Provisional driving licence

Conditions

Applying for a provisional driving licence with a guide

How to apply?

• You will receive an application form at the exam centre once you have passed the theory exam.
• Choose a maximum of 2 companions who both meet the requirements to accompany candidate drivers.
• Apply for your provisional driving licence from your local authority. Bring the application form along with your identity card.

Conditions for the guide(s)

• The guide must be registered in Belgium and hold and carry an identity document issued in Belgium.
• The guide must have held a Belgian or European driving licence for at least eight years, valid for driving the type of vehicle for which he is accompanying the student.
• If the guide has a disability and is therefore only allowed to drive an adapted vehicle, he/she may only accompany pupils who require the same type of vehicle adaptation.
• The attendant must not have been disqualified from driving within the last 3 years. A lapse of the right to drive is imposed by the court and may be linked to remedial exams and examinations.
• The attendant has not accompanied another student driver in the last year, unless they are children, grandchildren, sisters, brothers or foster children of yourself or of the partner you are married to, with whom you legally cohabit or effectively form a family.

Good to know

• You may only practise with one or both of your companions or a recognised driving instructor. You may not take other passengers with you.
• Your vehicle must have a second rear-view mirror for your companion.
• Driving lessons at a driving school are not compulsory.
• Go to your local authority if you want to register a second companion or change companions.
  

Apply for a provisional driving licence without a guide

How to apply?

• You will get an application form at the examination centre if you have passed the theory exam.
• You take at least 20 hours of driving lessons at an accredited driving school. Afterwards, you will receive a certificate of competence if you are able to continue driving on your own. That aptitude certificate is valid for 3 years.
• You can apply for your provisional driving licence in two ways:
  • online: you can apply for your provisional driving licence via the BelDrive application (currently only possible for provisional 18-month licences).
  • onpaper: take the application form, the aptitude certificate and your identity card to your local authority.

Passengers

• You may take 2 passengers, both of whom must meet the following conditions:
  • Be registered in Belgium and be the holder and bearer of an identity document issued in Belgium.
  • Hold and carry a Belgian or European driving licence valid for driving the type of vehicle the candidate driver drives for at least 8 years.
  • Have not forfeited the right to drive imposed by a judge within the last 3 years.
  • Drivers who are only allowed to drive a vehicle specially adapted to their disability are not allowed to drive.

You may not take other passengers with you.