According to the Rhode Island Department of Motor Vehicles Enforcement Department, au pairs who are in the United States participating in a child care\/cultural exchange program, may drive for one year with either an international driver\u2019s license or a license from their home country (along with a translation of the license). Official regulations are outlined below, as published in the AAA Digest of Motor Laws. Please keep this document in the glove compartment of your car so that you can present it with your license and registration, if necessary.<\/p>\n
Foreign Driver\u2019s Licenses Recognized in the United States<\/strong><\/p>\n Foreign motorists from any of the countries on the following list can drive legally using their valid domestic driver\u2019s license for a period not to exceed 1 year from date of arrival. This arrangement applies to driving either personal or rental cars.<\/p>\n This privilege is made possible as a result of the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic (Geneva, 1949, and Vienna, 1968), and the Convention of the Regulation of Inter-American Motor Vehicle Traffic (Washington, D.C. 1943), both of which have been ratified by the United States. In the event the foreign motorist\u2019s country is not listed below, she may be required to obtain a driver\u2019s license upon arrival in the United States.<\/p>\n The following countries are party to conventions honoring International or Inter-American Driving Permits, or honor International Driving Permits:
\nAfghanistan
\nAlbania
\nAlgeria
\nAndorra
\nAngola
\nAntigua
\nArgentina
\nArmenia
\nAruba
\nAustralia
\nAustria
\nAzerbaijan
\nBahamas
\nBahrain
\nBangladesh
\nBarbados
\nBelarus
\nBelgium
\nBelize
\nBenin
\nBhutan Bolivia
\nBosnia and Herzegovina
\nBotswana
\nBrazil
\nBrunei
\nBulgaria
\nBurkina Faso
\nCambodia
\nCameroon
\nCanada
\nCape Verde Islands
\nCayman Islands
\nCentral African Rep
\nChad
\nChile
\nChina
\nColombia
\nComoros
\nCongo, Rep. of
\nCosta Rica
\nCote d\u2019Ivoire Croatia
\nCuba
\nCuracao
\nCyprus
\nCzech Rep.
\nDenmark
\nDjibouti
\nDominica
\nDominican Rep. Ecuador
\nEgypt
\nEl Salvador
\nEquatorial Guinea
\nEstonia
\nEthiopia
\nFiji
\nFinland
\nFrance
\nFrench Polynesia
\nGabon
\nGambia
\nGeorgia
\nGermany
\nGhana
\nGibraltar
\nGreece
\nGrenada
\nGuadeloupe
\nGuatemala
\nGuernsey
\nGuinea
\nGuinea-Bissau
\nGuyana
\nHaiti
\nHonduras
\nHong Kong
\nHungary
\nIceland
\nIndia
\nIndonesia
\nIran
\nIreland
\nIsle of Man
\nIsrael
\nItaly
\nJamaica
\nJapan
\nJersey
\nJordan
\nKazakhstan
\nKenya
\nKorea
\nKuwait
\nKyrgyzstan
\nOman
\nPakistan
\nPanama
\nPapua New Guinea
\nParaguay
\nPeru
\nPhilippines Portugal
\nQatar
\nRomania
\nRussia
\nRwanda
\nPoland St. Kitts.
\nNevis & Anguilla
\nSt. Kitts.
\nNevis & Anguilla
\nSt. Lucia
\nSt. Vincent and
\nThe Grenadines
\nSan Marino
\nSao Tome & Principe
\nSaudi Arabia
\nSenegal
\nSerbia
\nSeychelles
\nSierra Leone
\nSingapore
\nSlovakia
\nSlovenia Somalia
\nSouth Africa
\nSpain
\nSri Lanka
\nSudan
\nSuriname
\nSwaziland
\nSweden
\nSwitzerland
\nSyria
\nTaiwan
\nTajikistan
\nTanzania
\nThailand
\nTogo
\nTrinidad & Tobago
\nTunisia
\nTurkey
\nTurkmenistan
\nUganda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"