Driving licence exchange

Warning after dozens of drivers in France fined for filming lorry fire

Police said they are publicising the incident so to dissuade other drivers from repeating the same offence

What are the rules on exchanging your driving licence in France?

When is it mandatory to exchange? How do you do it? What documents do you need? Does it cost money? Can you drive during the process? We answer all this and more

How long to exchange a driving licence in France: your feedback

From three months to more than a year, you tell us how long you had to wait for your non-EU licence to be swapped and how you found the process

Covid-19 hits services at new driving licence site

Two types of Brexit deal card for Britons in France

Two important new French government websites affecting Britons open on March 3 and in early July – for driving licence swaps, and to apply for the new obligatory ‘Brexit deal’ residency cards.

Told to take French test after licence delays

Reader Maggie Flint has spoken of the stress of applying to swap her British driving licence for a French one four months before it was due to expire – and then being told to take a test as her licence had expired due to a backlog.

MP intervention gets swift result

Brexit and Britons in France - 04/2019 updates

Latest updates on Brexit: carte de séjour applications, driving licence swap, Revoke article 50 petition, post-Brexit postal issues….

Frustrated at lack of licence advance

I was interested to read in the August issue of Connexion that people approaching 70 should apply to exchange their UK driving licence for a French one. Good luck with that.

How no-deal Brexit may hit life for Britons in France

From passports, pets, voting and driving licences to cartes de séjour , air travel, healthcare and pensions - the formalities of life in France after a no-deal Brexit

Driving documents in France - a licence to frustrate

Two more letters on the occasional perils of dealing with French bureaucracy

Driving licence swap: I feel writer’s name pain

I have the same irritation of having had my maiden name put on to my long-awaited French driving licence. I have not been known by that name since marriage – more than 30 years ago.

Driving licence swap rejected

More than two months ago, we applied to Nantes to exchange our UK driving licences for French licences.

Pay-out of €1,000 as licence is delayed

A man whose driving licence was suspended for drink-driving has won €1,000 damages plus €50 per day of further delay after he had waited six months for a new one to be issued.

Is insurance valid during licence swap?

I applied to change my UK driving licence to a French one [which now has to be done in writing to a centre at the Nantes prefecture] and have been waiting months for an attestation acknowledging my application. I am now driving on an expired licence and with no attestation . Is my car insurance still valid? H.F.

Online driving licence route gridlocked

Readers talk about the process of applying for a driving licence exchange in France

French prefecture explains permis delays

Waiting times of seven months or more are being reported with the exchange of UK driving licences for French licences, however officials promise to reduce the waiting times and have offered advice on speeding up applications.