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You can now replace your pink cardboard driving license with the new model

Publié le 23 février 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Your folding driving license 3 shutters “pink cardboard” is valid until January 19, 2033. However, you can request its replacement now with the new model in credit card format. In particular, this could help you avoid a bottleneck of dedicated services as the deadline approaches.

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To replace your cardboard driver's license with the "credit card" model, you must apply online at the website of the National Agency for Secure Titles (NSA). Once on the site, you can log in:

  • via FranceConnect (login via the login and password you use on Impots.gouv, Ameli or L'identity numérique - La Poste...);
  • or with your IDS. If you don't have one, you are offered to create an account so that you can have a specific personal space on the website of the National Securities Agency.

When applying for a replacement of your driving license, you must transmit in digital format:

  • proof of identity (national identity card valid or expired for less than 5 years, biometric passport valid or expired for less than 5 years...);
  • proof of domicile (an invoice dated less than 6 months of water, electricity, gas or fixed or mobile telephone, a tax or non-tax notice, a rent receipt...);
  • a digital photo-signature (this is a photograph that also includes a digital representation of your signature, and is taken in a photo booth approved by the Agence Nationale des Tités Sécurité or by a professional photographer also approved by the ANT). If you want to send a photo ID in paper format, it is suggested at the end of the process to download and then send a signature photo deposit form;
  • the "pink card" license to be replaced (although it will no longer be valid, you will not be required to return it once you have received your new credit card document);
  • if necessary, a Cerfa medical opinion form when required by your driving license.

The procedure is free of charge, except for the costs incurred to make the photo ID.

Please note

even if your driving license in cardboard format is now valid only until 19 January 2033, its replacement consists of a simple administrative step of changing the medium; if you are for example the holder of the B license allowing to drive a car it remains valid for life (unless individual restriction, for example for health reasons). This way, you do not need to take a driving test.

Reminder

since 16 September 2013, all EU Member States have had a driving license in the form of a credit card. As the models are similar, the French driving license is recognized throughout Europe, making it easier to drive. This plasticized permit, which is more solid and durable, also contains an MRZ band (this band contains inter alia security keys determined by an algorithm) which makes it possible to better combat fraud and identity theft in the event of loss or theft in particular.

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