International driving licence
Request an international driving permit from SLRSA, using your Sierra Leone driving licence.
An international driving permit lets you drive abroad with your Sierra Leone driving licence. The mission takes your application and sends it to the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA), which issues the permit. When the permit arrives, the mission gives it to you.
At a glance
- Issued by
- Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA)
- Processing time
- SLRSA sets the time it takes. Apply well before you travel. Your tracking page shows when the mission sends the application to SLRSA and when the permit is ready.
- Originals and visits
- Bring or send your original licence only when the mission asks for it. It is returned to you. For return by mail, send a prepaid self-addressed envelope.
- How you get it
- Collect it from the mission, or have it posted to you in a prepaid envelope you send.
- When you pay
- When you apply.
Who can apply
Holders of a valid Sierra Leone driving licence who live or travel abroad and need to drive in another country.
What you need
Documents to upload
You can upload each of these, or bring or send it to the mission instead.
- Your Sierra Leone driving licenceBoth sides of your licence.
- Your passport or Sierra Leone national ID cardThe photo page of your passport, or both sides of your national ID card.
- A passport-size photographA recent photo of your face against a plain background, as for a passport.
To send, bring or do
- Prepaid self-addressed envelopeSend a prepaid self-addressed envelope to the mission for the return of the permit.Needed if you answer “Prepaid mail” to “How do you want to receive the permit?”
How it works
- Apply online and upload your licence, passport or national ID card, and photograph.
- Pay the fee to the mission and submit your receipt details.
- The mission checks your application and sends it to SLRSA.
- SLRSA confirms your licence and issues the permit.
- The mission tells you when the permit has arrived. Collect it, or receive it by prepaid mail.
Fees and how to pay
You pay the mission when you apply, then send your receipt details with the application or from the tracking page.
The ways to pay depend on the mission. Choose the country where you live to see them.
What the form asks
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