Driver’s License Renewal

Approximately one month before the expiration of the driver’s license, the holder will be sent a payment voucher for the driver’s license fee. 

There is no need to wait to receive a request for renewal. Payment can be made in one of the following ways:

• Digitally-
  • in the government personal area
    • Payment is made following identification in the national identification system, and provides personalized service following a brief one-time registration, while providing maximum security that offers protection from fraud and stolen identity.
    • For instructional clips on how to register.
    • Once registered, entry into the personal area will be authorized by password only.
    • On the Ministry of Transport website
• On the payment applications-
  • MAX app
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • Self-service stations
  • At the telephone call center *4515
  • Citizens who are overseas can call telephone +972-3-9695678.
  • Computerized voice response *4515
  • Bank transfer -
    • Subscribers to the bank’s online services who are authorized to make transfers to third parties can make payment via bank transfer on the government payment service.
    • Payment can be made by clicking on the “Payment in the Bank” button via secured payment.
    • For particularly high amounts, coordinate payment installments with the bank.
  • In one of the branches of the Israel Post Office, payment will be entered in the Ministry of Transport system after 14 days.

• A temporary driver’s license will be sent to the email address listed upon payment.
• The permanent driver’s license will be sent within 30 days to the updated address in the Population Authority.
  Update the Population and Immigration Authority of the name of the license holder, the Hebrew date of birth and the mailing address.
• If the permanent license is not received after 30 days, contact Tel: 08-9949700 for clarifications.
• To receive the permanent license at a different address than the last address listed with the Population and Immigration Authority, on the date of payment, contact the call center at *4515 and request that the representative send the license to the alternate address.
• If the license is not received by mail and was returned to the Issuing Center:
  • The license will be kept at the Center for 90 days from the date it was returned, after which it will be destroyed or shredded. 
  • If the license was not returned to the Issuing Center, contact the telephone call center at *4515, and ask the representative to send the permanent license to an alternate address. 
  • The cost of issuing a license to an alternate address is NIS 20.
• The permanent license is computerized and will include a photo of the license holder.
  • If the photo of the license holder does not exist in the Ministry of Transport’s digital database (comment on this will appear on the attachment to the driving fee), contact the Photo Station with the temporary driver’s license for which you already paid the fee and take a photo at no extra charge.

View the license details: driver’s license, driver’s license number, date of license issue, copy of the driver’s license and printout and list of levels of activities (driver classes for private vehicle, motorcycle and classes for professional vehicles, not including driver permits). at the personal area and at the self-service station.

At the same time, the status of the application can be viewed., information and documents can be obtained  in the personal area of the Medical Institute for Road Safety (known by its Hebrew acronym MARBAD.

According to Regulation 9 of the Transportation Regulations, one can drive in Israel without carrying a driver’s license and vehicle license when driving.
It is, however, mandatory to carry an official ID of the State of Israel (ID card or passport), an insurance certificate and appendices to the driver's license.