Application for a driving licence: what identification can be presented?
Verified 17 January 2022 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)
You can submit one of the following documents to prove your identity when applying for a driving licence.
You are French
- National Secure Identity Card valid or expired for less than 5 years
- Biometric passport, service passport or mission passport valid or expired for less than 5 years
- Non-biometric passport valid or expired for less than 2 years
- Safe Driving Licence European Union
- Receipt of proof of identity (for persons who are prohibited from leaving the territory)
FYI
a member of the Foreign Legion can justify his identity with a valid military card. An inmate may present the receipt that was given to him in exchange for his identity documents.
If you are European
You are concerned if you are a national of: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, San Marino, Holy See, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland.
For a major
- National Identity Card
- Passport
- Driving licence issued by an EU country in accordance with European Union
- Resident Card EU long-term, regardless of
- Temporary residence card EU, irrespective of
For a minor
- National Identity Card
- Passport
- A valid parent's passport if the child is present and the photo is similar
If you have another nationality
For a major
- Passport
- Temporary residence card (CST), regardless of the entry
- Long-stay visa valid residence permit validated by the French Office of Immigration and Integration (Ofii)
- Multi-year residence card, regardless of the entry
- Certificate of residence for Algerian
- Provisional authorisation to stay, whatever the indication on the card provided that it extends a stay in the territory for a period exceeding 185 days
- Receipt of an application to renew one of these securities
- Certificate of asylum seeker renewed for more than 9 months and authorising to work
- Receipt recognising the recognition of international protection and granting refugee, stateless or subsidiary protection
- Refugee Travel Document
For a minor
- Passport
- A valid parent's passport if the child is present and the photo is similar
- Valid Minor foreigner Traffic Document
- Valid Republican Identity Document (TIR)
- Receipt recognising the recognition of international protection and granting refugee, stateless or subsidiary protection
Please note
you have to be able to provide the original of the document, but a paper or a scanned copy is enough to do the process.
- Code of Public Administration Relations: Articles L113-12 to D113-14Information that has already been produced or can be obtained from another jurisdiction
- Decree of 23 December 2016 on the justification of identity, domicile, normal residence and the regularity of the stay in order to obtain a driving licence
- Online application for a new permit for loss, theft, damage or change of marital status
Online service
- Online application for a driving licence following passing an examination
Online service
- Driver's licence: online request for a NEPH number
Online service
- Online application for a driving licence upon expiry
Online service
- Online driving licence application by converting a military patent
Online service
- International permit online pre-application
Online service
- Online application for a driving licence after professional diploma validation
Online service
FAQ
- Application for a driving licence: what proof of domicile?
- How do I get a new category added to my driver's licence?
- Should I report a change of address for a driver's licence?
- Do you have to change your driver's licence if the photo is no longer similar?
- How do I report an error on my driver's licence?
- Online application for a driving licence: how to be helped in the process?
- How do I know what is the status of my driver's licence application?
- Titles, residence card and travel documents for foreigner in FranceService-Public.fr
- Permit B: car or vanService-Public.fr
- European Union countriesEuropean Commission