Renew driving licence

Your driving licence shows the date it expires. If your licence has expired, you are not permitted to drive. Renew your driving license online in 5 steps and pick it up after 2 working days. Or request it at a municipal counter.

People over the age of 75 years are permitted to continue to drive with an expired driving licence under certain conditions. Read more on the Begin external link: website of the CBR(External link), end external link..

You can renew your driving licence online. Or you can make an appointment to renew your driving licence at the municipal counter at City Hall Spui or the Leyweg City Office. You will pay the fees when you apply. You will be able to collect your driving licence when it is ready. You do not need to make an appointment to collect it. You will need to turn in your old driving licence.

There are Begin link: different times, end link. for collecting your new passport, identity card or driving licence on Tuesdays (Leyweg City Office) and Thursdays (City Hall Spui).

You can renew your driving licence online or at a municipal counter.

Online

Read about how you can renew your driving licence online on Begin external link: RDW instructional video(External link), end external link. on YouTube.

You can only apply online using the Begin external link: DigiD app(External link), end external link. and an Android mobile telephone (version 6.0 or higher) or an iPhone (model 7 or higher and iOS version 13) with an NFC reader for contactless payments.

The Dutch Road Transport Directorate (RDW) will notify you when you can collect the driving licence. Pick up your driving licence yourself. You can do this without an appointment at City Hall Spui or the Leyweg City Office. You select the pick-up location when you apply. Take your old driving licence with you when you go to collect your new one. You will have to turn in the old one.

At a municipal counter

  • Make an appointment to renew your driving licence.
Are you unable to attend the appointment at the suggested time? New possibilities for appointment times could appear later in the day. For example, if people cancel their appointment. By refreshing the appointment page you will see if any new appointment times have become available.
  • Go to your appointment at the Department of Public Service counter at City Hall Spui or the Leyweg City Office. You will pay the fees when you apply.
  • Pick up your driving licence yourself. You can do this without an appointment at City Hall Spui or the Leyweg City Office. Your driving licence will be ready for you at the location where you submitted the application. Take your old driving licence with you. You will have to turn it in.

Rates from 1 July 2023:

  • application for a driving licence: € 51.10
  • application for a driving licence expedited procedure: € 51.10 + € 39.65 = € 90.75
These fees must be paid upfront when you submit your application. You pay your online application with iDeal. You can pay in cash or use a bank card at City Hall Spui. You can only use a bank card at the Leyweg City Office. Unfortunately it is not possible to pay with a credit card.

  • Did you apply for the driving licence online? Then you usually can pick it up after 2 working days. The RDW will send you a notification.
  • Did you apply for the driving licence at the municipal counter? Then you can collect it after 5 working days. The pick-up receipt will state as of when you can collect the driving licence.
  • Do you need your driving licence quickly? Then you should use an expedited procedure. You will then wait a maximum of 2 working days (if you submit the application before 14.00 hrs.). This procedure is more expensive.

Pick up the driving licence within 3 months after you apply for it. After that the document will be invalidated and the municipality will be obliged to destroy it.

For an urgent appointment, you will be given an appointment earlier.
Would you like your application to be processed more quickly? You can request a faster procedure for various products. This is called an expedited procedure. An expedited procedure is not free.
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Validity

The driving licence shows the date it expires.

You are advised to renew your licence before the expiry date. If you do not do this, your driving licence will expire and you will not be permitted to drive.

The driving licence is valid for a maximum of 10 years. The validity depends on:

  • your age
  • the category of the driving licence
  • medical grounds for a driving licence with a shorter validity period
Age Validity driving licence Medical examination
18 to 65 maximum of 10 years no medical examination*
65 to 70 until your 75th birthday no medical examination*
70 to 75 maximum of 5 years no medical examination*
75 and older maximum of 5 years medical examination required

*A driving licence can be issued with a shorter validity period on medical grounds. And a medical examination can be required. More information can be found on Begin external link: rdw.n(External link), end external link.l.

Collecting the driving licence

You must pick up your driving licence yourself. Nobody else is allowed to do this for you. You can collect your driving licence at the city office where you applied for it. You do not need to make an appointment to collect it.

Please note: There are Begin link: different times, end link. on Tuesdays and Thursdays for collecting your new passport, identity card or driving licence.

You live outside of the Netherlands

Do you live outside of the Netherlands and would you like to renew your Dutch driving licence? Then you should not contact the municipality but rather the Dutch Road Transport Directorate (RDW).

Turn in the licence after a death

Did a family member die? Then you are allowed to turn in the driving licence at the municipality. You can do this at the reception desk in City Hall Spui or the Leyweg City Office.

Online pilot to apply for driving licence

The municipality has been taking part in a RDW pilot since 2019. This is why you can now also apply for your driving licence online. Read more about it on the Begin external link: website of the RDW(External link), end external link..

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