILLINOIS: | (5) Chinese, English, Korean, Polish, Spanish. |
| INDIANA: | (12) Arabic, Burmese, Chin, English, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Punjabi, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese. |
| IOWA: | (21) Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hmong, Italian, Korean, Laotian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| KANSAS: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| KENTUCKY: | (23) Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Croatian, English, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese. |
| LOUISIANA: | (1) English. |
| MAINE: | (5) Arabic, English, French, Somali, Spanish. |
| MARYLAND: | (6) English, French, Korean, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese. |
| MASSACHUSETTS: | (28) Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Burmese, Chinese, Czech, English, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese. |
| MICHIGAN: | (9) Arabic, Burmese, English, Greek, Hindi, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish. |
| MINNESOTA: | (6) English, Hmong, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| MISSISSIPPI: | (10) Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| MISSOURI: | (12) Bosnian, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| MONTANA: | (4) Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish. |
| NEBRASKA: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| NEVADA: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE: | (3) English, French, Spanish. |
| NEW JERSEY: | (10) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish. |
| NEW MEXICO: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| NEW YORK: | (14) Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, English, French, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish. |
| NORTH CAROLINA: | (10) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| NORTH DAKOTA: | (13) American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Nepali, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese. |
| OHIO: | (8) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Russian, Somali, Spanish. |
| OKLAHOMA: | (1) English |
| OREGON: | (8) Arabic, Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| PENNSYLVANIA: | (9) Arabic, English, French, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese. |
| RHODE ISLAND: | (7) Arabic, Bosnian, English, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish. |
| SOUTH CAROLINA: | (4) English, French, German, Spanish. |
| SOUTH DAKOTA: | (1) English. |
| TENNESSE: | (4) English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish. |
| TEXAS: | (2) English, Spanish. |
| UTAH: | (1) English. |
| VERMONT: | (5), English, French, Serbo-Croation, Somali, Spanish. |
| VIRGINIA: | (21) American Sign Language, Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, English, French, German, Haitian Creole, Italian, Korean, Mongolian, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese. |
| WASHINGTON: | (7) Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
| WEST VIRGNIA: | (3) English, Japanese, Spanish. |
| WISCONSIN: | (8) Chinese, English, Hmong, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish. |
| WYOMING: | (1) English. |
TxDPS - Testing In Other Languages
Information in the above table was collected by U.S. English from officials at the motor vehicle departments in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, February-April 2016.