All migrants who are not citizens of an EU member state and who do not have permanent residence in the CR or temporary residence based on a long-term visa for more than 1 year have to apply for an exchange of their foreign driving licence (issued by a non-EU country) for a Czech one. Migrants have to submit the application within 3 months from the day when their permanent residence permit or the temporary residence permit based on a long-term visa came into legal force.

You can exchange a valid foreign driving licence for a Czech one only if it was issued by a foreign state under the Convention on Road Traffic (Vienna 1968) or the Convention on Road Traffic (Geneva 1949) or if it is a valid European driving licence. It is necessary to ask at the register of drivers of the Prague City Hall, whether it is possible to exchange your driving licence for a Czech one or whether it is necessary for you to pass another driving test.

If you apply for exchange of a driving licence, you are obliged to submit at the office the following documents in person (representation is not possible):

• An application for the issue of a driving licence – you will receive a form with pre-printed personal data at the check-in counter of the register of drivers (the application is a unique form created with a personal registration number and a barcode, therefore it cannot be copied or downloaded from the website; it becomes an official application only after personal and other data have been printed by computer at the register of drivers and the driver has signed the form, which serves as confirmation of the accuracy of the printed data)
• A valid identity document of the applicant (migrants also have to present their residence permit and other documents proving their habitual residence in the territory of the CR. Habitual residence is the place of permanent residence of an individual in the territory of the Czech Republic or a place where they usually reside.
• One photograph sized 35 × 45mm
• A foreign driving licence
• You will be issued a new driving licence within 20 days.