mint Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 into a French one?Can this be really true? I have printed out all the instructions and the form but nowhere can I find the cost.Please somebody confirm it for me![:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommier Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Amazing but true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 [quote user="Pommier"]Amazing but true! [/quote]Thank you, Pommier. I didn't believe the official website but, of course, I believe YOU![;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nell Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Yes, free - after OH and myself had paid about 52 euro each!!!C'est la vie......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 [quote user="Nell"]Yes, free - after OH and myself had paid about 52 euro each!!! C'est la vie.........[/quote]Hey, Nell, I did seem to remember that OH paid 25 euros for his but then I thought that perhaps I'd "mis-remembered"! That would have been maybe 4 years ago. But 52 euros EACH [:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 And yet it is about £50 to change a french one to a UK one, maybe more, really annoying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Don't get too excited, it depends on the individual prefectures I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 [quote user="AnOther"]Don't get too excited, it depends on the individual prefectures I'm afraid.[/quote]Ah, Erns, thanks for the bucket of cold water!Seriously, I'm very grateful to you as I am following your advice to change before next year so that I'll get a life-time paper licence.Er.....does anyone know a prefecture that gives out free licences [I] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nectarine Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 please can you provide the link to download those forms? Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Here you gohttps://www.formulaires.modernisation.gouv.fr/gf/cerfa_11247_02.do?jeton=AOJn-QE6uB5AhwE6w1o1f6L_[quote user="sweet 17"]Er.....does anyone know a prefecture that gives out free licences [I] [/quote]Yes, Cahors but probably cheaper to pay than travel ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 [quote user="AnOther"][quote user="sweet 17"]Er.....does anyone know a prefecture that gives out free licences [I] [/quote]Yes, Cahors but probably cheaper to pay than travel ![/quote]I wasn't thinking of TRAVELLING, only going to SEND the application.If I WERE to send them to Cahors prefecture, would they be asking me to send them to my own prefecture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Sorry sweets but it has to be in your own department.Pour échanger son permis de conduire, il faut s'adresser suivant son département : à la préfecture de son domicile, ou à la sous-préfecture de son domicile, et, à Paris, à la préfecture de police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 Thank you, Erns; might have known there'd be a catch![:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 €26 each in the Charente. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 [quote user="sweet 17"]into a French one?Can this be really true? I have printed out all the instructions and the form but nowhere can I find the cost.Please somebody confirm it for me![:)][/quote]I am pretty sure that the Dordogne do not charge, for the exchange of an EU licence, just supply the stamped envelope, for the return, if applying by post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 Thank you, derf, I will send off all the required documents and, if they are going to charge, they can write back and ask for the money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 What does the Prefecture web site say Sweet17? Usually any required payments are mentioned on the web site and any application form, or is that 'should be mentioned on the web site and any application form'.[Www]Personally I'd call the Prefecture, that is what I always did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 [quote user="idun"]What does the Prefecture web site say Sweet17? Usually any required payments are mentioned on the web site and any application form, or is that 'should be mentioned on the web site and any application form'.[Www]Personally I'd call the Prefecture, that is what I always did.[/quote]Should be is correct. We followed what the website said then when we got to the prefecture the guy told us when we handed him our pile of paperwork (without even mentioning the website) that the website was wrong and that in addition to the list on it we needed a cheque to cover the fees and also a birth certificate for me as women have to prove their birth name and their passport only proves their married name. Yes - best to call if it's a bit of a trek! They did let us post the birth certificate though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sid Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 No charge in Deux-Sèvres (Niort). Go in with all the paperwork prepared (for example, our secretary at the village Mairie will happily check everything first), and you should come away with a temporary attestation to produce to the Gendarmes if required in the intervening period; the new licence arrived within a week. [geek] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 [quote user="sid"]No charge in Deux-Sèvres (Niort). Go in with all the paperwork prepared (for example, our secretary at the village Mairie will happily check everything first), and you should come away with a temporary attestation to produce to the Gendarmes if required in the intervening period; the new licence arrived within a week. [geek][/quote]Same here except for the no charge part, but my Mum is up in Normandy 56 and she had to fill in the categories herself; got no attestation and is still waiting, three weeks later......and is worried that the very brusque woman who seemed to think they weren't allowed to have a French licence has just binned the forms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Araucaria Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Here in the Cantal the Préfecture wants an officially translated version of the UK licence and a medical examination (no matter what category you might want). The fee for the licence will be small beer by comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 [quote user="Araucaria"]Here in the Cantal the Préfecture wants an officially translated version of the UK licence and a medical examination (no matter what category you might want). The fee for the licence will be small beer by comparison. [/quote]They're not supposed to do that. A translation isn't necessary (unless it was a very old one and they don't recognise the format?) see http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/driving/faq/index_en.htm I am renewing my driving licence in a different EU country to the one that issued it. Do I have to produce a translation? NO — There is no legal requirement to do this. The authorities in the new country will issue you a local licence.and they're only supposed to require a medical examination for categories for which that is the local rule. I have moved to another European country, my new country of residence has recognised my licence but wants to shorten its validity and make me take a medical exam. Is that legal? YES — They’re entitled to apply the same restrictions to your licence as to those issued locally. The new validity period for your driving licence will start on the date you take up residence in your new home country. As for the expiry date, ask the licence issuing authorities there, and also whether any other restrictions apply. Some countries also require medical exams for licence renewals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 They’re entitled to apply the same restrictions to your licence as to those issued locally.That is the key point, they cannot demand a medical on age or category grounds if the same would not be asked of a French person and since French drivers do not have to undergo any medicals for group A or B their lifetime licences neither should you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzer Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 25€ in La Rochelle. They also require "une enveloppe prépayé de type courrier suivi" along with passport etc. Would anyone know if a photocopy would be in order?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Well, Jazzer, this is what I sent off and the maire's secretary went through it with me and provided the photocopies.This is what I sent:the envelope as you have mentionedcolour (better copy than black-and-white) photocopy of passport old UK licence (both the paper bit and the card)recent utilities billphotocopy of marriage certificate as I wanted the licence to be in my married namerelevant form "demande de délivrance de permis de conduire"No money as it wasn't mentioned on the prefecture siteIt's been about 3 weeks and nothing's come back yet but I am optimistic as they haven't returned the whole pack and asked for other documents either [:-))]Madame la secretaire also potocopied my old licence and wrote a note to the effect that my licence was being changed (with the mairie's tampon, of course!) to keep in the car in the event of being stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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