Driving licences and professional driver qualifications from Ukraine
Until further notice, you can drive in Norway with a valid Ukrainian driving licence.
If you have professional driver qualifications from Ukraine, you can apply for a Norwegian Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) and be issued a driver qualification card.
Driving licences
You can drive in Norway with a valid Ukrainian driving licence if you have legal residency in Norway. This applies as long as Norway is offering temporary collective protection to Ukrainians. If you have exchanged your Ukrainian driving licence in an EU/EEA country, Switzerland or the UK, this licence may also be used in Norway as long as the temporary collective protection scheme is in effect.
The driving entitlement must be documented by a valid physical driving licence.
With a Ukrainian driving licence you cannot be the accompanying driver supervising a learner.
Expired or lost Ukrainian driving licences
You cannot drive in Norway with an expired Ukrainian driving licence. If your driving licence is lost or stolen, you cannot be issued a temporary driving permit.
You need to contact Ukrainian authorities to renew your driving licence or to be issued a new one if it is lost.
Expired driving licences with limited terms of validity
You may still drive in Norway with an expired Ukrainian driving licence if all of the following three conditions are met:
- It is the first Ukrainian driving licence you have been issued (first-time issue)
- It has a limited term of validity of two years (probationary period)
- It expired on or after 1 January 2022
First-time issued driving licences that expired before 1 January 2022 are not valid.
Professional driver qualifications (CPC)
If you have a valid Ukrainian driver qualification card that entitles you to carry out international goods or passenger transport by road, you can apply for a Norwegian Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) and be issued a driver qualification card.
In addition to a driver qualification card documenting your professional competence, you need to hold a driving licence with the licence categories you need for your CPC. Your driving licence and driving entitlements (licence categories) must be still valid. Application must be made to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA). If your driving licence was issued before 19 January 2013, you need to submit a health certificate along with your application. The health certificate is to document that you meet the health requirements for the licence categories you need. A health certificate can be obtained from a doctor.
If your application is granted, you will need to undergo complementary training, take a theory test and be issued a Norwegian driver qualification card before you can start working as a driver in Norway.
If you have lost your Ukrainian professional driver qualification card, we may still be able to grant your application. This requires that Ukrainian authorities can confirm that you hold a valid driver qualification card that was issued in accordance with Ukrainian national law.
If you have a valid professional driver qualification card issued in another EU/EEA country, this can be used together with your valid Ukrainian driving licence, as long as Norway recognises Ukrainian driving licences.
Read more about complementary training
The training must be provided by an approved training institution. The providers of this training are:
- AGERE Trafikkskole at Notodden, Skien og Tønsberg
- Haugaland Transportskole AS in Haugesund
- Hønsen Sjåførskole AS at Skedsmokorset outside Oslo
- LEARN AS in Kristiansand, Tønsberg, Drammen and Oslo
- Wright Trafikkskole AS avd. Heimdal Storbil in Trondheim
- Åsane trafikkskole in Bergen
The training consists of different topics and varies in content and length based on what you are going to transport:
- Goods transport – minimum 55 hours
- Passenger transport – minimum 50 hours
- Both goods and passenger transport – minimum 57 hours
In addition, the training includes at least 2.5 hours of individual driving.
You may take the complementary training in other languages than Norwegian.
Read more about the theory test
When you have completed the complementary training, you must take a theory test. The test will be in Norwegian, but you may use an interpreter during the test. You must present valid proof of identity before taking the test and being issued a certificate of competence.
Issuing a Norwegian Driver CPC
Once you have passed the test, you will be issued a Driver Certificate of Professional Competence with the code "95.01".
The CPC will be valid until 11 February 2026 but only as long as you are covered by the rules offering temporary collective protection in Norway for people displaced from Ukraine.
You will need to present a health certificate confirming that you meet the health requirements for the relevant licence categories. The health certificate must be valid beyond 11 February 2026.
If you are going to carry out passenger transport, you also need a PCV licence. This requires an application.