● The driver card shall be issued to a person who permanently resides in Latvia or who during one calendar year in Latvia are staying for more than 185 days.

● Age, from which you can obtain a driving licence is dependent on the vehicle type, for example, passenger car categories (B) may be obtained from 18 years ago, the truck driver's license - from the age of 21, but his driving licence – from 10 years.

● Vehicle driver’ s acquisition of rights is a paid service.

In order to obtainpassenger car categories of driving licences (B)the passenger car, has successfully gained the skills of seamanshipRTSD certified training bodyand shall pass the theoretical and driving examination.

Learning to drive an automobile in practical terms, it is mandatory to obtaina learner's permit(“white power”), which may be obtained in the individualRTSD chaptersand what needed to be presented at the time of completion of the driving exam. Information on training permitscostsavailable from the RTSD.

Examinations shall be adopted by Heads of State RTSD chapters:

● In theory exam

● Login driving exam

In order to obtainmotorcycle (A),moped (AM),bicycle,(C) trucks,lorry with trailer (CE),bus driver (D)Orrecreational craft drivercertificate rules are different.

Driving licences shall be changed and restores the RTSD.

Latvia has been issued driving licence should be changed if:

● licence period of validity has expired;

● changed personal data;

● card is damaged;

● achieved a new driver qualification.

Documents requiredfor changing the certificate :

● apmaināmā driving licence;

● a valid health check.

If the driver's licence has been stolen, lost or withdrawn, it isrestore onsitein anyRTSD chapterwhere the driver qualification examinations and issue a driving licence.

If a person wishesof the licence is also possible to change for no particular reason.

It should be noted that driving without valid driving licence (also, if over the period of validity) is prohibited.

Driving licence change stolen or lost is a paid service.

● Information about driving the acquisition of rights (age, length of service, training the way you want to sort exams) availableRTSD home pageand on 2 February 2010 Cabinet regulation No. 103

"driving the acquisition and renewal of the right order and the issuing of a licence, exchange, restore, and the procedures for destruction '

● AllegedCategory B vehicle to obtain a driving licence for the national budget funds. This support is providedSocial Integration State Agency.

● Archive method, which arrives in Latvia from abroad, allowed Latvia to drive.The use of foreign driving licence.

● Training is taking place at 2010 April 13, in accordance with Cabinet regulation No. 358The rules on driving school activities driving school activities and programmes