Driving licence exchange

Biker cannot ride his motorbike after French driving licence swap

British retirees have told of frustration over complications with retaining ‘A’ motorcycle categories in France

Can a French insurer reject me because of a foreign driving licence?

There are many possible reasons behind why a French insurer might reject your application

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

Brexit updates for Britons in France in January 2021

'Brexit building' opened in the Dordogne, income limits clarified for WA residency card applications and more

UK driving licences will still be valid in France in 2021

The British Embassy in Paris has confirmed that Britons in France's UK licences will still be valid for driving in France until the end of 2021

Covid-19 hits services at new driving licence site

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.

End in sight for France’s driving licence swap delays?

The CERT centre at Nantes prefecture, which deals with the exchange of foreign driving licences for French licences, has been reorganised and is dealing with new dossiers within three months, the prefecture has said.

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….

Do I have to renew my French driving licence?

I am confused about whether I need to renew my French permis de conduire (driving licence). It was issued on December 1, 2014, and the face of the card says it expires on December 1, 2019. The reverse shows no expiry in column 11 for category B – a car. Should I renew it or not? G.W.

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.

Driving documents in France - a licence to frustrate

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

Driving licence in maiden name: documentary evidence

I read with sympathetic interest of the surprise of a correspondent when she changed her British driving licence to a French one and found that her French driving licence was in her maiden name (see here).

Driving licence swap rejected

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

All UK licences must be swapped for French ones

Drivers with UK licences living in France must all change to a French one soon because of Brexit.

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.

Online driving licence route gridlocked

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

Online licence failure in France

The move from issuing permis de conduire at the prefecture to a centralised online system has created an impossible situation.