Driving license and right to drive

Would you like to apply for a driving license or make sure does your driving license issued at home is valid in Estonia?

While driving, a driver has to carry a driving licence or another document certifying the right to drive, a motor vehicle registration certificate and the registration certificate for its trailer or a copy of the registration certificate of the trailer. If the driver carries an identity document, there is no need to carry a driving licence issued in Estonia and a registration certificate while on Estonian territory.

The following driving licences are valid in Estonia:

• a driving licence issued in a member state of the European Economic Area and in the Swiss Confederacy;
• a driving licence issued in a member state of the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic that follows the convention, see the list here;
• a driving licence issued in a member state of the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic with an international driving licence, see the list here;
• a driving licence issued in a foreign state that has a mutual driving licence recognition international treaty with Estonia. It is only valid on the condition that the person's right to drive has not been suspended, removed or invalidated in the state that has issued the driving licence;
• See more information about right to drive and exchanging driving license issued in foreign countrry from the Estonian Road Administration web-page.

The list of the Estonian driving schools can be found here.

Read more about the exchaning the driving license and right to drive from the web-site of Estonian Road Administration.

If you have any questions, just use the communication window on the left or contact us by e-mail:

veronika@jmk.ee