Taiwan has reached a reciprocal driver's license agreement with the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The agreement, which takes effect on April 25, 2017, allows licensed drivers from Taiwan and the Canadian province to apply to obtain a license in each other's territory without having to take road or written tests. The new initiative will create greater convenience for Taiwanese citizens working, studying and living in Nova Scotia.
The agreement was concluded by the joint efforts and collaboration of the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Toronto and the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal of Nova Scotia in the past few years. Any individual who has a valid class B, C, D, or E driver’s license issued by Taiwan for more than two years, after having obtaining legal residency in Nova Scotia, is eligible to apply for an exchange of Nova Scotia’s Class 5 driver’s license, without undergoing any additional knowledge or skills testing. For those Taiwan nationals who have held a valid class B, C, D, or E driver’s license for less than two years, Nova Scotia’s Class 5N driver’s license could be exchanged.
Under the same arrangement, any individual who holds a Class 1 (for driving semi-trailers and tractor-trailer combinations), 2 (for driving buses seating over 24 passengers), 3 (for driving vehicles or vehicle-trailer combinations), 4 (for driving smaller buses, vans seating under 24 passengers), or 5 (for driving cars) driver’s license issued by Nova Scotia, and has a Taiwan resident certificate valid for at least 6 months, can apply for exchange of a class B driver’s license issued by Taiwan after the day of the person’s entry into Taiwan. No test is required.
For more information regarding the driver's license agreement, please see the instructions.
