The permit shall be a booklet in format A 6 (148 x 105 mm). The cover shall be grey and the inside pages white.
The Republic of Armenia is a member of the 1968 Convention on Road Traffic (The Convention entered into force for the RA in 2006). The Convention provides: “Contracting Parties shall be bound to admit to their territories in international traffic motor vehicles and trailers which fulfill the conditions laid down in Chapter III of this Convention and whose drivers fulfill the conditions laid down in Chapter IV.”
In addition,
“Contracting Parties shall recognize:
(a) Any domestic permit drawn up in their national language or in one of their national languages, or, if not drawn up in such a language, accompanied by a certified translation;
(b) Any domestic permit conforming to the provisions of Annex 6 to this Convention;
and
(c) Any international permit conforming to the provisions of Annex 7 to this Convention; as valid for driving in their territories a vehicle coming within the categories covered by the permit, provided that the permit is still valid and that it was issued by another Contracting Party or subdivision thereof or by an association duly empowered thereto by such other Contracting Party. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to learner-driver permits.
Thus if the International Driving permit is issued in accordance with the law and the validity period has not expired, it shall be considered acceptable in the member countries of the Convention (signatory parties to 36, with 70 member countries).
Member Countries of the Convention: Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Great Britain, Hungary, Venezuela, Guyana, Ghana, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Denmark, Zaire, Zimbabwe, Israel, Indonesia, Iran, Spain, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Morocco, Mexico, Monaco, Nigeria, Norway, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Republic of the curve, Moldova, Russia, Romania, San Marino, Seychelles, Senegal, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tukmenstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, the Philippines, Finland, France, Croatia, Central African Republic, the Czech Republic, Chile, Switzerland, Sweden, Ecuador, Estonia, South African Republic, Yugoslavia.
In fact, the international driving permit is issued within one business day.
