To secure an IDP, all you need is:
Then, visit your nearest AAA store to pay $20 permit fee plus local tax, and receive your IDP while you wait.
For domestic* mail service, include the completed requirements above, plus:
Mail to:
AAA/IDP – Auto Travel
17250 Southcenter Parkway, Suite 112
Tukwila, WA 98188
*For international mail service, send your completed application and all other requirements to the above address. Please include a check or money order for $22.04 ($20 permit fee and $2.04 Tukwila tax). We require an overnight service such as FedEx or UPS; include one of these carriers' pre-paid mailers as a self-addressed return envelope.
If your driver's license has been issued by a U.S. possession, your IDP should be issued in the U.S. Contact your nearest AAA store in the U.S., and the IDP can be mailed to them.
The United Nations has notified the U.S. State Department that the treaty which applies to Hong Kong, at present, will continue to apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the name given to the territory by China. This notification should not be construed to mean that China now recognizes IDPs; the People's Republic of China is not a party to the treaty.