Foreign Drivers in Belgium: Equivalence Procedures and Legal Implications

2023-11-25 15:09:53

In Belgium, foreign motorists risk having to retake their theoretical and practical driving license, despite (tens of) years of experience. This problem mainly concerns those from countries outside the EU who do not know the Belgian equivalence procedures for their license following their domiciliation in Belgium, often due to a lack of information, reports Freewhich collected the testimony of a lawyer handling cases of this type.

Thus, the lawyer in question, by way of example, mentions in particular the cases of three women, having changed their name following marriage and renewed their license in their country of origin, found themselves with licenses not recognized in Belgium because they were issued following their domiciliation. Another case concerns a 60-year-old man, a Belgian resident for four years, who renewed his Moldovan license two years ago, making it invalid in Belgium. This poses difficulties, particularly for those who do not have sufficient command of the languages ​​required for the exams in Belgium, thus threatening their employment.

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