Just a quick question. How happy would you be if someone from South America went to Canada without a license and in your province bribed an official to get them a license from that province? Would you accept that and the consequences that could result, not to mention tolerating the corruption on the part of the bureaucrat who does it?
Sure, throughout the world you can get away with all kinds of stuff by buying your way through. But have you any experience with what that does to a nation? You can legitimize it by saying "Hey, why I should someone judge how a country does things and when in Rome do as the Romans" etc... But the "moral compass" is spinning.
A license from a Latin American country is not going to help you get another Canadian license when you get home. You will likely have to apply for some sort of exception because of the amount of time that has lapsed.
Corruption exists but that doesn't mean you have to support it.
Just my 2cents because I see the negative impact of corruption every single day.
You can legitimately get a license in Mexico if you have a residency permit and a passport and the required fee and proof of residence (water, gas, electrical, phone bill from where you are supposed to be living but it doesn't have to be in your name). There is usually only a basic computer based test in Spanish regarding various traffic situations. To get a residency permit you will need to qualify for that and have your birth certificate, as well as other requirements.
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