Exchanging my foreign driving licence

Papango Member

1POSTS

11 years ago

Hi
I wonder if it's possible to exchange my foreign (non-eu) driving license to a Slovakian one if i live in France ?

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blonder Contributor

180POSTS

11 years ago

You can use a non-EU DL (I used mine from Asia) but you must be a resident in SVK.

naughtyguy Member

16POSTS

10 years ago

i am not sure you can do that, depends which side you driven in your country ?

what i did was i went to autoskola and finish the course and got the driving license just like slovak does

blonder Contributor

180POSTS

10 years ago

It was easy. Just used my HKG DL with Embassy Slovak translation.
Have a 15 year Slovak DL now.

mastersonstarwin New member

4POSTS

10 years ago

what paper work did you require when visiting ?

blonder Contributor

180POSTS

10 years ago

I don't remember -- 4 years ago. Just need Slovak Embassy to translate, apostille and it was one of the FEW easy tasks to be done in Slovakia

blonder Contributor

180POSTS

10 years ago

mastersonstarwin wrote:
what paper work did you require when visiting ?

I realize now the problem. Like in HKG, US DL's need to go for a driving test/classes.
If you had an EU or Canadian, Asian DL = no test or school.
You probably used a US DL.