Use your existing driver’s license
If you are a resident in Hungary and your driver’s license was not issued in Hungary, you can still use it for some time before you are required to localize it, depending on where it was issued.
- Issued in an : you can use it in Hungary for 2 years.
- Issued in another country that joined the : you can use it in Hungary for 1 year.
If your license was issued in any other country, you will need to localize it before you can drive a car in Hungary.
Localize your driver’s license
The requirements for localization depend on where your original license was issued.
A. If it was issued in an EEA country or another country that joined the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, you just need:
- your driver’s license,
- your residence permit, and
- a certificate of medical aptitude.
B. If it was issued in a country that has not joined the Vienna Convention of Road Traffic, you will need
- your driver’s license,
- your residence permit,
- a certificate of medical aptitude,
- a certified translation of your license (by OFFI);
- if the content of your license cannot be matched to Hungarian requirements, you might be asked to pass a theoretical and/or practical exam too.
Your original driver’s license will be taken away, and you will receive a Hungarian license which you can use all over the EEA while you remain a resident in Hungary. If you leav
