What aid is available to finance the driving license?
Verified 12 December 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Permit at 1 euro per day
The 1 euro per day license consists of one zero-interest loan.
What are the conditions?
- Be between 15 and 25 years of age on the date of signature of the training contract, including where the contract takes the form of a agreeable.
- Prepare license B or license A2 or license A1. The formation of the B license can be done in advance driving or supervised.
- Use loan for 1re enrollment in driving license training (initial training).
If you fail the practical test of the license, you can use the loan to finance additional training before taking the practical test again.
How do I apply?
You must speak to a driving school that has the quality label or an equivalence, and that has signed a standard convention with the State.
Who shall I contact
After signing the training contract, you can apply for the loan from a partner financial institution (your legal representatives do the walk if you are a minor).
The financial institution may require a person surety or a co-borrower (this means you are borrowing with another person).
Once the loan has been granted, and after the standard withdrawal period, the amount of the loan shall be paid to the driving school.
How much is the loan?
- Initial training: €600, €800, €1000 or €1,200, at your choice
- Additional training in the event of failure of the practical test: €300
The amount of the loan must not exceed the amount entered in the training contract.
You repay the loan in monthly installments of €30 maximum.
You can take advantage of the loan only once.
FYI
the mechanism of the permit of 1 euro per day can be accumulated with personal training account (PTA).
Youth Relief Fund (YAF)
The Youth Relief Fund is a department-wide support for youth young people aged 18-25 having difficulties of social or occupational integration.
You may contact your local mission.
Driver's license grant
Some municipalities help you finance your driver's license training in exchange for a community-oriented activity.
Ask your local authority for more information.
National Universal Service (SNU)
As a volunteer of the national universal service (SNU), you have the free code preparation and the refund of 1re code presentation (ETG: titleContent).
Other devices
The site 1young1solution allows you to find financial assistance for the driving license, close to your home.
What are the conditions?
- Be 18 years of age or older
- Be an apprentice (your apprenticeship contract must be running)
- Prepare the B-permit
How do I apply?
You must submit an application to the Apprenticeship Training Center (ATC) where you are registered.
The file includes the following documents:
- Aid application form completed and signed
- Double-sided copy of your valid national identity card, passport or residence permit
- Copy of a quote or driving school invoice less than one year old
- RIB: titleContent if you are applying for the assistance to be paid into your account
What is the amount of the aid?
The amount of aid shall be fixed at €500.
You can only benefit once.
As part of your job search, you can benefit, under certain conditions, from a Aid from France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) to finance your driving license training (B license).
The aid may not exceed €1,200.
Ask your agency France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi).
To obtain assistance with the financing of the driving license, inquire at your departmental home for disabled people (MDPH).
If you need a driving license for your professional project, you can ask for financial assistance from theAgefiph: titleContent.
Who shall I contact
You can also contact the Public Service Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities (FIPHFP).
You can use your personal training account (PTA) to finance the preparation for the theoretical and practical tests of all categories of driving licenses.
You can also use your CPF to finance Early Learning to Drive (AAFC) for License B.
The conditions to be fulfilled are different depending on the license prepared.
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Truck or transit license
The following conditions must be met:
- Obtaining a driver's license contributes to the realization of your professional project or to promoting the security of your professional career
- You are not subject to a suspension of your driving license or a prohibition on applying for a driving license
BE Permit
The relevant permit is BE permit.
The following conditions must be met:
- Obtaining a driver's license contributes to the realization of your professional project or to promoting the security of your professional career
- You are not subject to a suspension of your driving license or a prohibition on applying for a driving license
Car, motorcycle, or heavy quadricycle license
The following conditions must be met:
- Obtaining a driver's license contributes to the realization of your professional project or to promoting the security of your professional career
- You don't have a valid driver's license. For example, if you have a valid B license, you cannot use your CPF to finance the A1 license.
- You are not subject to a suspension of your driving license or a prohibition on applying for a driving license
FYI
If you have a driving license that is no longer valid, without being banned or suspended, you can apply for funding for a new light-duty group license (car, motorcycle, or heavy quadricycle). A license that is no longer valid is a license that has been set aside by a judge or invalidated (zero points balance).
You can consult your CPF online:
FYI
This device may be combined with others, in particular the one euro per day permit for young people.
The aid is intended for persons involved in the operational reserve of the national police or in the armies.
You may be granted a contribution towards the financing of driving license B if you answer to all conditions following:
- You signed a contract of employment before the age of 25
- You've never held a B driver's license
- You have completed at least 50 days of activity on the reserve
- You are more than 2 years away from the end of your engagement contract
- You have proof of enrollment in a driving school.
The amount of the participation is €1,000.
The personal microcredit is intended for people who cannot obtain traditional bank credit due to low income and/or social insecurity.
Microcredit can be used to finance driving license training.
To apply for microcredit, you must contact a social support network.
Who shall I contact
Some local authorities (city, county, region) offer assistance to finance the driving license.
An online service allows you to find financial aid close to you:
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
Driving licenses under the personal training account (Article L6323-6)
Driving licenses eligible for the CPF and conditions to be fulfilled
Voluntary service of the national universal service (SNU)
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