Issuance of a Driving Licence or an International Driving Licence on the basis of a DL issued by a f

Issuance of a Driving Licence or an International Driving Licence on the basis of a DL issued by a foreign state
01/02/2005 00:00:00Driving Licences

• The applicant may be only a person who holds a DL issued by a foreign state or a European Communities DL, and who has been granted a long-term or a permanent permission to stay in the Czech Republic, or a person who holds a DL issued by a foreign state or a European Communities DL, who has permanent residence in the Czech Republic and lives in the country for more than 185 calendar days in a year.
 
• the applicant must present a filled-out application form for a DL, the DL issued by a foreign state, or the EC DL, an identification document, and one colour or black-and-white ID document-type photo in the format 35x45 mm.
 
• The compulsory exchange of a DL issued by a foreign state, pursuant to Sec. 116 (1) and (2) of Act no. 361/2000 Coll., is not subject to an administrative fee.

• If the applicant fails to adhere to the obligations prescribed, he/she may be sanctioned pursuant to Act no. 200/1990 Coll., the Offence Act, as amended.
 
• The legal process for the processing of an application is regulated by:
Act no. 361/2000 Coll., On Road Traffic and on Changing Certain Acts, as amended, and  by Regulation no. 31/2001 Coll., On Driving Licences and the Driver Registry, as amended.



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