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In order to exchange your foreign driving licence, you must go to your local municipal office to acquire a payable document called the "eigen verklaring" (= health form).

You will also need an exchange form, which you can obtain at the municipal office. You should fill in the health form. If the answer at one of the questions is YES, you will need a health check by a doctor. Once it has been completed, you can send it in a pre-paid envelope to the CBR ('Centraal Bureau Rijvaardigheid' - Central Road Aptitude Bureau, P.O. Box 5301, 2280 HH Rijswijk). They will process this and send you a registered certificate of fitness (verklaring van geschiktheid). Once you receive this 'verklaring van geschiktheid' you can return to the municipal office, where you will submit:

• the original, valid foreign driving licence (if applicable: with translation, if not in English/French or German)
• the certificate of fitness .
• one identical, recent passport photograph
• the exchange form, which has been partially filled in by you and partially by a civil servant from the municipal office

As soon as the municipal fees have been paid, the municipal office will send the entire application to the RDW for evaluation. If the application is granted, the RDW will send a letter to your home address within two to three weeks that you can collect your driving license at Town Hall. Be sure to make a photocopy of your licence and the request for a Dutch licence should you need to drive during these weeks. However, you are strongly advised not to drive while awaiting your driving license because you will not be insured! Important: if you would like to keep your original driving license, you must submit a declaration from for example your employee that you will need it in your country.

Certificate of Aptitude
In some cases, the CBR can ask for a “Certificate of Aptitude” next to the health form before processing an application. These cases occur when:

• a Dutch licence is issued for the first time
• exchanging a licence issued by certain countries
• the application was done by diplomatic or consular staff or their families
• you are older than 65 years of age and certain medical implications are involved

More information on the “Certificate of Aptitude” can be obtained from the CBR, your local Town Hall, or the RDW. For more information on driving tests or to apply for the test, please contact CBR/BNOR, telephone (070) 413 01 00.

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