Cases where driving license cannot be changed
In cases where driving licenses cannot be changed, Clause 6, Article 37 of Circular 12/2017/TT-BGTVT (amended in Circular 01/2021/TT-BGTVT) stipulates as follows:
- Temporary foreign driving license; international driving license; foreign, military, or police driving license that has expired according to regulations, has been erased, torn, or no longer has the necessary elements to exchange the driving license, or has differences in identification; foreign driving license not issued by a competent authority;
- Driver's license of the Department of Transport but not in the driver's license information system, list of driver's license issuance (management book);
- People who do not meet health standards according to regulations.
- Vietnamese people with foreign driving licenses who stay abroad for less than 3 months and the stay period does not match the driving training period of the country that issued the driving license.
Subjects eligible for driver's license exchange
In addition, Clause 5, Article 37 of Circular 12/2017/TT-BGTVT (amended in Circular 01/2021/TT-BGTVT) stipulates that the subjects eligible for driver's license exchange include:
- Vietnamese and foreigners are trained, tested and granted driving licenses in Vietnam;
- People with a damaged driver's license issued by the transport sector;
- Vietnamese people and foreigners residing permanently in Vietnam who have a Vietnamese driving license converted from a foreign driving license, when it expires, if they need to change their driving license;
- People with a valid military driving license when they stop serving in the military (demobilization, discharge, transfer of profession, retirement, termination of labor contract in defense enterprises, etc.), if they need to change their driving license;
- People with a driver's license issued by the Public Security after July 31, 1995, with a valid term, when they no longer serve in the Public Security (demobilization, transfer, retirement, termination of labor contract in the People's Public Security), if they have a need to change their driver's license;
- People with a motorcycle driving license issued by the Public Security before August 1, 1995 that is damaged and needs to be renewed, and whose name is in the record book, will be considered for a new driving license;
- Foreigners residing, working, studying in Vietnam, with diplomatic identity cards, official identity cards, temporary residence cards, residence cards, temporary residence cards, permanent residence cards with a period of 3 months or more, with a valid national driving license, if they need to drive in Vietnam, can be considered for conversion to a corresponding Vietnamese driving license;
- Foreign tourists driving foreign-registered vehicles into Vietnam, with a valid national driving license, if they need to drive in Vietnam, will be considered for conversion to a corresponding Vietnamese driving license;
- Vietnamese people (with Vietnamese nationality) during their residence, study, or work abroad who are granted a national driving license by a foreign country, with a valid term, if they need to drive in Vietnam, can be considered for conversion to a corresponding Vietnamese driving license.
How to check if your driver's license is real or fake
You can check if a driving license is real or fake in 3 ways:
Look up on the website of Vietnam Road Administration
Step 1: Access the search link: https://gplx.gov.vn/
This is the official website of the Vietnam Road Administration for driver's license lookup under the close supervision of the Ministry of Transport, ensuring the most authentic and accurate information.
Other driver’s license lookup websites do not guarantee accuracy. There are even fake lookup websites created by the driver’s license counterfeiters themselves to trick people into applying for a driver’s license without taking the test.
Step 2: Enter information including: Driver's license type; driver's license number; date of birth; security code. Finally, select "Look up driver's license".
Step 3: View results
If the system does not display complete information (including: full name, date of birth, driver's license number, driver's license card number, place of driver's license issuance, date of driver's license issuance, driver's license expiration date, driver's license class, date of passing the exam) or the information does not match the information on the driver's license, it is fake.
Look up driver's license by text message
The method of looking up a driver's license by text message only applies to new driver's licenses made of PET material.
To look up a driver's license, text the following syntax: TC [space] [Driver's License Number] and send to 0936.083.578 or 0936.081.778
Message fee: About 500 - 2000 VND/message.
After sending the message, the system will automatically respond to the phone with the driver's license information that needs to be looked up, including: Driver's license class, serial number, expiration date, violation status...
Check by QR code on Driver's License
According to Article 47 of Circular 12/2017/TT-BGTVT dated April 15, 2017 regulating training, testing, and issuance of road motor vehicle driving licenses; amended by Clause 28, Article 1 of Circular 38/2019/TT-BGTVT on driving licenses, driving licenses issued after June 1, 2020 without a QR code on the back may be fake.
Accordingly, with a driver's license with a QR code, you can scan the QR code using code scanning applications. After scanning the code, the following information will appear: Driver's license number; full name, date of birth; driver's license class; place of issue of the driver's license.
If the QR code scan does not show the above information or the above information does not match the information on the driver's license, it may be fake.
However, in addition to the case of a fake driver's license, the search may also not produce results for a number of reasons such as the user entering incorrect information, or the driver's license information not being updated in the database system. Therefore, when looking up driver's license information, you need to carefully check the information entered.
Minh Hoa (t/h)
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