Application for a driving license: what ID can be presented?

Verified 17 January 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

You can present one of the following documents to justify your identity when applying for a driving license.

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You're French

  • Secure national 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
  • Invalid or expired non-biometric passport for less than 2 years
  • Secure driver's license conforming to the format European Union
  • Proof of identity receipt (for persons subject to an exit ban)

FYI  

a member of the Foreign Legion can justify his identity with a valid military card. An inmate may present the receipt issued to him in exchange for his identity documents.

You're European

You are affected if you are a national of one of the following states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

For a major
  • National identity card
  • Passport
  • Driving license issued by an EU country conforming to the format European Union
  • Resident Card EU long duration, regardless of the term
  • Temporary residence permit EU, regardless of the mention
For a minor
  • National identity card
  • Passport
  • Passport of a valid parent, if the child is in it and his or her photo is similar

You have another nationality

For a major
  • Passport
  • Temporary residence card (TSA), regardless of endorsement
  • Long-stay visa as a residence permit validated by the French Office for Immigration and Integration (Ofii)
  • Multi-annual residence card, irrespective of the mention
  • Residence certificate for Algerian
  • Temporary residence permit, irrespective of the entry on the card provided that it extends a stay in the territory for more than 185 days
  • Receipt of request for renewal of one of these titles
  • Certificate of asylum seeker renewed for more than 9 months and authorizing to work
  • Receipt recognizing international protection and granting refugee status, statelessness or subsidiary protection
  • Refugee travel document
For a minor
  • Passport
  • Passport of a valid parent, if the child is in it and his or her photo is similar
  • Valid Minor foreigner Movement Document (MRD)
  • Valid Republican Identity Document (TIR)
  • Receipt recognizing international protection and granting refugee status, statelessness or subsidiary protection

Please note

you must be able to provide the original document, but a paper or digitized copy is sufficient to do the work.

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