According to the Law of the Republic of Armenia "On Ensuring Road Traffic Safety", international driving licenses for "A" and "B" category vehicles can be issued:

Explanation

Persons over 18 years of age.

The rule: an international driving permit for categories "A" and "B" is issued to persons over eighteen. The key point is that an international permit is not an independent document; it is an official, standardised translation of the national licence and is invalid without the original national licence alongside it. So its age logically cannot be lower than the issuing age of the corresponding national category, and since "A" and "B" are issued from eighteen, that same 18 is repeated here.

Keep this alignment as a general rule: any age you see for an international permit is never lower than the age of its corresponding national category. Options 16 and 17 are there precisely to see whether the candidate imagines the international permit as a separate and easier document. Memorise the number 18 and do not confuse it with the question about category "C", which has a different figure.

• 16 is not even enough for a national "A" or "B" licence, so it cannot be enough for the international version of those same categories. • 17 is the age for sitting the practical test; at that age the national licence has not yet been issued, so there is nothing of which to obtain an international version.

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