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No Line Ups At Drivers Licensing
Office
Need to renew or obtain your
driver's license? This is a good
week for it, as the office of
the drivers license department
of the Ministerio de Obras
Pública y Transportes (MOPT) in
San José is practically empty in
the days before Semana Santa.
Also, the hours of operation has
been extended to 6:00pm instead
of the usual closing of 3:30pm.
The extended hours will be in
force until April 3.
Yesterday afternoon, at 2:12pm,
there were only five people in
line to obtain a new or renewal
drivers license.
The entire process of standing
in line, processing the
application, paying the fees and
taking of the picture took
exactly 22 minutes, at least one
and a hours less than usual, and
more during the morning hours.
To obtain or renew a drivers
license, a medical certificate
is required. A medical
certificate can obtained by any
one of the tens of specialized
doctors offices located around
the driver license office and
costs ¢5.000 colones.
The cost for a new drivers
license for two years is ¢4.000
colones and ¢10.000 colones for
a five year renewal. Also, any
unpaid fines and late fees are
collected before a new or
renewal license is issued.
The San José licensing office is
located 4 blocks south of the
CCSS building on Avenida
Central.
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