Guide to driving in Andorra with a Paraguay licence.
A Paraguay licence holder can drive in Andorra through a clearly verified route: carry a valid 1949 Geneva Convention International Driving Permit (IDP) together with the valid Paraguayan national licence, for the categories authorised. A Paraguayan national licence alone is valid only if it conforms to an accepted convention model. The current Paraguayan card format was not verified against that model, so relying on the national licence alone is not advised.
Paraguay has been a party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic since 1965. Andorran law expressly accepts a Geneva-model international permit when it is accompanied by the holder's national licence. This makes the 1949 Geneva IDP the clearest documented option for a Paraguayan visitor.
Article 14 of Andorra's driving-permit regulation recognises national permits from other countries when they conform to Annex 9 of the 1949 Geneva Convention or Annex 6 of the 1968 Vienna Convention, as well as qualifying convention IDPs accompanied by the national permit. Paraguay is a contracting party to the 1949 Geneva Convention but is not listed as a party to the 1968 Vienna Convention. The current physical Paraguayan licence format was not authoritatively verified against Geneva Annex 9, so national-licence-only recognition is conditional on format compliance.
An IDP is not universally mandatory under Andorran law because a national permit that satisfies an accepted convention model can itself be valid. For this exact pair, however, a 1949 Geneva Convention IDP accompanied by the Paraguayan licence is expressly within Andorra's accepted categories and avoids depending on an unverified national-card format. The Touring y Automóvil Club Paraguayo issues international driving permits for Europe and requires a valid Paraguayan licence. No separate Andorran government statement specifically recommending an IDP to Paraguay licence holders was verified.
No fixed maximum visitor-driving period was found in the checked Andorran rule. For a person who becomes habitually resident in Andorra, a qualifying foreign permit remains valid for no more than six months from obtaining habitual residence. The permit must be exchanged before one year. For permits falling under the convention-based non-EU routes, Andorra recognises the theory for categories A and B and their seniority, but requires the applicable practical tests for each category being exchanged.
Rental policy is separate from driving law. Avis's Andorra location terms state that a non-European licence used for a rental outside its issuing country must be accompanied by an IDP or an official Spanish translation, and drivers must have held the licence for at least one year. Europcar's Andorra terms require the normal licence and say an international licence is mandatory when the licence is in a different language from the rental country or uses unreadable characters. A Paraguayan licence is in Spanish, but renters should confirm the branch's treatment before collection because company documentation rules can exceed the legal minimum.
Andorra's permit regulation requires a driver to carry the driving permit, any necessary complementary authorisations and the required vehicle documents, and to present them to competent authorities on request. For the Geneva-IDP route, carry both the original Paraguayan licence and the original IDP. Andorran law also requires foreign vehicles to be covered by insurance meeting at least the liabilities required for vehicles registered in Andorra, and authorities may request proof of the policy and its current validity.
The IDP does not create new vehicle entitlements. It works with the national licence and only for authorised categories. Exact mapping between every Paraguayan licence category and Andorran categories was not verified – confirm with official authority. Resident exchange rules are also materially different from visitor recognition, so a person who establishes habitual residence should not rely on visitor treatment beyond the six-month validity period.
For a visitor driving on a Paraguay licence, carry the valid national licence and obtain the 1949 Geneva Convention IDP before travel. This is the most clearly documented route under Andorran law and is also useful for rental-counter requirements. If renting, confirm the exact branch documents in advance. If becoming resident, begin the exchange process early because foreign-permit driving validity ends after six months of habitual residence.
This information was checked against the listed legal, treaty, issuing-body and rental-company sources on 2026-10-03.