Menkyo Helper
Ibaraki — foreign license conversion
Ibaraki publishes a knowledge-test language list including Arabic, plus a detailed fee table.
Licence centre
-
茨城県運転免許センター Ibaraki Driver License Center
Phone: 029-293-8811 · 3783-3 Nagaoka, Ibaraki-machi, Ibaraki
Call and ask for the 外免切替 desk (weekdays 15:00–16:30) First-time applicants must book online first (official booking site); no booking, no application.
Document checklist
- Valid original foreign license
- Copy of front/back of the license
- Certified Japanese translation of the license
- Current and old passports if any
- Recent 住民票 (no My Number, with nationality/residence)
- Residence Card
- Photo 3×2.4 cm taken within 6 months
- Blue or black pen
- Fees and extra documents depending on issuing country
Exam languages
- Arabic
- English
- Spanish
- Persian
- Korean
- Chinese
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Thai
- Filipino
- Vietnamese
- Indonesian
- Khmer
- Nepali
- Burmese
- Mongolian
- Ukrainian
- Sinhala
- Urdu
- Hindi
Not available (examples)
- French
Official source
Last checked: 2026-10
Procedures, fees, booking and test languages can change. Always confirm with the official page or the licence centre before you go.
All 47 prefectures
Get ready in the app
In the app’s procedure guide you also get a document checklist, what to say on the phone in Japanese and the test-day steps.