Now what procedures are needed to transfer a foreign driver's license to a domestic one?

1, holding a foreign driver's license, can not directly in China to drive, must first be changed to China's corresponding models of the driver's license before you can drive. When you change your driver's license, you need to take the test for the corresponding car model.

2, foreign driver's license for domestic driver's license process:

(1) will be the original driver's license by the regular third-party translation agency translated into Chinese, and notarized in the notary public office;

(2) with personal ID cards, passports, original driver's licenses, driver's licenses, translations, a one-inch white color photographs, physical examination form to the local DMV to apply for the replacement of the license business;

(3) Bring the above documents to the counter of the DMV, stating that the foreign driver's license is exchanged for a domestic driver's license, and after the staff verifies the documents, they will make an appointment for the appropriate test subject according to the car model;

(4) Only those who have passed the test and have all the documents will be allowed to exchange their licenses, and then they can drive in China.

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Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1: According to the "People's Republic of China *** and the State Road Traffic Safety Law" and its implementing regulations, "the People's Republic of China *** and the State Administrative Licensing Law", the formulation of the provisions.

Article 2: The provisions of the public security organs of the traffic management department is responsible for the implementation.

Provincial public security organs of the traffic management department is responsible for the province (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) motor vehicle driver's license business work guidance, inspection and supervision. Municipalities directly under the central public security organs of the traffic management department of the vehicle management department, the city or the equivalent of the same level of the public security organs of the traffic management department of the vehicle management department is responsible for the administrative jurisdiction of the motor vehicle driver's license business.

The county-level public security organs of the traffic management department of the vehicle management can handle the administrative jurisdiction of the low-speed trucks, three-wheeled vehicles, motorcycle driver's license business, as well as other motor vehicle driver's license replacement, reissuance, validation, submission of proof of physical condition and other business. Conditions are available, you can handle small cars, small automatic transmission vehicles, small automatic transmission passenger cars for the disabled driver's license business, as well as other motor vehicle driver's license of road traffic safety laws, regulations and related knowledge test business. Specific business scope and handling conditions determined by the provincial public security organs of the traffic management department.

Article 3: Vehicle Management Office for motor vehicle driver's license business, should follow the strict, open, fair, convenient principle.

Vehicle management office for motor vehicle driver's license business, shall accept the applicant's application in accordance with the law, review the materials submitted by the applicant. Qualified, in accordance with the standards, procedures and deadlines for motor vehicle driver's license. The application materials are incomplete or do not meet the legal form, the applicant should be informed in writing once all the contents of the need to make corrections. Do not meet the conditions, shall be informed in writing of the reasons.

Vehicle management should be laws, administrative regulations and this provision of the motor vehicle driving license matters, conditions, basis, procedures, deadlines and fees, the need to submit all the materials of the directory and the application form model text, etc. in the office of the public notice at the provincial level, the municipal district or the equivalent of the same level of the public security organs of the traffic management department should be on the Internet to establish a home page, release information, to facilitate access to the masses for the motor vehicle driving license, and to provide information to the public. Convenient for the masses to check the relevant provisions of the motor vehicle driver's license, check the status of the use of driver's license, traffic violations and demerit points, etc., download and use the relevant forms.

Article 4: The person who applies for a motor vehicle driver's license shall truthfully submit to the Vehicle Administration Office the prescribed materials, truthfully declare the prescribed matters, and be responsible for the truthfulness of the substance of his application materials.

Article 5: the public security organs of the traffic management department shall establish the vehicle management office for motor vehicle driver's license business supervision system, to strengthen the driver test, driver's license issuance and use of supervision and management.

Article 6: Vehicle management office shall use the motor vehicle driver's license computer management system to issue and print the motor vehicle driver's license, do not use the computer management system to issue and print the motor vehicle driver's license is invalid.

Motor vehicle driver's license computer management system database standards and software unified nationally, can be complete and accurate records and storage of application acceptance, subject test, motor vehicle driver's license issued by the whole process and the person in charge of the information, and real-time information will be able to transmit the relevant information to the national public security traffic management information system.

Article 7: Vehicle management offices shall use the Internet traffic safety comprehensive service management platform, according to the provisions of the motor vehicle driving license business.

Internet traffic safety comprehensive service management platform information management system database standards and software unified nationwide.

Applicants using the Internet traffic safety comprehensive service management platform for motor vehicle driver's license business, after identity verification, you can submit an application online.

Chapter II Application for Motor Vehicle Driver's License

Section I Motor Vehicle Driver's License

Article 8: Driving a motor vehicle shall be in accordance with the law to obtain a motor vehicle driver's license.

Article 9: Motor vehicle drivers are permitted to drive in the following order: large buses, tractor-trailers, city buses, medium-sized buses, large trucks, minibuses, small automobiles, small automated vehicles, low-speed goods vehicles, three-wheeled vehicles, small automated passenger vehicles for the disabled, ordinary three-wheeled motorcycles, ordinary two-wheeled motorcycles, mopeds, wheeled self-propelled mechanical vehicles, trolleybuses and streetcars.

Article 10: The motor vehicle driver's license is recorded and endorsed with the following contents

(1) motor vehicle driver information: name, gender, date of birth, nationality, address, identity card number (motor vehicle driver's license number), photo;

(2) Vehicle Management Office endorsement: the date of the first license, permitted driving type code, the validity of the period of time, the issuing authority seal, file number.

Article 11 of the motor vehicle license is valid for six years, ten years and long-term.

Section II Application

Article 12: An applicant for a motor vehicle driver's license shall comply with the following provisions:

(1) Age conditions:

1. An applicant for a permitted driving type for a small car, a small automated vehicle, a small automated passenger vehicle for the disabled, or a moped shall be above 18 years of age and below 70 years of age;

2. Those who apply for permitted driving licenses for low-speed goods vehicles, three-wheeled vehicles, ordinary three-wheeled motorcycles, ordinary two-wheeled motorcycles or wheeled self-propelled mechanical vehicles shall be above 18 years old and below 60 years old;

3. Those who apply for permitted driving licenses for city buses, large trucks, trolley buses or tramways shall be above 20 years old and below 50 years old;

4. Those who apply for permitted driving licenses for medium-sized passenger vehicles shall be above 21 years old and below 50 years old;

5. For those who apply for medium-sized buses, they should be above 21 years old and below 50 years old;

5. For those who apply for tractor-trailer trucks, they should be above 24 years old and below 50 years old;

6. For those who apply for large buses, they should be above 26 years old and below 50 years old;

7. For those who are receiving full-time vocational education in driving and applying for large buses and tractor-trailers, they should be above 20 years old and above 50 years old;

8. The students are above 20 years old and below 50 years old.

(2) Physical conditions:

1. Height: If you are applying for large buses, tractor-trailers, city buses, large trucks, or trolley buses, your height is 155 centimeters or more. Apply for a medium-sized bus driving license, the height of 150 centimeters or more;

2, vision: apply for a large bus, tractor-trailer, city buses, medium-sized buses, large trucks, trolley buses or trams driving license, naked vision or corrected vision in both eyes to logarithmic visual acuity of 5.0 or more. If you apply for other permitted driving licenses, your visual acuity in both eyes must be at least 4.9 on the logarithmic visual acuity scale. If you have visual impairment in one eye, and the naked or corrected visual acuity in the superior eye reaches 5.0 or more on the logarithmic visual acuity scale, and the horizontal field of vision reaches 150 degrees, you can apply for a motor vehicle driver's license for the permitted driving type of a small car, a small automated vehicle, a low-speed truck, a three-wheeled vehicle, or a small automated passenger vehicle for persons with disabilities;

3. Color vision: no red-green color blindness;

4. Hearing: Able to recognize the direction of the sound source 50 centimeters from the tuning fork in each ear. Hearing impaired but wearing hearing aids can meet the above conditions, you can apply for a small car, small automatic transmission car permit type of motor vehicle driving license;

5, upper limbs: both hands with a sound thumb, the other fingers of each hand must be three fingers sound, limb and finger motor function is normal. However, the end of the fingers are disabled or the left hand has three fingers sound, and the palms of both hands are intact, you can apply for a small car, small automatic transmission vehicles, low-speed trucks, three-wheeled vehicles permit type of motor vehicle driver's license;

6, the lower limbs: the lower limbs of the two sound and motor function is normal, the length of the unequal shall not be greater than 5 centimeters. However, if the left lower limb is missing or has lost its motor function, it can apply for a motor vehicle driving license of the permitted driving type for small automatic transmission vehicles;

7, trunk and neck: no motor dysfunction;

8, the right lower limb, both lower limbs are missing or have lost their motor function but are able to sit and stand up on their own and the upper limb is in line with the provisions of Item 5, it can apply for a motor vehicle driving license of the permitted driving type for small automatic transmission passenger vehicles for persons with disabilities. (b) A motor vehicle driver's license for the type of motor vehicle for persons with disabilities. If one hand is missing the palm of the hand, the other hand thumb is sound, two other fingers are sound, the upper limb and finger motor function is normal, and the lower limb is in line with the provisions of this item 6, you can apply for a small automated passenger car for disabled persons, permit type of motor vehicle driver's license.

Article 13 No one shall apply for a motor vehicle driver's license under any of the following circumstances

(1) having organic heart disease, epilepsy, Meniere's disease, vertigo, hysteria, tremor paralysis, mental illness, dementia, and neurological diseases affecting limb movement and other diseases hindering safe driving;

(2) within three years of drug consumption, injection of drugs, or lifting of compulsory isolation measures for less than three years. Compulsory isolation measures for less than three years, or long-term addiction to dependent psychotropic substances has not yet been quitted;

(3) caused a traffic accident and then fled the scene constituting a crime;

(4) drinking or drunk driving a motor vehicle in a major traffic accident constituting a crime;

(5) driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated or driving a motor vehicle after drinking has been revoked according to law. Motor vehicle driver's license for less than five years;

(F) drunk driving operation of motor vehicles according to law has been revoked motor vehicle driver's license for less than ten years;

(G) due to other circumstances according to law has been revoked motor vehicle driver's license for less than two years;

(H) driving permit has been revoked according to law for less than three years;

(I) laws and administrative regulations provide for other circumstances.

Driving a motor vehicle without a motor vehicle driver's license, one of the behaviors in the fifth to seventh items of the first paragraph shall not be allowed to apply for a motor vehicle driver's license within the prescribed period.

Article 14: If a person applies for a motor vehicle driver's license for the first time, he may apply for a motor vehicle driver's license with the permitted driving type of city bus, large truck, small car, small automatic transmission vehicle, low-speed truck, three-wheeled vehicle, small automatic transmission passenger vehicle for the disabled, ordinary three-wheeled motorcycle, ordinary two-wheeled motorcycle, moped, wheeled self-propelled mechanical vehicle, trolley bus, and streetcars.

Already hold a motor vehicle driver's license, apply for additional permitted driving type, you can apply for additional permitted driving type for large buses, tractor-trailers, city buses, medium-sized buses, large trucks, minibuses, small automobiles, small automated vehicles, low-speed trucks, three-wheeled vehicles, ordinary three-wheeled motorcycles, ordinary motorcycles, mopeds, wheeled self-propelled mechanical vehicles, trolley buses, tramcars.

Article 15: A person who already holds a motor vehicle driver's license and applies for an additional permitted driving type shall have no record of 12 points in the current demerit cycle and in the most recent demerit cycle before the application. Apply for additional medium-sized buses, tractor-trailers, large buses, should also meet the following requirements:

(a) apply for additional medium-sized buses, has been driving city buses, large trucks, minibuses, small automobiles, small automobiles, low-speed trucks or three-wheeled vehicles driving qualifications for more than three years, and in the application of the last three consecutive cycles prior to the last full 12 points record;

Article 15: The motor vehicle driving license already holders of 12 points record in the current demerit cycle and the most recent cycle before the application, there is no full 12 points record. 12 points record;

(2) applying for additional tractor-trailer permitted driving type, has obtained the qualification of driving medium-sized buses or large trucks permitted driving type for more than three years, or obtaining the qualification of driving large buses permitted driving type for more than one year, and in the last three consecutive demerit points cycle before the application has not been full of 12 records;

(3) applying for additional large buses permitted driving type, has obtained the qualification of driving city buses, medium-sized buses, small buses, small automatic transmission vehicles, low-speed trucks or three-wheeled vehicles permitted driving type. qualification to drive city buses, medium-sized buses or large trucks for more than five years, or to drive tractor-trailers for more than two years, and has no record of 12 points in the last five consecutive demerit cycles prior to the application.

Students who are undergoing full-time vocational driving education and have obtained the qualification of driving permit type for small cars in school and have not recorded 12 points in the current demerit cycle and the last demerit cycle before the application can apply for increasing the number of permit types for large buses and tractor-trailers.

Article 16: One of the following circumstances, may not apply for large buses, tractor-trailers, city buses, medium-sized buses, large trucks permitted to drive:

(a) traffic accidents resulting in fatalities, bear equal responsibility for more than one;

(b) drunkenness, driving a motor vehicle;

(c) suspension or revocation of motor vehicle driving license less than ten years.

Article 17: Holders of military, armed police force motor vehicle driving license, or holders of foreign motor vehicle driving license, in line with the application conditions of the provisions of the application, you can apply for the corresponding type of motor vehicle driving license.

Article 18: A person who applies for a motor vehicle driver's license shall, in accordance with the following provisions, apply to the Vehicle Administration Office

(1) If he resides in the place where his household registration is located, he shall apply at the place where his household registration is located

(2) If he resides outside the place where his household registration is located, he may apply at the place where he resides;

(3) A soldier in active military service (including the Armed Police Force), shall apply at the place where he resides;

(4) If he resides in the place where he resides, he may apply at the place where he resides.

(4) foreigners, should be in the place of residence or place of residence to apply;

(5) apply to increase the permitted driving type, should be held in the motor vehicle driver's license issued by the place of application;

(6) undergoes full-time vocational education in driving, apply for an increase in the permitted driving type of large buses, tractor-trailers, shall be in the place of receiving education to apply for the application

Article 19: The first application for a motor vehicle driver's license shall fill out an application form and submit the following certificates:

(a) the applicant's proof of identity;

(b) county or army regiment level or above, the medical institutions issued by the relevant medical conditions of the certificate. The application for small automatic passenger cars for the disabled shall be submitted by the provincial health department designated by the specialized medical institutions issued by the relevant physical conditions.

Article 20: apply for additional permitted driving type, shall fill in the application form, submit the proof of Article 19 and the motor vehicle driving license. Belonging to the full-time driving vocational education, apply for additional large buses, tractor-trailer permitted driving type, should also be submitted to the school issued by the school certificate.

Article 21: Holders of military, armed police forces motor vehicle driver's license to apply for a motor vehicle driver's license, shall fill out the application form and submit the following certificates, vouchers:

(a) the applicant's identity card. Belonging to the demobilization, rehabilitation, discharge, should also be submitted to the army, the armed police force issued by the demobilization, rehabilitation, discharge certificate;

(b) county or army regiment level or higher medical institutions issued by the relevant physical conditions of the certificate;

(c) the army, the armed police force motor vehicle driving license.

Article 22: holders of foreign motor vehicle driver's license to apply for a motor vehicle driver's license, shall fill in the application form and submit the following certificates and vouchers:

(a) the applicant's identity card;

(b) county or above the county level or a medical institution issued by the relevant physical conditions. Belonging to the foreign embassies and consulates in China and international organizations in China representative office of the personnel to apply, in accordance with the principle of diplomatic reciprocity;

(c) the motor vehicle driving license held. Belonging to the non-Chinese expression, should also be issued with a Chinese translation of the text.

Applicants belonging to the mainland residents, the applicant should also be submitted to the applicant's passport or "Mainland Residents Entry and Exit Permit for Hong Kong and Macao", "Mainland Residents Entry and Exit Permit for Taiwan".

Article 23: the implementation of small cars, small automatic transmission vehicle driving license self-learning direct examination, the applicant can use the addition of safety aids for their own motor vehicles, with safe driving experience and other conditions of the person accompanying the car under the guidance of the public security organs of the traffic management department designated routes, time to learn to drive skills, in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 or 20 to apply for a corresponding permit to drive the type of driver's license. The driver's license shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 or Article 20 of the Law of the Republic of China.

Small cars, small automatic transmission vehicle driving license self-learning management system by the Ministry of Public Security separately.

Article 24: A person who applies for a motor vehicle driver's license, meets the driving permit conditions required by these regulations, and has one of the following circumstances, may apply for a motor vehicle driver's license test for the corresponding type of vehicle in accordance with the provisions of Article 14, paragraph 1, and Article 19:

(1) the original motor vehicle driver's license has been canceled because of failure to renew the original motor vehicle driver's license for the reason that the license has exceeded the expiration date;

(2) the original Motor vehicle driver's license was canceled for failure to submit proof of physical condition;

(c) the original motor vehicle driver's license by the person applying for cancellation;

(d) the original motor vehicle driver's license was canceled because of the physical condition temporarily does not meet the requirements;

(e) the original motor vehicle driver's license was canceled for other reasons, but the motor vehicle driver's license was revoked or suspended, except for the cancellation;

(vi) holding a military, armed police force motor vehicle driver's license exceeds the expiration date;

(vii) holding a foreign motor vehicle driver's license exceeds the expiration date.

In the case of one of the circumstances stipulated in the sixth and seventh subparagraphs of the preceding paragraph, the motor vehicle driver's license that exceeds the expiration date should also be submitted.

Article 25: the applicant to submit proof, credentials complete, in accordance with the statutory form, the Vehicle Administration shall accept, and in accordance with the provisions of the applicant's motor vehicle driving license application conditions. Belonging to the second paragraph of Article 22 of the circumstances, the applicant's immigration record should also be verified; belonging to the first paragraph of Article 24, paragraph 1, paragraph 1 to paragraph 5 of one of the circumstances, the applicant's driving experience should also be verified.

For the conditions of application, the Vehicle Administration shall arrange for an appointment to take the test; do not need to take the test, a day within the verification of motor vehicle driving license.

Article 26: Vehicle management office of the applicant's application conditions and submit materials, claiming that the matter is in doubt, can be investigated and verified on the substance.

Investigation, the applicant shall be asked and make a record of the inquiry to the certificate, certificate of verification of the issuing authority.

After investigation, the applicant does not meet the application conditions, not to be processed; there is a violation of law, shall be dealt with according to law.

Chapter III Motor Vehicle Driver Examination

Section I: Examination Content and Qualifying Standards

Article 27: The motor vehicle driver examination is divided into road safety laws, regulations and related knowledge test subjects (hereinafter referred to as "subject one"), driving skills test subjects (hereinafter referred to as "subject two"), the field test subjects (hereinafter referred to as "subject one"), the driving skills test subjects (hereinafter referred to as "subject two"). Hereinafter referred to as "subject two"), road driving skills and general knowledge of safe and civilized driving test subjects (hereinafter referred to as "subject three").

Article 28: The content of the examination and passing standards are uniform throughout the country, according to the different types of permitted driving the corresponding test program.

Article 29: the subject of the examination includes: road traffic, traffic signals, traffic safety violations and traffic accidents, motor vehicle driver's license application and use, motor vehicle registration and other provisions of other road safety laws, rules and regulations.

Article 30: subject two test includes

(a) large passenger cars, tractor-trailers, city buses, medium-sized buses, large trucks, pile test, hill fixed-point parking and starting, side parking, passing a one-way bridge, curved driving, right-angle turn, through the width of the gate, through the continuous obstacles, undulating road driving, narrow turning, as well as simulated highways, continuous sharp bends in the mountainous areas Roads, tunnels, rain (fog), slippery roads, emergency disposal;

(2) small cars, small automatic cars, small automatic passenger cars for the disabled and low-speed trucks test reversing into a garage, hill fixed-point parking and starting, side parking, driving in a curve, turning at right angles;

(3) three-wheeled vehicles, ordinary three-wheeled motorcycles, ordinary two-wheeled motorcycles and mopeds test pile driving, hill driving, turning at right angles. moped test pile test, hill fixed-point parking and starting, crossing one-sided bridges;

(d) wheeled self-propelled mechanical vehicles, trolley buses, trams, the content of the test is determined by the provincial public security organs of the traffic management department.

On the first paragraph of the first, the second paragraph of the permitted types of vehicles, the provincial public security organs of the traffic management department can be based on the actual increase in the examination content.

Article 31: subject three road driving skills test includes: large buses, tractor-trailers, city buses, medium-sized buses, large trucks, minibuses, small automatic cars, low-speed trucks and small automatic passenger cars for the disabled test on board to prepare for the start, start, driving in a straight line, adding and subtracting gears to operate, change lanes, pull over, go straight through the intersection, intersection, left Turning, turning right at the intersection, through the pedestrian crossing, through the school area, through the bus station, meeting, overtaking, U-turn, night driving; other permitted driving test content, by the provincial public security organs of the traffic management department to determine.

Large buses, medium-sized bus test mileage of not less than 20 kilometers, of which the daytime test mileage of not less than 10 kilometers, the night test mileage of not less than 5 kilometers. Tractor trailer, city buses, large trucks test mileage of not less than 10 kilometers, of which the daytime test mileage of not less than 5 kilometers, the night test mileage of not less than 3 kilometers. Small cars, small automatic cars, low-speed trucks, small automatic passenger cars for the disabled test mileage of not less than 3 kilometers, in the daytime test, should be simulated night light test.

For large buses, tractor-trailers, city buses, medium-sized buses, large trucks, the provincial public security organs of the traffic management department should be in accordance with the actual increase in mountainous areas, tunnels, steep slopes and other complex road driving test content. Other automobile permit type, the provincial public security organs of the traffic management department can increase the test content according to the actual.

Article 32: subject three safe and civilized driving test includes: safe and civilized driving operation requirements, poor weather and complex road conditions, safe driving knowledge, tire bursts and other emergencies in the critical disposal methods and traffic accidents after the disposal of knowledge.

Article 33: Holders of the army, the armed police force motor vehicle driving license to apply for large buses, tractor-trailers, city buses, medium-sized buses, large trucks permit-type motor vehicle driver's license shall be examined in the subject of a subject and the subject of the third; apply for other permit-type motor vehicle driver's license, exempted from the examination and issuance of motor vehicle driver's license.

Article 34: holders of foreign motor vehicle driver's license to apply for a motor vehicle driver's license shall be examined subject one. Apply for a large bus, tractor-trailer, city buses, medium-sized buses, large trucks motor vehicle driver's license, should also be examined subject three.

Mainland residents holding overseas motor vehicle driving license, obtain the motor vehicle driving license in the issuing country or region of less than three months of continuous residence, should be examined subject one, subject two and subject three.

Applications belonging to the personnel of foreign embassies and consulates in China and the personnel of representative offices of international organizations in China shall be implemented in accordance with the principle of diplomatic reciprocity.

Article 35: the passing standard of each subject test is

(a) subject one test is divided into 100 points, the results of 90 points for passing;

(b) subject two test is divided into 100 points, the examination of large buses, tractor-trailers, city buses, medium-sized buses, large trucks permitted to drive the car, the results of 90 points for passing, and other permitted to drive the car of the results of 80 points for passing, and other permitted to drive the car of the results of 80 points for passing. Driving type of results reached 80 points for qualified;

(C) subject three road driving skills and general knowledge of safe and civilized driving test full of 100 points, results reached 90 points for qualified.

Expanded Source: Baidu Encyclopedia: Regulations for the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driving Licenses