Validity of foreign driving licence

What

A validity of foreign driver’s licence is a driver’s licence issued outside the European Economic Area.

Who

If you are granted temporary or permanent residence in Croatia, or you are part of:
• diplomatic and consular personnel
• staff of foreign countries’ diplomatic missions and international organisations’ branch offices in Croatia
• foreign trade, traffic, cultural and other representations
• foreign news bureaus can drive motor vehicles with a valid driver’s licence for up to a year since entering Croatia.
After this period has expired, the foreign driver’s licence must be replaced with a Croatian one.

How

When submitting a request for replacing a foreign driver’s licence, the following should be attached:
• proof of identity,
• foreign driver’s licence,
• translation of the foreign driver’s licence (if necessary),
• certificate of medical fitness to drive a vehicle (no older than six months),
• a 35 x 35 mm photograph,
• an administrative fee of 35 kn in revenue stamps,
• proof of payment.

When

In the first year of residence in Croatia.

Good to know

Driving licence recognition and validity: https://goo.gl/ByaXwA

Where

Police authorities and stations in Croatia: https://goo.gl/Dea1HE