According to the RA Law on Ensuring Road Traffic Safety, international driver's licenses are issued:

Explanation

An international driving permit is issued for 3 years.

The validity period of an international permit is 3 years. The logic is that this document is not a licence in its own right; it is the official translation and annex to the national licence and must be presented together with the original national licence. Because its validity depends on the underlying document, it cannot outlast it: if the national licence expires sooner, the international document effectively becomes void as well. There is a second reason for the shorter term: this booklet is used in other countries, where the checking officer has no access to Armenian systems and relies solely on that piece of paper. The shorter the validity, the shorter the time a document that no longer matches the driver's actual status stays in circulation.

Memorise the figures 3 and 10 as a pair: 3 years for the international and 10 years for the national. The question-setter usually swaps these two. A practical note: when driving or hiring a car outside Armenia, carry both documents; presenting the international permit alone is not accepted.

• 1 year is not the prescribed period and does not fit this document's purpose for multi-year travel abroad either. • 5 years does not relate to the international permit; the legal figure is 3 years. • The international document depends on the national licence and cannot be open-ended; it does not even outlast the validity of the underlying document.

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