Renew your driver’s license and get a copy of your license with a few clicks

Electronic services are now available for the 13 Regions of the country for the renewal of the driving license and the issuance of a copy of the traffic license through the Unified Digital Portal of the State (gov.gr).

These are two new services implemented by the Ministries of Digital Government and Infrastructure and Transport, which facilitate the daily life of citizens, while upgrading the transparency of relevant procedures.

Specifically, with a certificate from the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Costas Karamanlis, and according to the plan they have prepared with the Minister of State and Digital Government Kyriakos Pierrakakis, citizens can digitally renew their driver’s license due to which is valid or for medical reasons. In order to apply for a renewal of their driving license, citizens enter the platform with Taxisnet codes, are informed about the specialties of doctors who need to give an opinion on their ability to drive and are given a four-digit number (PIN). Then, they visit the doctors, to whom they inform the four-digit PIN, in order to complete the examination and each doctor to electronically inform the application with the result.

If deemed fit for driving by all doctors, citizens are informed by the application via text message on their mobile phone (SMS) and via email (email) that they can complete the application within six months. The process is completed digitally by attaching a photo, a signature sample and issuing and paying the appropriate fee.

Once the required actions are completed by the employees of the Regions, the citizens receive SMS and email, with which they are informed about the receipt of the new form of driving license. Either in person or through a third party by authorization, or by courier in the Regions, where this service is supported.

The digital process related to medical examinations has been implemented and is productively supported by IDIKA. SA and is very friendly and easy to use for the approximately 27,000 doctors across the country with specialties related to the renewal of driving licenses. It results in the most thorough medical examination and the safe and immediate exchange of information between the doctors that every citizen needs to examine.

The electronic renewal of the driving license will save unnecessary inconvenience every year more than 210,000 citizens, including citizens over 65 years, professional drivers, but also citizens with chronic medical problems. It is worth noting that the physical presence of the citizen is required only during the medical examinations, while there is full information via SMS and email at all stages of the procedure. At the same time, the new electronic procedure ensures full transparency in the handling of cases, as well as the protection of sensitive medical data that has been circulated to date.

The second service concerns the digital application for the issuance of a copy of a marketing authorization due to loss, theft or damage through the Single Digital Portal of the State gov.gr. It is typical that about 50,000 copies of vehicle licenses are issued annually throughout the country.

With the new procedure, the citizens enter the electronic platform https://drivers-vehicles.services.gov.gr with the codes Taxisnet and have, for the first time, easy access from a single point, to all the information concerning the vehicle or vehicles in their possession. In particular, those who carry out this procedure also have the opportunity to check information, such as whether the road tax has been paid, whether they have to pass a technical inspection (KTEO) or how long their vehicle is insured.

The process for issuing a copy of a marketing authorization is extremely simple for users. Those interested choose the vehicle for which they request the copy of the registration certificate and the Regional Unit from which they want to be serviced. Both during the successful submission of the application and during its approval by the employee of the Region, they receive a relevant notification via email and SMS. The only condition for the copy of the registration certificate to be issued is that the vehicle is in motion.

In the first phase, the service is available to natural persons who fully own the vehicle. As for legal entities, at the moment they can see the information of their vehicles and in the near future they will be able to request a copy of the license.

The two projects mentioned above contribute significantly to the further digital transformation of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. By digitizing these procedures, 59 Transport Directorates, which employ more than 700 employees in the 13 Regions of the country, are relieved of administrative burdens, saving valuable resources and man-hours for the benefit of the citizens, as well as the public sector.

They are part of the memorandum of cooperation of the two co-competent Ministries that is executed under the supervision of the Deputy Minister of Digital Government, responsible for simplification of procedures, George Georgantas and the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, responsible for Transport Ethnikos the Secretary General of Digital Governance and Simplification of Procedures Leonidas Christopoulos.

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