The Ministry of Transportation is working with Taiwanese officials to restore the Belize Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing System (BMVrals), which has been offline due to unpaid service fees.
A high-level meeting was held this week between the Ministry and representatives from the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The Belizean delegation also included senior officials from the Ministry and the Central Information Technology Office (CITO).
The BMVrals system, developed in collaboration with Taiwan and launched in 2018, is essential for processing and issuing driver’s licenses and managing vehicle registration data across the country. Since the system went offline, Transport Offices nationwide have only been able to issue receipts for license renewals, as no new licenses can be printed. Drivers must present these receipts at checkpoints in place of physical licenses.
Contrary to earlier assumptions of a technical failure, the disruption stemmed from the non-payment of contractual fees to the Taiwanese system developers. While the necessary funds were available in a designated government account, administrative oversight delayed the payment, leading to suspension of the service.
