Requirements and types of driving licences

You can use your foreign driving licence for up to six months in Luxembourg. If you stay longer, you may have to exchange it to a Luxembourgian one. If your licence is not in German, French or English it has to be translated. Non-EEA nationals have to exchange it within one year of residency. EEA nationals only have to register their licence or may exchange it if desired.

If you have held your driving licence for less than two years you will have to attend a one-day training course at the Colmar-Berg driver training centre (Centre de Formation pour Conducteurs ).

How to exchange your driving licence

Documents required to exchange an EEA licence:

• A form called Demande en obtention d’un permis de conduire 
• Passport-sized photo
• Certificate of Residence (certificat de résidence) (no more than a month old)
• Copy of the foreign drivers licence
• Copy of passport or ID
• Tax stamp (Timbre de Chancellerie), available at the SNCA
• Certificate of no criminal record

Additional documents you need to exchange a non-EEA licence:

• Medical certificate (no older than three months)
• Copy of the affidavit (extrait de casier judiciaire)

How to obtain a driving licence

Requirements for the application:

• Medical certificate (no older than three months)
• Passport-sized photo
• Certificate of Residence (no more than a month old)
• Copy of the affidavit (extrait de casier judiciaire)
• Tax stamp (Timbre de Chancellerie)
• The registration fee for the driving school
• An application form 

To obtain a Luxembourgian driving licence you have to pass a theory and a practical driving test. Both can be taken in English. If you fail, you can retake the tests as often as you want. Licences have to be renewed every ten years until the holder is 60 years old. After the age of 60 a medical test is required to renew the licence.

Categories of driving licences

In Luxembourg you can obtain the following driving licences: