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About GlobePass

Helping a million drivers cross borders, since 2014.

We translate driving licenses into the languages of 189+ countries so travelers can rent a car, pass a checkpoint, or take a road trip without the paperwork standing in the way.

1.2M+
Permits issued
189
Countries covered
8 min
Average digital turnaround
4.8 / 5
Trustpilot rating
Our story

We started because renting a car in Lisbon shouldn't take three weeks of paperwork.

In 2014, our founder Sofia tried to rent a car in Lisbon with her American driver's license and was turned away. The IDP she'd ordered weeks earlier never arrived. She missed the road trip. When she got home she discovered that hundreds of thousands of people every year were stuck in the same slow, opaque, paper-based system.

GlobePass was built to fix that. We translate, verify, and ship UN-standard International Driving Permits in days, not weeks, and we send the digital version in minutes. Every permit we issue is recognised under the 1949 or 1968 Geneva conventions and backed by our money-back guarantee.

What we believe

Travel paperwork should be invisible.

Three principles guide every decision we make — from how we design our application form to how we train our chat agents.

Move fast for the traveler

If your flight leaves in 12 hours, you don't have time for a postal queue. We ship same-day for orders placed before 2pm UAE time.

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Be honest about what we are

We are not a government agency. We translate documents that government conventions recognise. We say so on every page.

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Stand behind every permit

If a border guard or rental desk doesn't accept your permit, you don't pay. No back-and-forth, no proof required.

Team

A small team, mostly remote, mostly travelers.

Sofia Andrade
Co-founder & CEO
Karim Haddad
Co-founder & CTO
April Calderón
Head of Operations
Shella Reyes
Head of Customer Care
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