If your licence is from Afghanistan, India, Pakistan or Tonga, you'll need to provide evidence that your licence is valid when you apply for an overseas conversion.
You'll need to get evidence of validity from your licensing authority. Most people should be able to do this online at one of the websites below.
When you have your evidence of validity, print it out and take it to the specialist overseas conversion site along with all your other documents when you apply for your overseas conversion.
Embassy of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Canberra (Australia)
https://www.afghanembassy.au/consular-affairs/license-verification.html(external link)
https://parivahan.gov.in/parivahan/(external link)
https://tgtransport.net/TGCFSTONLINE/Reports/OnlineLicenceSearch.aspx(external link) or
https://aprtacitizen.epragathi.org/#!/vehicleRegistrationSearch(external link)
http://mis.mptransport.org/MPLogin/eSewa/DrivingLicenseSearch.aspx(external link)
https://dlims.punjab.gov.pk/verify/(external link)
https://ptpkp.gov.pk/license-authentication/(external link) or
http://www.transport.kpdata.gov.pk/(external link)
https://dls.gos.pk/online-verification.html(external link)
https://islamabadtrafficpolice.gov.pk/license-verification.php(external link)
http://dla.nhmp.gov.pk/LicVerification.aspx(external link)
https://qtp.gob.pk/driving/verfication(external link) or
https://www.dlimsquetta.pk/(external link)
https://trafficpolice.ajk.gov.pk/VerifyLicense/(external link)
Contact the Tongan Ministry of Infrastructure: www.gov.to(external link)
NZTA understands that the Afghanistan government isn't currently issuing driver licensing documents. If your Afghanistan licence is in booklet format, you'll need to provide evidence that the booklet licence is still valid. If your licence is in another format, you may need to provide evidence that it's valid if it looks different to the format we expect.
India and Pakistan don't have centralised licensing authorities. Licences from different provinces and regions look different and have different details on them, which makes it hard to tell if they're valid. By providing the evidence of validity when you make your application, there won't be any delays while you wait for your licence to be validated.
We are aware of online schemes selling fraudulent Tongan driver licences. By requiring evidence of validity with the application we can make sure that any Tongan licences presented are real licences.
From time to time, we may add other countries to the list that need to provide evidence of validity.
