Driving in Andorra with a Trinidad and Tobago Driving Licence: IDP Requirements and Rules
A valid Trinidad and Tobago driving licence can be used under Andorra's foreign-licence framework, which currently allows driving with a foreign licence for six months. Trinidad and Tobago and Andorra share the 1949 Geneva Convention framework. That Convention allows an IDP to be required in specified circumstances, but a current Andorran source expressly making an IDP compulsory for this licence was not verified.
Quick answer
The relevant international framework is the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic. Trinidad and Tobago acceded to it in 1964 and its application had been extended to Andorra in 1953. Andorra's Government stated in December 2024 that the validity period for driving in the country with a foreign licence was reduced to six months.
Legal treatment of a Trinidad and Tobago licence in Andorra
Trinidad and Tobago and Andorra are separate sovereign jurisdictions. Their relevant shared road-traffic framework is the 1949 Geneva Convention. Recognition remains subject to the licence being valid and to the vehicle category the driver is authorised to operate. Exact Trinidad and Tobago to Andorra category equivalences were not verified.
IDP requirement, recommendation and applicable model
Article 24 of the 1949 Convention allows a contracting state to require an international driving permit conforming to the Convention's Annex 10 model, particularly where a domestic permit is not required in the issuing country or does not conform to the Convention model. The research did not locate a current Andorran primary source expressly stating that every visitor with a Trinidad and Tobago licence must carry an IDP. The legal requirement is therefore unverified – confirm with official authority. The convention model relevant to this pair is the 1949 Geneva Convention IDP.
Visitor and resident rules
The Government of Andorra announced on 30 December 2024 that the period during which a foreign driving licence permits driving in Andorra was reduced from one year to six months. Residency and foreign-licence homologation are separate matters. Andorra publishes a formal homologation procedure with additional documentation requirements for licences issued outside specified European jurisdictions.
Rental-car requirements
No named rental-company policy was verified for this pair. A rental company may impose documentation conditions separate from Andorran driving law, so check the chosen company's published terms before collecting a vehicle.
Police documents and insurance
Specific roadside-document and motor-insurance conditions for a visitor using a Trinidad and Tobago licence were unverified – confirm with official authority. No evidence checked supports claiming that an IDP is routinely requested by police or that insurance automatically becomes invalid without one.
Relevant exceptions
The foreign-licence period does not establish an automatic right to exchange every foreign licence without further requirements. Andorra's homologation documentation requires additional authenticity and category-equivalence evidence for licences from outside the EU, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and European microstates. English-language documentation is treated differently from documentation requiring a sworn translation in the published homologation procedure.
Official sources used
- United Nations Treaty Collection, Convention on Road Traffic, Geneva 19 September 1949, verifying Trinidad and Tobago's accession and the Convention status, checked 2026-10-03, https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetailsV.aspx?Temp=mtdsg5&chapter=11&clang=_en&mtdsg_no=XI-B-1&src=TREATY
- United Nations treaty records, verifying extension of the 1949 Convention to the Principality of Andorra, checked 2026-10-03, https://treaties.un.org
- UNECE road-traffic materials, verifying Article 24 treatment of domestic and international driving permits under the 1949 Convention, checked 2026-10-03, https://unece.org/transport/road-traffic-safety
- Government of Andorra, December 2024 driving-permit regulation announcement, verifying the reduction of foreign-licence validity to six months, checked 2026-10-03, https://www.govern.ad/ca/w/el-nou-reglament-de-permisos-de-conduir-modifica-l-edat-d-obtencio-i-la-vigencia-dels-carnets-professionals
- Government of Andorra Tràmits, foreign driving-licence homologation documentation, verifying resident exchange documentation and translation treatment, checked 2026-10-03, https://tramits.govern.ad/tramits/R3T005.pdf
- Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Works and Transport, Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act, verifying the Licensing Authority's power to issue international driving permits under applicable international conventions, checked 2026-10-03, https://www.mowt.gov.tt/MOWT/media/General/Legislation/48-50.pdf
Practical recommendation
Travel with a valid Trinidad and Tobago driving licence and confirm the IDP position before departure, especially if renting a vehicle. If an IDP is requested for this convention relationship, confirm that the permit issued against the national licence is the 1949 Geneva Convention model. Do not treat an IDP as a replacement for the national licence.
Last verified date
This information was checked against the listed sources on 2026-10-03. Driving-licence, IDP, rental and residency rules can change.