You can request the exchange of foreign license by Portuguese, without conducting any driving test, but will have to apply for exchange 185 days after obtaining residence in national territory.
This measure covers:
This measure covers:
- countries with which Portugal has entered into bilateral agreement or hold a reciprocal basis (Brazil, Switzerland, Morocco, Andorra, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, United Arab Emirates and Angola);
- Acceding countries to the International Conventions of Road Transit;
- Driving licenses issued by the Portuguese administration in Macao and the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR).
- minimum legal age required by the Portuguese law for the category that is certified;
- physical and mental fitness;
- Residing in Portugal;
- Cannot be serving ban or inhibition of driving or security measure of prohibition and driving license grant.
- Original valid driving license and final;
- An updated photograph (passport), colored and of smooth and light background;
- Copy of personal identification and display of the original;
- Medical certificate issued by any doctor in the exercise of their profession, for drivers of all categories;
- favorable psychological assessment certificate issued by any psychologist in the exercise of their profession, for Group 2 drivers: drivers of vehicles of categories C, CE, D, DE, category C1, C1E, D1 and D1E, as well as drivers of category B and BE driving ambulances, fire vehicles, transport of patients, school transport and light car rental passengers.
- statement issued by the issuing authority or diplomatic or consular authority, attesting the authenticity of the driving title, date of issue and respective validity, categories of vehicles that are enabled with the respective dates and restrictions and that the driving title was obtained upon approval in driving test;
- translation of the driving title, certified by the consular service of Portugal or of another Member State in the respective country, when its content is not in Portuguese, French, English or Spanish;
- 1 IMT Form.
NOTE: In the IMT service counters and the Citizen Shops where the IMT is present (Braga, Coimbra, Lisbon - Laranjeiras, Setúbal, Viseu and Oporto), the model 1 IMT is not necessary when the delivery of documents is performed by himself and is required when the delivery of documents is performed by third parties.
To carry out the request for license exchange it is necessary the following:
Fill manually after you print in duplicate, and sign the form Model 1 IMT. When completing the form, use a black ballpoint on hard surface.
Delivering the documents in the regional and district service Service desks of the IMT or Citizen's Shop closer to you that performs this service. View here the Service desks where you can go to for this matters;
The driver will receive a new license at his/her home, by registered mail in hand.
Fee: € 30
