{"id":21241,"date":"2026-05-08T20:11:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/buitenlands-rijbewijs-belgie\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T11:37:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:37:44","slug":"foreign-driving-license-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/foreign-driving-license-belgium\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving with a foreign licence in Belgium: rules and risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you driving in Belgium with a licence issued in another country? Then there are specific rules that determine whether your licence is valid and how long you can drive with it. Novex Advocaten explains.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EU driving licence in Belgium<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A driving licence issued by an EU member state is in principle valid in all EU countries, including Belgium. However, if you establish your residence in Belgium, you will need to exchange your driving licence for a Belgian one after some time.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Non-EU driving licence in Belgium<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A non-EU driving licence is valid in Belgium for up to 1 year after you settle in Belgium. After that, you must apply for a Belgian driving licence. Driving without a valid driving licence is punishable by law.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vragen? Bel 0484 99 22 72<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/lawyer-traffic-law\/\">Traffic Lawyer Brussels<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/contact\/\">Contact Novex Advocaten<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Call: <a href=\"tel:+32484992272\">0484 99 22 72<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:asfour@novexadvocaten.be\">asfour@novexadvocaten.be<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rijdt u in Belgi\u00eb met een rijbewijs uitgereikt in een ander land? Dan zijn er specifieke regels die bepalen of uw rijbewijs geldig is en hoe lang u ermee mag rijden. Novex Advocaten legt het uit. EU-rijbewijs in Belgi\u00eb Een rijbewijs uitgereikt door een EU-lidstaat is in principe geldig in alle EU-landen, inclusief Belgi\u00eb. Als [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verkeersrecht"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22693,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21241\/revisions\/22693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}