Residents: How to apply for a Cyprus provisional / actual driving licence:

“Our team can assist you with all the process.”

To obtain a licence to enable you to learn to drive, application has to be made in at the Department of Transport with the documents shown below.

You have to pass eyesight and theory tests before a provisional driving licence will be issued. You may be able to take this test immediately.

The test is verbal, in Greek or English, on traffic signs and the Highway Code. 

Documents required obtaining a Cyprus learner / student Driving Licence:

A completed T.O.M. 7 application form only available in Greek in which will fill for you.

-Two passport style photographs 40×35 -Residents Permit in Cyprus -Passport and copy of the page containing the holders information -The verbal theory test pass slip.

 

 Category A1 – Learner riders do not have to be accompanied by a full licence holder. Learner licence holders aged 17.5. – A rider in this class cannot take the riding test until they are 18 years of age and have held a licence for 21 days or more.

 Category B (car) and B + E (car + trailer) – Learner licence holders aged 17.5 must be accompanied by an experienced driver aged 30 and upwards who has held a full driving licence for the class of vehicle for no less than five years. OR An Authorized Driving Instructor A driver in this class cannot take the driving test until they are 18 years of age and have held a licence for 21 days or more.

 Learner licence holders aged 18 or over must be accompanied by a person aged at least 25 with a minimum five years driving experience. OR An Authorized Driving Instructor.

 Learner licence holders must display E Plates on the front and rear of the vehicle. This replaces the old Lplate

 Provisional / learner / student licence holders are not permitted to drive on the highway unless they are accompanied by a Cyprus Authorized Driving Instructor or taking part in a driving test.

 

After obtaining your provisional license then we book for you an appointment for the test However, 21 days must elapse between the issue of a provisional licence and the test.