Apply for a driver card

In exceptional cases, a temporary driver card may be issued to a person who is NOT registered as resident in an EU/EEA country or a country that is party to the AETR agreement:

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine* and Uzbekistan.

Temporary driver cards are valid for up to 6 months and may be issued to people with a D-number or a Norwegian national ID number. Temporary driver cards cannot be renewed, replaced or changed. As a general rule, a temporary driver card may be issued only once.

You need to visit a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office to apply for a temporary driver card. Documentation of employment is required, in the form of an employment contract with an enterprise established in Norway, covering as a minimum the period for which you are applying for a card. You also need to have a driving licence that is valid for driving in Norway. Bring your employment contract and driving licence when you visit the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office. You need to book an appointment before you go to a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office.

If you are resident in a country that is party to the AETR agreement or in an EU/EEA country, you must apply in the country you are resident in.

* Temporary exception: If you are from Ukraine, you may be issued a temporary driver card as long as Ukrainians are under collective protection for Norway.

Anyone who carries out transport services that are subject to drivers' hours regulations, and who operates a vehicle equipped with a digital tachograph, must hold a driver card. It is not sufficient that you have applied for a card.  This also applies if you are a substitute driver and only drive sporadically.

A driver card is a smart card used in the tachograph. Driving is automatically registered when you drive. When you stop, you need to select an option - whether to do other work, take a break, or start a rest period.

It is also possible to take printouts from the tachograph showing your driving hours and rest periods. It is your employer who is responsible for downloading data from the driver card. This must be done at least once a month. 

Three months before its date of expiry, you may renew your driver card on Your Page. Your new driver card will then be valid from the day after the date when the previous card expires. Do not insert the new driver card in the tachograph before its start date. You need to use your old card until the expiry date, even if you have already received the new card.

If you wish to renew your driver card, you must submit an application for renewal no later than 15 business days before the card’s expiry date, cf. Article 28 on renewal of driver cards, of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 on tachographs in road transport (europa.eu, PDF). Normally it may take up to two weeks from you order a new driver card before you receive it.