Physical description
Size: 85,6 x 53,98 mm
Format: ID-1
Material: Polycarbonate
Colour: Pink
Distinctive features: Bilingual (Finnish/Swedish)
Security features
Micro text
- Location: Top of front of card
- Characteristics: The words “AJOKORTTI KÖRKORT” in both raised and recessed print
- Method of verification: Magnifying glass
Security pattern
- Location: Whole document
- Characteristics: Fine-lined security pattern and rainbow printing covering the entire background of the card.
- Method of verification: Magnifying glass
Embossed pattern
- Location: In left and right borders on front of card
- Characteristics: Embossed pattern comprising small squares, whose sides are formed of the word "FIN"
- Method of verification: Pattern visible when card is tilted and can be detected by touching with fingers. Text reading using a magnifying glass.
Embossed pattern
- Location: In bottom-right corner on reverse side of card
- Characteristics: Pattern in the shape of the map of Finland, formed by the words "SUOMI FINLAND"
- Method of verification: Pattern visible when card is tilted and can be detected by touching with fingers. Text reading using a magnifying glass.
Fluorescent printing
- Location: Front of card
- Characteristics: Car headlamp pattern flashes fluoresce green.
- Method of verification: Using UV light
Fluorescent printing
- Location: Reverse side of card
- Characteristics: Car tail-light pattern fluoresces red along bottom of reverse side of card.
- Method of verification: Using UV light
Optically Variable Ink (OVI)
- Location: Left border on reverse of card.
- Characteristics: Trafi logo
- Method of verification: When card is tilted, the colour of the logo changes from green to gold.
Laser engraving
- Location: Front side, bottom right-hand corner
- Characteristics: On front of card:
- Holder's date of birth in the left corner of the facial ID photo
- Finnish Transport Safety Agency logo in the bottom-right corner of the holder's facial ID photo
- Licence number (section 5 on the licence) as a barcode.
- Method of verification: Sections 1 and 2 visible to the naked eye. Section 3 using a barcode reader.
Changeable laser image (CLI)
- Location: Bottom-right of front of card
- Characteristics: Licence holder's facial ID photo and date of birth change within the image
- Method of verification: Visible image changes when card is tilted
Diffractive optically-variable feature
- Location: Partially covering the bottom-right corner of the licence holder's facial ID photo on front of card.
- Characteristics: Transparent image, in which the colour and patterns change. Contrast of the "FIN" text along bottom of the image changes from dark to light.
- Method of verification: By tilting the card
Legend
- 1 Surname of the holder
- 2 Other name(s) of the holder
- 3 Date and place of birth
- 4a Date of issue of the licence
- 4b Date of expiry of the licence
- 4c Name of the issuing authority
- 5 Number of licence
- 6 Photograph of the holder
- 7 Signature of the holder
- 8 Permanent place of residence
- 9 category(ies) of vehicle(s) the holder is entitled to drive
- 10 Date of first issue of each category(ies)
- 11 Date of expiry of each category
- 12 Additional information/restriction(s)
Categories & Codes
Categories
For more information on the corresponding categories, please check the Commission decision on equivalence.
|
Category |
Period of validity* |
|---|---|
|
AM, A1, A2, A, BE |
Until 70: 15 years; above 65: 5 years |
|
B |
First: 2 years; until 70: 15 years; above 65: 5 years |
|
C1, C1E, C, CE, D1, D1E, D, DE |
Until 70: 5 years; above 68: 2 years |
|
(T), (LT) |
Until 70: 15 years; above 65: 5 years |
*This refers to the administrative validity of the document and does not necessarily reflect the holder’s right to drive.
National categories
|
National category |
Description of national category |
|---|---|
|
T |
Tractors (excluding road-rated tractors), motorised working machinery and snowmobiles, including vehicles towed by them. |
|
LT |
Road-rated tractors and vehicles towed by them. |
Codes
|
National codes |
Description |
Community codes |
|---|---|---|
|
103(n) |
Duplicate of the driving licence, serial number of the duplicate included in the code |
|
|
105 |
Exemption |
|
|
111 |
Alcohol interlock |
|
|
113 |
Alcohol interlock for health reasons. |
|
|
114 |
Conditional right to drive. Licence valid in Finland only. |
|
|
120 |
AM-class, moped |
AM (restricted to mopeds) |
|
121 |
AM-class, light quadricycles |
AM (restricted to light motorised quadricycles) |
|
131 |
Restricted right to drive in accordance with article 5, section 4 of the Finnish Driving Licence Act. |
Professional drivers
- Certificate of professional competence is issued : YES
- Code 95 is marked on the driving licence : YES
Additional information
Right to drive a T-class vehicle is included in all other classes except in M/AM-class. Class T is not recorded on the driving licence if other vehicle classes that include T are already recorded. It may only be recorded on the driving licence if the licence holder has separately passed a class T driving test.
When applying for a duplicate of a licence issued before 19 January 2013, the latest expiry date for the duplicate licence will be 18 January 2033, or a date before this if the holder reaches 70 before then.
The first category B licence will be issued for 2 years. After 2 years, the next category B licence will be issued for 15 years.
An updated version was introduced on 17.06.2014, including on the front side the words "driving licence" in Croatian and changed the upper case "F" to lower case "f" in the Trafi logo (on the front side - in the bottom-right corner of the holder's facial ID photo; on the reverse side - in the Trafi logo).