Samples of ukrainian driving licences

1) Sample of a driver's license issued in the Ukrainian SSR and Ukraine until 1993. The issuing authority was the State Automobile Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (DAI), and the material it was made of was paper.

2) Sample of a driver's license from 1993–1995. The license is made of paper and covered with a laminated film. The size of the license is 105 x 147 (+ 0.5) mm. Details and detail entries are filled out in Ukrainian. License blanks are filled out with ink, a ballpoint pen, typewriters, or computer printing devices. Entries for details 1, 2, 3, and 4 are duplicated in Latin letters. The issuing authority was the DAI.

3) Sample of a driver's license from 1995. The license is made of paper and covered with a laminated film. The size of the license is 105 x 147 (+ 0.5) mm. Details and detail entries are filled out in Ukrainian. License blanks are filled out with ink, a ballpoint pen, typewriters, or computer printing devices. Entries for details 1, 2, 3, and 4 are duplicated in Latin letters. The issuing authority was the DAI.

4) Sample of a driver's license from 1996–1998. The license is made of paper and covered with a laminated film. The size of the license is 105 x 147 (+ 0.5) mm. Details and detail entries are filled out in Ukrainian. License blanks are filled out with ink, a ballpoint pen, typewriters, or computer printing devices. Entries for details 1, 2, 3, and 4 are duplicated in Latin letters. The issuing authority was the DAI.

5) Sample of a driver's license from 1998–1999. The license is made of paper and covered with a laminated film. The size of the license is 105 x 147 (+ 0.5) mm. Details and detail entries are filled out in Ukrainian. License blanks are filled out with ink, a ballpoint pen, typewriters, or computer printing devices. Entries for details 1, 2, 3, and 4 are duplicated in Latin letters. The issuing authority was the DAI.

6) Sample of a driver's license from 2000–2002. The license is made of paper and covered with a laminated film. The size of the license is 105 x 147 (+ 0.5) mm. Details and detail entries are filled out in Ukrainian. License blanks are filled out with ink, a ballpoint pen, typewriters, or computer printing devices. Entries for details 1, 2, 3, and 4 are duplicated in Latin letters. The issuing authority was the DAI.

7) Sample of a driver's license from 2002–2006. The license is made of paper and covered with a laminated film. The size of the license is 105 x 147 (+ 0.5) mm. Details and detail entries are filled out in Ukrainian. License blanks are filled out with ink, a ballpoint pen, typewriters, or computer printing devices. Entries for details 1, 2, 3, and 4 are duplicated in Latin letters. The issuing authority was the DAI.

8) Sample of a driver's license from 2003–2005. The driver's license is made of polymer material in ID-1 format according to DSTU 3614-97 (ISO/IEC 7810) "Identification cards. Physical characteristics". Entries on the front side for the details "Surname", "First Name. Patronymic" are duplicated in Latin letters. Italicized text is not printed. The issuing authority was the DAI.

9) Sample of a driver's license from 2005–2012. The driver's license is made of polymer material in ID-1 format according to DSTU 3614-97 (ISO/IEC 7810) "Identification cards. Physical characteristics". Entries on the front side for the details "Surname", "First Name. Patronymic" are duplicated in Latin letters. Italicized text is not printed. The issuing authority was the DAI.

10) Sample of a driver's license from 2013. The driver's license is made of polymer material in ID-1 format according to DSTU 3614-97 (ISO/IEC 7810) "Identification cards. Physical characteristics". Entries on the front side for the details "Surname", "First Name. Patronymic" are duplicated in Latin letters. Italicized text is not printed. The issuing authority was the DAI.

11) Sample of a driver's license from 2013. The driver's license is made of polymer material in ID-1 format according to DSTU 3614-97 (ISO/IEC 7810) "Identification cards. Physical characteristics". Entries on the front side for the details "Surname", "First Name. Patronymic" are duplicated in Latin letters. Italicized text is not printed. Presence of an element indicating that the document may contain a contactless storage medium. The issuing authority was the DAI.

12) Sample of a driver's license from 2014–2021. From 2014 to November 2015, the driver's license is made of polymer material in ID-1 format according to DSTU 3614-97 (ISO/IEC 7810) "Identification cards. Physical characteristics". Entries on the front side for the details "Surname", "First Name. Patronymic" are duplicated in Latin letters. The issuing authority was the DAI.

From November 2015 to 2021, the driver's license is made of polymer material in ID-1 format according to DSTU ISO/IEC 7810:2008 "Identification cards. Physical characteristics" (ISO/IEC 7810:2003, IDT). Entries on the front side corresponding to the details "Surname", "First Name. Patronymic" are duplicated in Latin letters. The issuing authority is the Territorial Service Center of the MIA of Ukraine (TSC).

13) Sample of a driver's license issued from March 26, 2021. The driver's license has the appearance of an ID-1 plastic card with an implanted security element, made of a multilayer polymer material – polycarbonate, according to DSTU ISO/IEC 7810:2008. Graphic images and textual information are printed on the front and back of the license blank using offset and screen printing. The license blank is manufactured using multi-component security printing. Text on both sides of the driver's license is printed in Ukrainian and English with black ink that becomes invisible under the action of an infrared light source. The issuing authority is the TSC.


14) Sample of a driver's license issued from December 26, 2023. The national driver's license has the appearance of an ID-1 plastic card with an implanted security element. The format of the card is 53.98 x 85.6 (±0.75) millimeters and may have permissible deviations in accordance with DSTU ISO/IEC 7810:2008. Graphic images and textual information are printed on the front and back of the license blank using offset and screen printing. The license blank is manufactured using multi-component security printing. The design of the license blank is reproduced using offset, iris offset, and screen printing. The design of the blank is created using special protective background grids that reproduce ornamental-geometric drawings, and elements made of negative and positive text in several languages.

During the personalization process, the license blank is laminated on both sides with a protective transparent reflective achromatic coating and a high-strength film.

Such a coating contains a special marking consisting of three letters and six digits, a metallized holographic image of MIA emblems of various sizes, arranged in a checkerboard pattern in parallel rows. Inside the emblems, there is a stylized image of the small State Coat of Arms of Ukraine, the background of which is created from text illegible to the human eye, which can be decoded using a laser device and under the action of refracted light reflecting at a certain angle.

Note. On the driver's license blanks specified in paragraphs 3-7, 9-13, their manufacturer applies technological marking in the form of the manufacturer's name and an alphanumeric designation of the order number.