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Most of our cases involve non-exchangeable licences — that's our speciality. Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia: the exchange is simple, we guide you in minutes.
French Ministry of the Interior list, updated 1 May 2026.
Start date of your first residence permit or validated VLS-TS.
Your country has a reciprocity agreement. You can request an exchange for a French licence within 12 months of your residence permit. In the meantime, we cover you with short-term insurance.
Country with no reciprocity agreement, or the one-year deadline passed: exchange isn't possible, you must retake the French licence. We review your precise situation before answering — this is often where registration comes in too.
With a valid student residence permit, your original licence is recognised for the duration of your stay — no mandatory exchange.
As long as your licence lets you drive the vehicle in France, you can be the registered holder.
Once your situation is clear here, each step is completed on our partner platform: online quote, secure payment, instant proof of cover.
Instant proof of cover, for the duration you need.
Register your vehicle with your home-country licence and passport.
Each nationality has its own rules. Find yours, or use the checker above for any other country.
🔄 Exchangeable licences — simplest cases
⚠️ Licences without agreement — our largest volume of cases
Even if you think your situation is complicated. Especially if you do.
Without a reciprocity agreement, or after the one-year deadline, the exchange is no longer possible: you must retake the French licence. In the meantime, depending on your situation, an insurance solution may be available.
Yes, for 1 year from the validity date of your first residence permit or VLS-TS.
Yes. Non-EU licences are accepted with a valid residence permit or visa, with instant proof of cover.
Oui, si votre permis étranger est valide et vous autorise à conduire le véhicule en France.
Yes. As soon as you subscribe and pay on assutemporaire.fr, your proof of cover is emailed to you.
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Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Russia, the United Kingdom, Côte d'Ivoire, China and around sixty others. You can exchange your licence for a French one, provided you apply within a year of your first residence permit. While you wait, you drive — and you must be insured.
Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Cameroon, Ukraine, India, Syria and many more. Your licence cannot be exchanged, but it stays valid for one year from your first residence permit. That is the window to get insured and prepare the French test without being stranded.
File submitted on ANEF, receipt in hand, and the waiting begins. You are allowed to drive during that period. This is exactly where mainstream insurers stall, because their online form has no box for your case.
A brand-new residence permit, a car to buy or already bought, and a pile of paperwork. Your foreign licence lets you drive for one year. We handle the insurance and the vehicle registration together.
Your details, the country that issued your licence, how long you need cover. Two minutes, online or on WhatsApp.
An advisor looks at your licence and your residence permit. That is where we differ from an automated form.
Your certificate is emailed the moment you subscribe. If you want, we move straight on to the vehicle registration.
Driving to Morocco, Tunisia, Türkiye, Albania, Azerbaijan, North Macedonia or Moldova? Those seven destinations do not go through the automated quote engine. Have your case reviewed by hand →