Yes—you can convert a qualifying Mexican driver’s license to a Massachusetts license, normally without written or road tests.

Choose Standard or REAL ID

Gather your identity and address documents

For residency, a current lease or a bank statement dated within 60 days is an accepted example; it must show your name and current Massachusetts residential address, not a P.O. box. A current lease plus a recent bank statement provides two examples for REAL ID. For Standard, provide your SSN if you have one. If you have never received one and use the two-foreign-document identity option, complete https://www.mass.gov/doc/affidavit-of-no-ssn-english/download and sign before RMV staff or a notary. For REAL ID, accepted SSN evidence includes an SSN card, W-2 or pay stub; its alternative is an SSA denial notice dated within 60 days with passport, visa and I-94. Bring legal name-change documents if your names do not match. [6–9]

Before obtaining the time-sensitive record

Start your application and book an RMV appointment

For conversion, start at https://atlas-myrmv.massdot.state.ma.us/myrmv/?Link=NewToMassachusetts and book an RMV Service Center appointment at https://atlas-myrmv.massdot.state.ma.us/myrmv/?Link=Appointment. Conversion cannot be completed entirely online. If your license expired more than one year ago or your credential cannot be converted, use the permit application at https://atlas-myrmv.massdot.state.ma.us/myrmv/?Link=ApplyForPermit for the testing route instead. [2, 4, 10]

For license conversion

Obtain your certified Mexican driving record and translations

Obtain an original certified driving record from Mexico and time its issuance so it is no more than 30 days old when you present it. For a Spanish record, use an accepted translation provider, such as a language-service provider or bilingual notary. The translation and certification must be on the certifier’s letterhead and include the translator’s name, date, address, contact information, signature and qualifications, plus a completeness-and-accuracy statement identifying the document and language. Other non-English identity documents also require certified translations. [1, 3, 4, 6]

At the RMV Service Center

Attend your appointment and pass the required screening

For an eligible license that does not require written or road testing, present your paperwork, pay the $115 conversion fee and pass the eye test. You receive a temporary license valid for 30 days; the RMV says the permanent license is mailed in 10–14 days. If your physical license is missing, the general transfer instructions allow acceptable photo ID plus a certified driving record no more than 30 days old. If testing is required, complete the learner’s-permit process instead: the permit exam costs $30, is available in Spanish, and requires 18 correct answers out of 25; vision screening is also required. Obtain the permit before the road-test step. [1, 2, 4, 10]

Expired more than one year, or a new-license application

Take the road test only if your case requires it

Book through https://www.mass.gov/how-to/schedule-your-road-test. The road-test fee is $35. Bring the completed application from https://www.mass.gov/doc/class-d-or-m-road-test-application-0/download, your permit and a qualified sponsor; someone holding only a foreign license cannot sponsor you. Unless a driving school supplies the vehicle, you must provide one with seating for the examiner and sponsor and unobstructed examiner access to the parking brake. Under-18 applicants must also meet the junior-operator requirements described above. The combined fee for an expired-license conversion requiring tests remains unresolved below. [11]