Getting a driving license in the EU
Rules will vary for each country, but if you want a driving license in the EU and you are a non-EU citizen here are your general options.
Lets say you are an American citizen, you can drive with an international drivers license for one year in the EU. International drivers licenses simple to get and you can get them at AAA for example.
However, you are a resident of the EU and you have a US driving licence and you want a EU driver license you must take the full written and driving test in the country you live. However, you usually have another option.
You can exchange your US driving license for an EU drivers license. You can surrender your US drivers license to the driving office in that country and just pass the written exam without the road test. The written exams for EU drivers licenses are low stress and you can study with a computer program, you just need to memorizes the rules. This is great as you do not need a road test to get a drivers license in the EU (usually). But you will have to speak the language of the country enough to take the drivers test in the language of the country you reside in.
The road exam for a EU drivers license is notoriously hard. Natives will often fail five times. You can not do one little thing wrong; and it is illegal to bribe the examiner, which was the rule maybe ten years ago in many countries.
A driving course to get a drivers license in the EU is about 700 dollars and well worth the investment if you are going to hang around the EU. You can even get it in English, for a 20% premium.
What will I do? I have a US drivers license. I live in Poland an EU country. I think I will take a course
105 responses to Getting a driving license in the EU
Get a driving license between two European countries.
I am from Spain and I hold the theory part of the driving test and I am currently living in Denmark (will live here permanently) and I would like to know if it is possible for me to hold the practice test in Denmark in order to get the license. Is it possible?
I think it getting a driver’s license is like being pregnant. You can not be a little bit pregnant. So you need to get the licenses from a government. In the USA I can not even do that between states.
Change of USA driving license in Lithuania
I am hold US valid driving license, however, I am living in Lithuania permanantly, can I change my US license in Lithuanian driving license?
If you have a valid US drivers license (ussually that does not expire in six months) and you have a valid Lithuanian visa, you can exchange your drivers license after you pass a written test but they take your US license away and send it back to the issuing authority.
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