After eye surgery, do you need to apply for a new driver's licence?

If you no longer need glasses or lenses after eye surgery, you should apply for new licence for delete 01.

This 01 means that you must wear a driver correction device.

You ask your ophthalmologist for a certificate proving that you have undergone the operation.

Then take medical check-in appointment with a licenced physician.

This doctor should not be your attending physician.

You can consult the list of accredited doctors on the websites of the prefectures.

The list of accredited doctors is also available in prefectures, sub-prefectures and in the town halls of certain communes.

• General case
• In Paris

On the day of the check, prepare the following documents:

• Medical Notice Form cerfa 14880. You have to pre-fill it before the test.
• Original ID
• Original driving licence
• All the information you find useful about your health

At the end of the check, the doctor will give you the original medical opinion.

The application for the new driving licence is made online on the website of theCHILDREN.

You must attach the scanned version of the doctor's opinion to the other documents requested.

You follow the production and sending of your driving licence online.

Once connected to your space CHILDREN, you view your request in the dashboard.

Shipping driver's licenceExpert Letter.

This is a secure shipment, with hand-over against signature.

• The address you specify during the online procedure must be as complete as possible
  (building number, flat number, mailbox number, floor, corridor, staircase, "resident",...)
• Your mailbox must include the first and last name of the person receiving the mail.

If you are absent when the postman passes, you must go to the Post Office in the 15 days with your notice of passage or with the number of the Expert Letter.

If you couldn't get to the Post Office within 15 days, you don't have to do anything.

Your permit will be sent to you.

In other cases, contactCHILDREN via the contact form:

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The infographic explains the information on the driver's licence:

Front of the driving licence:

1. Name of holder

2. First name of the holder

3. Date and place of birth of the holder

4a. Date of issue of title

4b. Title End Date

4c Issuing Authority

5. Title number

7. Signature of the holder

9. Licence Categories

Unnumbered Legend: symbol and name of the State which issued the driving licence

Back of permit:

9. Licence Categories

10. Date of 1^re issuance of each class of licence

11. End date of each licence category

12. Restrictive codes. For example: 01.01 for glasses

Unnumbered Legend: File number (NEPH number)

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