Category A driver's license in Uruguay Montevideo

A Uruguayan category A is a European category B.

Are you eligible

AgeFrom 18 years old, and category A needs no prior driving experience.
DocumentA foreign passport is enough — no cédula de identidad needed.
FinesUnpaid ones stop the procedure.
Criminal recordThe certificate is required only for professional categories.

Step 1. Get the medical certificate
First step of the route: no certificate, no booking. At some centers it lasts 30 days, not 60.
- certificado médico
- Cost from 1,399.00 UYU
Step 2. Book the visit
Three booking channels. The window opens daily at 8:00 and slots are limited.
- agenda
- Do step 1 first: Get the medical certificate
Step 3. Hand in the documents and pay
A visit to the intendencia building, payment on the spot. Then they assign the theory.
- presentar la documentación
- Cost 2,360.00 UYU
- Do step 2 first: Book the visit
Step 4. Put in 15 hours of practice
The hours are mandatory, not the school. They cannot be banked before you file.
- clases prácticas
- Cost 13,500.00 UYU
- Do step 3 first: Hand in the documents and pay
Step 5. Pass the theory test
For the theory there is an official textbook, named by the agency itself.
- examen teórico
- Do step 3 first: Hand in the documents and pay
Step 6. Retake the test after a fail
not for everyone
Only for those who failed: wait out the interval and book again.
- reprobación
- Cost 686.00 UYU
Step 7. Pass the practical test
Two stages: track and city. A passed track is kept — you retake the city only.
- examen práctico
- Cost 1,500.00 UYU
- Do step 5 first: Pass the theory test
- Do step 4 first: Put in 15 hours of practice
Step 8. Pick up the license
Pass the practical and you get it that day, at the Velodrome. If not, you book.
- PUNC
- Do step 7 first: Pass the practical test