{"id":24157,"date":"2025-05-10T17:32:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T15:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ae-l.ch\/faq\/information-from-the-office-cantonal-des-vehicules\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:29:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:29:39","slug":"information-from-the-office-cantonal-des-vehicules","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/ae-l.ch\/en\/faq\/information-from-the-office-cantonal-des-vehicules\/","title":{"rendered":"Information from the Office Cantonal des V\u00e9hicules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As soon as you take up residence in Switzerland, you must exchange your foreign driving license for a Swiss one. This must be done within 12 months of taking up residence in Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The driver must present himself\/herself in person at the driver&#8217;s license counter and provide the following documents:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ge.ch\/document\/12711\/telecharger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Foreign driver&#8217;s license exchange form<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Original foreign driver&#8217;s license to be exchanged<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Certified optician&#8217;s certificate less than 24 months old<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 passport-size, full-face, headless color photo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identification :\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Switzerland: identity card or passport<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Foreigners: booklet for foreigners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Price list:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Exchange of a foreign driver&#8217;s license (except categories C, C1, D): CHF 150 &#8211; Exchange of a foreign driver&#8217;s license categories C, C1, D: CHF 200<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ge.ch\/echanger-son-permis-conduire-etranger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.ge.ch\/echanger-son-permis-conduire-etranger<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie-faq":[130],"class_list":["post-24157","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","categorie-faq-echange-permis-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ae-l.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/24157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ae-l.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ae-l.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ae-l.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categorie-faq","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ae-l.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorie-faq?post=24157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}