Municipality of Westerkwartier: exchanging a foreign driving licence for a Dutch driving licence

Requests at the counter

You can exchange your foreign driving licence at contact details

By appointment

Make an appointment online by telephone +31 594 551 551

The fee for exchanging a driving licence is € 41.60.

You must pay that fee at the time of application.

It takes 2 to 4 weeks for the licences to be exchanged. You will receive a letter from the Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer – RDW (Netherlands Vehicle Authority) when you can collect your driving licence. You must collect your driving licence in person. You have 3 months to do this after you have received the letter from the RDW. After that time, the driving licence will be destroyed.