They extend validity of expired driver’s licenses until March 31, 2022

Those drivers who have their driver’s license expired since January 1, 2020 and have not yet been able to renew it will be able to use them until March 2022. This was resolved by the National Transit Agency (ANT) and is motivated by delays in delivery of procedures due to the various restrictions during the health emergency due to COVID-19.

Last October and the first days of November, the entity had suspended the issuance of licenses after being the victim of a computer attack on the Axis 4.0 system. On November 18, the license appointment scheduling service was restored.

The ANT shift system for licenses is back in operation, these are the cases in which you will have to get a new one

Similarly, he acknowledged that there was a delay of several months in the delivery of shifts due to the mandatory nature of teleworking, capacity limitations and confinement measures.

With this new resolution, the validity of the psychosensometric tests or certificate of having passed the driving course was also extended until March 31.

The driver’s license market that operated freely for a decade in Ecuador

In the event that a driver has expired his license, he must show the transit agent the original document or the complaint in case of theft or loss, also the printed shift for renewal. In a statement, the ANT indicated that the presentation of the bank deposit certificate prior to the process is no longer required and that it will be verified directly in the system. (I)