Replacing a driver's license through State Services: how to change your license

Why is it more convenient to change rights this way?

The service has several advantages in terms of issuing the driver’s main document.

• Any motorist will spend much less time registering and visiting the official website than directly contacting the traffic police. This way you can avoid live queues.
• When recording data electronically, there is much less chance of making a mistake, which is important. Because even with the slightest mistake, the design will have to start all over again. On the portal, the vehicle owner fills out all the necessary forms with his own hands, which reduces the risk of errors.
• Attractive discount system. For example, before the end of 2020, when receiving electronic services, you can take advantage of a good discount of 30%.

Note to all drivers. Due to the global pandemic and the introduction of self-isolation in 2021, there is an automatic renewal of the document for driving a vehicle. If it expires between 1.02. until 15.07., personal re-registration will not be required. After the expiration of the period of use, the license will be extended automatically. Additional details can be found on specialized traffic police websites.

Features of obtaining a certificate

You will have to take care in advance of having a medical certificate from your homeland, since passing a full medical commission in another city is a complicated process. The main problems arise with two mandatory specialists - a narcologist and a psychiatrist. Not every clinic has such doctors in its arsenal. Therefore, there may be a delay in requesting information to dispensaries located at the patient’s place of permanent registration.

The need to provide additional information

If any document is missing, the exam will be refused. Therefore, just in case, familiarize yourself in advance with the specifics of the exam and the list of required papers in a particular region or city. This information is presented on the official website of the department, in the department, or the inspector will tell you everything when contacting you in person.

We'll tell you whether it's mandatory to take the exam to obtain a driver's license in the city where you graduated from the driving school, and what to do if you moved to another region without completing all the tests.

Instructions: how to change your license (driver’s license) through State Services

First of all, you must register on the portal. If registration has been completed initially, you just need to log in to the resource using your username and password.

The process is not particularly difficult; if you have any questions, you can use the “tips” right on the site.

• After logging into your personal account, click on the “Ministry of Internal Affairs” button and go to the subsection “Obtaining a license to drive a vehicle.” A block with services will appear in front of you.

• Select the one you need – “Change of rights in State Services...”. In this case, the ellipsis means a specific explanation of why you want to change the driver’s main document. Click on the position that corresponds to your situation: “expiration of validity period”, “change of personal information about the owner of the vehicle”, etc.

• Now look at the right side of the display. Find the “Get a service” section there and activate it. The system will put you in standby mode (think for a while), and then display a page on which you need to fill out an application.

When replacement is necessary

You need to exchange your driver's license in the following cases:

• service life has passed;
• damage or deterioration;
• theft or loss;
• one more category was added;
• personal data has changed.

To change rights, you need to prepare certain documents, of which there are not many.

Filling out an application for a replacement driver's license through State Services

Information must be entered step by step on the portal web page. These include: personal data, passport and address information. The site provides for the entry of all of the above automatically, but everything should be checked carefully. If an error is found, the form will need to be corrected.

At the next stage, it is necessary to indicate what caused the re-registration. To do this, click on the “End of validity” position.

Next, the motorist is asked to fill out a medical certificate block.

When filling out, please note that the subsection implies the ability to mark all driver categories that are open in the medical document. This list does not always coincide with those prescribed in the VU.

When understanding the instructions and answering the question of how to replace your license through State Services, remember that the medical form for a driver’s license issued in 2020 is valid for only 1 year. At the time of contacting the traffic police department, it must be valid.

In the next section you will need to enter information from a previous document that is no longer valid.

The number and series in current versions are displayed on the back at the very bottom. Previously they were presented on the front part. The date of receipt can be seen in section 4a, the issuing state is the Russian Federation.

When applying for a driver's license through an electronic resource, most motorists invariably stumble over the “Issue by whom” item. Currently, 2008 samples are subject to exchange of rights at State Services. At that time, the insidious position simply did not exist. Therefore, when carrying out actions through the state portal, it must be skipped.

Modern versions do not cause inconvenience to vehicle owners in this regard. All necessary information about the traffic police department is indicated in subparagraph 4c.

In addition to the above, you must put marks next to the categories that were listed in the previous document.

Finally, the car owner needs to decide where he will receive the driver’s license and when exactly.

The unit itself can be selected from the map.

Afterwards it will not be difficult to make an appointment. Please be aware that upcoming dates may already be booked. In this situation, you have to consider alternative options and choose the most suitable one. You can also look for another branch.

According to the step-by-step instructions for replacing rights through State Services, after completing all the manipulations, all that remains is to check the box at the very end of the form, indicating your consent to provide information for subsequent processing.

The subtleties of obtaining a license outside your place of registration

When the license is replaced not by a Russian, but by a citizen of another state, he is required to provide a document confirming temporary registration in any region of the Russian Federation, for example, Moscow. It is possible to reissue a license only at the branch to which the motorist’s place of registration is attached. New licenses will be issued within 5 days. Sometimes the process takes longer, especially if there are inaccuracies in the documents. Data verification is carried out more carefully and is delayed indefinitely.

When drivers turn to the MFC, they lose additional money and time. It’s easier and cheaper to go to the traffic police department, especially since there are no queues.

How to pay the state fee

This can be done only after completing the application and its subsequent submission. Without this, the payment will not be processed.

Motorists who decide to use the official electronic resource are given the following payment options:

• by using a bank card;
• special network wallet Webmoney;
• via a mobile communication device.

How much does it cost to exchange and renew a driver’s license through State Services?

If you can receive a form and fill out an application online on a specialized government website, then the document is issued in person only at the inspection department. For the provision of services, the state charges a fee, the amount of which may vary.

In 2021, if personal data is changed, the payment made through the electronic resource is 1.4 thousand rubles. Moreover, if the previous version of the document could be used for a certain period of time (for example, 7 years), then a new copy is issued for the same period.

While figuring out step by step how to change rights on State Services, you should not forget about such an important point as payment details. It is worth noting that in any situation (except for the expiration of the validity period), a new certificate is given for the time remaining until the end of the 10-year period of use.

For any form of payment, except for the traffic police cash desk, you need to know the bank details. They are needed to transfer funds to the account of a government organization. You can find them on the department’s information board or official Internet resource.

To obtain information in the “Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs” subsection, a number of sequential actions are performed:

• select the item “For citizens”;
• find the “Services” item in the proposed menu block;
• click on the section “State Traffic Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs”;
• activate the “Receive and Replace” button;
• go to “Branch addresses and state duty details”.

When making a payment through a terminal, information is entered automatically when you select the desired department.

What the law says

If a citizen has circumstances when he needs to change his passport in another city without registration, then first of all, he should figure out what the law says regarding the replacement of a document not according to registration.

This issue is regulated by the following regulations:

1. Regulations of the Government of the Russian Federation on passports.
2. Administrative regulations of the Russian Migration Service for the provision of services for issuing and replacing passports.
3. Order of the Federal Migration Service No. 319.

The procedure for issuing and replacing a document is regulated by the Federal Migration Service. In accordance with Order No. 319, replacement and submission of documents to obtain a new passport is carried out at the place of residence, temporary stay, or at the place of application.

The same information is set out in the law “On the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation”. It says that you can change your passport if you live in one city and are registered in another.

You are allowed to address this issue to any territorial branch of the FMS or MFC throughout the country.

If a situation arises when, when applying to the FMS office, a person is refused to accept documents, then the refusal should be requested in writing. Then you can go to the prosecutor's office with this paper.

This procedure may take a long time to complete. In addition, there is a high probability of not receiving a response to the submitted request. In this case, you will have to travel to the region of permanent registration to obtain the certificate data.

It is not recommended to purchase a medical certificate in order to avoid the above-mentioned red tape, since in accordance with Article 327 of the Criminal Code, the deliberate use of a false document can lead to arrest for up to six months or a fine in the amount of gross income for up to six months.

Deadlines for replacing rights through State Services

The opportunity to pay from a wallet or card is provided only after submitting an online application for services. There must be sufficient funds in the account. Payment through the branch's cash desk also implies payment after filling out the form. We should not forget that traffic police terminals only accept cash - you cannot pay with a card.

The most important difference is the difference in cost of different design methods. In the department you will have to pay 2 thousand rubles, and through the online platform only 1.4 thousand. The 30% benefit is provided exclusively on the website. There is no other way to get a discount. That is why, when preparing step-by-step for replacing a driver’s license through the State Services portal, it turns out that this is not only convenient, but also very profitable.

The registration time largely depends on the owner of the vehicle. If you contact the department, the entire procedure will take no more than one day. Of course, provided that the car owner has taken care of preparing the necessary documents in advance. The duration mainly depends on how long you have to wait in line.

In it, the inspector will check the papers provided to him, take a photograph of the car owner and receive his signature. All manipulations will take no more than an hour. You can save significant time only by writing an application through the online portal.

Replacement through the MFC may take about five days. The only advantage of registration using this method is that there is no need to go to the state inspection department.

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1. Albina
   12/17/2021 at 22:43 I submitted an application for a driver’s license to government services, but the invoice for paying the state fee did not arrive. What to do in such a situation? After what time can you resubmit your application?
   Reply ↓ Anna Popovich
   12/21/2021 at 02:08

   Dear Albina, wait until the accrual is set and the payment button appears in the application. This can take from a couple of hours to three days, depending on the department. If the payment button does not appear, contact the appropriate agency.

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Visit to the traffic police department

Those who have completed the procedure for exchanging rights through the State Services portal should come to the selected unit after some time. You must have all the necessary papers with you. Try to show up a little earlier than the appointed time - according to the electronic queue code sent in advance.

Wait until you are invited to the office. Depending on the number of people and the workload of the staff, the waiting time can be up to half an hour.

Required documents

When planning a visit to the traffic police, you need to have on hand:

• passport;
• medical certificate;
• former VU.

The application is submitted online, so there is no need for a printed version. Presentation of a receipt for payment of the state duty is also not provided. However, just in case, take it with you too.

About additional papers

There aren't many of them. As a rule, the MFC may require:

• certificate of registration at the place of residence;
• a document indicating that the citizen has not previously received a driver's license.

The second paper is required quite often. But a registration certificate is not always requested. Driving tests usually require registration. But temporary registration is enough. Therefore, you will have to be registered in a particular territory, but it is not necessary to have a permanent place of residence in the region.

Is it possible to change rights in the MFC?

We figured out how to apply for a replacement driver’s license through State Services. But this is also allowed in the Multifunctional Center. To do this you will need:

• obtain the opinion of the medical commission at the place of registration;
• choose the best branch option and make an appointment (get in line using a special terminal located on the territory of the institution);
• present to the employee all required papers.

When deciding on a department, do not forget that this method of receipt will indeed save you from long waits in queues, but the issuing process itself will take 5-7 days.

An expired driver's license is fraught with a fine ranging from 5 to 15 thousand rubles. To prevent this from happening, it is better to take care of re-issuing the document in advance - six months before the end of the term, you can begin to act.

Passing a medical examination

The certificate is issued after examination by a therapist, ophthalmologist, psychiatrist and narcologist. Usually everything goes quickly, the driver will spend a maximum of 2-3 days to obtain the certificate. In general, it is possible to go through all the doctors in 1 day, especially if you use the services of paid clinics.

Separately, standard examinations are carried out by a psychiatrist or narcologist - the driver visits either a municipal dispensary or uses the services of private medical centers. You can get examined by these doctors both at your place of registration and residence. But in any case, you will have to pay about 200-500 rubles for inspections.

An examination by an ophthalmologist and a therapist can be done for a fee at a center that provides such a service, and a certificate will be issued there immediately on the spot. Usually the price of the issue does not exceed 1000 rubles. You can also go for free under your compulsory medical insurance policy by getting an appointment with an ophthalmologist and then with a therapist. You need to come to the latter after receiving certificates from all other specialists.

Initially, the driver undergoes an examination at psychiatric and drug treatment clinics, only then can he be examined by other doctors and receive a certificate.

Do I need to take an exam when exchanging rights after 10 years?

Some car owners who are not properly informed mistakenly believe that this is a mandatory condition for changing their license. Not really. The legislation does not provide for the obligation of drivers to retake traffic rules.

However, you should know that you will have to undergo a medical examination again in any case. Without this it is not possible. Therefore, the motorist will need to visit several doctors: a psychiatrist, a narcologist, an ophthalmologist, and a therapist. It is they who will subsequently issue conclusions whether a person is fit to drive a vehicle or not.

Recently, cases of purchasing certificates without passing a commission have become more frequent, which is a gross violation of the law. The traffic police is trying to stop such fraud. Therefore, do not be tempted to avoid going to the medical staff, think about the consequences:

• physicians who issue false certificates face administrative liability;
• those who use illegal services face heavy fines.

The situation is quite tough, it’s definitely not worth the risk. After all, by becoming a participant in fraudulent activities, you knowingly violate the provisions on the rules for using and managing a technical device.

Documentation

According to paragraph 21 of the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation dated October 20, 2015 No. 995, the future owner of the driving license is required to submit to the traffic police certification commission:

• identification;
• a certificate confirming the absence of deprivation of a driver’s license;
• certificate No. 003-В/у about passing a medical commission (issued at the drug treatment or psychoneurological dispensary at the registration address);
• a certificate from a driving school confirming training completed to obtain a driving license of the specified category.

What consequences are possible for delay?

There is no specific period within which the old document must be exchanged for a new one.

Thus, if the time of use has expired, but you are not driving the vehicle, and the right to drive is quietly gathering dust on a shelf in the closet, the owner will not face any punishment. But when a motorist, after the expiration of the driving license, gets behind the wheel of a car and is stopped by an inspector, penalties cannot be avoided. The violator faces a fine of 5 to 15 thousand rubles. The car will be transported to the impound lot.

In conclusion, it should be noted once again that every car owner needs to know how to change rights through State Services. This registration method helps save not only time, but also money for the vehicle owner.

We invite you to watch the video and consolidate your knowledge.

Where to find sample applications

Sample applications can be obtained from the State Traffic Inspectorate, a multifunctional center, or downloaded from the government services portal. In the first two cases, the driver will have to fill out the forms himself, in the third, they will be filled out automatically. You can also download the application and its completed sample on our website.

As a basis for replacing the plastic, you must indicate one of the reasons: “due to expiration”, “due to loss”, “due to damage” or “due to a change of surname”.

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