What if I Have an Out-of-state or Foreign License?

In order to rent a car in Queens, you must have a valid driver's license. You are not permitted by law to operate a Queens car rental or any car in New York or elsewhere otherwise. While most Queens's residents realize a driver's license is needed to rent a car here in Queens, most do not realize that questions still often arise when it comes to renting a car and the driver's license.

The questions that Queens car rental customers often have include the following:

?What type of driver's license is required to rent a car?

?Can an out-of-state driver's license be used to obtain the Queens car rental vehicle? What if the Queens car renter has a license from another country and wants to rent a car?

?What if the foreign license held by the prospective Queens car rental customer is in a language other than English?

?When renting a minivan or 15-passenger van, do the same driver's license requirements apply?

The same questions can and are often asked about any additional Queens car rental drivers ?do the initial renter and any prospective additional drivers need to meet the same driver's license requirements?

NY Licenses Are Easier to Verify

At Allcar rent a car we prefer you rent a car with a New York-issued license and have an address here in Queens or at least in New York. The reason Allcar rent a car and other New York car rental companies prefer a New York license is their familiarity with the license. Looking at a New York license when you are renting a car here in Queens allows the Allcar rent a car staff to determine if the license presented is real.

When a Queens car rental customer presents a driver's license from another state or even another country, it's more difficult for the Allcar rent a car staff to determine if the driver's license is valid before renting the car. After all, when customers rent a car here in Queens from Allcar rent a car, Allcar rent a car wants to have the car rental vehicle returned in the same condition in which it was rented and paid for. The last thing any car rental company wants is to rent a car which is not returned.

Out-of-State Customers

In the event the car rental customer has a license from another state, Allcar rent a car may ask for proof of where the car rental customer is staying here in Queens. Alternatively, if the customer can provide proof of their residence in the state where they came from and show when they plan to return to that state, this gives the Queens rent a car company comfort that the car rental customer has a means to return to their home state without taking the rental car with them or, worse yet, leaving the car for another person to drive, which can result in a loss to the Allcar rent a car company.

Allcar rent a car realizes that many car rental customers have licenses from other states for any number of reasons and will rent a car to these customers despite them not having a New York driver's license. There are several local and national rent a car companies here in Queens that will not rent a car to someone who does not have a New York driver license. Allcar rent a car does reserve the right to ask our customers with licenses from other states or outside New York City for proof of local address as a security measure.

Foreign Customers

For those customers that are from a foreign company and looking to rent a car here in Queens from Allcar rent a car, we ask that you obtain a formal translation of your driver's license from your country's embassy or consulate prior to renting the car from Allcar rent a car. Since the world is made up of countries, Allcar rent a car must see a valid driver's license issued by a country. We cannot accept a driver's license which says it is issued by an international organization. When presenting a foreign license to rent a car from Allcar rent a car, you may be asked to show your passport as well as your airline tickets since that shows a form of security to Allcar rent a car that you are in fact from the foreign country you have a driver's license from. There have been situations when people attempted to rent a car here in Queens while possessing a fraudulent or counterfeit driver's license from another country.

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