Where to exchange a foreign driving licence in the Netherlands

Applications start at your municipality, so pick your city

Only your municipality can send an exchange application to the RDW, so you apply where you are registered. Where you book, whether you phone first and when you collect the new licence once the RDW has checked your application all depend on the municipality.

5 offices in The Hague
  • The Hague

    For EU, EEA and Swiss citizens

    Stadhuis Spui — Gemeente Den Haag

    Spui 70, 2511 BT The Hague

    Book online and apply in person, leaving your original licence and taking home a copy and a receipt.

    Bring valid identification, the original licence and a compliant photograph no older than six months. A licence written only in unfamiliar characters needs an accepted translation by a sworn translator, embassy or consulate. Depending on the case, obtain CBR (Dutch driving test and medical fitness assessor) fitness evidence; foreign students also need proof of enrolment. Lost/stolen licences require the city’s loss evidence and an original certified issuing-authority statement no older than six months confirming issue date and validity. The municipal fee is €53.65, payable when applying. Additional evidence may be required; check before ordering documents.

  • The Hague

    Stadhuis Spui — Gemeente Den Haag

    Spui 70, 2511 BT The Hague

    Check that your licence qualifies before applying, or you may need to take Dutch theory and practical tests.

    Bring valid identification/residence evidence, the original foreign licence, and a compliant photograph no older than six months. Bring an accepted sworn/embassy/consular translation if the document uses unfamiliar characters. RDW (Dutch vehicle and driving licence authority) requires CBR (Dutch driving test and medical fitness assessor) health evidence for licences outside the EU/EFTA; start the exchange before expiry and ask how to supply outstanding supporting documents. If relying on the expat arrangement, bring the valid Belastingdienst decision; if relying on an earlier Dutch licence, bring available supporting licence evidence. The municipal fee is €53.65 at application; medical, translation and other third-party costs are additional. No urgent or fixed five-day exchange is promised. If relying on the Ukrainian temporary-protection driving exception, check your status and RDW’s current guidance before applying ordinary driving deadlines. For an exchange, check the tax ruling and document-validity requirements separately: permission to drive with an expired Ukrainian licence does not guarantee that it can be exchanged.

  • The Hague

    For EU, EEA and Swiss citizens

    Stadsdeelkantoor Laak

    Slachthuisplein 25, 2521 EC The Hague

    Apply in person, then collect the new licence at the same office within three months of applying.

    Bring valid identification, the original licence and a compliant photograph no older than six months. A licence written only in unfamiliar characters needs an accepted translation by a sworn translator, embassy or consulate. Depending on the case, obtain CBR (Dutch driving test and medical fitness assessor) fitness evidence; foreign students also need proof of enrolment. Lost/stolen licences require the city’s loss evidence and an original certified issuing-authority statement no older than six months confirming issue date and validity. The municipal fee is €53.65, payable when applying. Additional evidence may be required; check before ordering documents.

  • The Hague

    For EU, EEA and Swiss citizens

    Stadskantoor Leyweg (stadsdeelkantoor Escamp)

    Leyweg 813, 2545 HA The Hague

    Book the exchange appointment and keep in mind that the receipt you get is not permission to drive.

    Bring valid identification, the original licence and a compliant photograph no older than six months. A licence written only in unfamiliar characters needs an accepted translation by a sworn translator, embassy or consulate. Depending on the case, obtain CBR (Dutch driving test and medical fitness assessor) fitness evidence; foreign students also need proof of enrolment. Lost/stolen licences require the city’s loss evidence and an original certified issuing-authority statement no older than six months confirming issue date and validity. The municipal fee is €53.65, payable when applying. Additional evidence may be required; check before ordering documents.

  • The Hague

    Stadskantoor Leyweg (stadsdeelkantoor Escamp)

    Leyweg 813, 2545 HA The Hague

    Apply while your foreign licence is still valid, as expired licences from outside the EU cannot be exchanged.

    Bring valid identification/residence evidence, the original foreign licence, and a compliant photograph no older than six months. Bring an accepted sworn/embassy/consular translation if the document uses unfamiliar characters. RDW (Dutch vehicle and driving licence authority) requires CBR (Dutch driving test and medical fitness assessor) health evidence for licences outside the EU/EFTA; start the exchange before expiry and ask how to supply outstanding supporting documents. If relying on the expat arrangement, bring the valid Belastingdienst decision; if relying on an earlier Dutch licence, bring available supporting licence evidence. The municipal fee is €53.65 at application; medical, translation and other third-party costs are additional. No urgent or fixed five-day exchange is promised. If relying on the Ukrainian temporary-protection driving exception, check your status and RDW’s current guidance before applying ordinary driving deadlines. For an exchange, check the tax ruling and document-validity requirements separately: permission to drive with an expired Ukrainian licence does not guarantee that it can be exchanged.

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