Holders of foreign driving licences which are listed and specified in the Convention on Road Traffic, may operate proper vehicles on the territory of the Republic of Poland for the period of 6 months from the beginning of either a temporal or permanent stay in Poland.

A holder of a driving licence issued outside the territory of the Republic of Poland may obtain a proper Polish driving licence having previously given the foreign licence to proper authorities responsible for issuing driving licences. If the foreign driving licence is not listed in the Convention on Road Traffic (for the list of countries which signed the convention see the table below), the person has to pass the national theory exam and submit a certified translation of the foreign licence.

If the foreign driving licence has an expiry date for health and other reasons, the information has to be included in the Polish driving licence.
 

Countries listed by the Convention on Road Traffic, 8th November 1968.
Republic of South Africa	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Albania	Kingdom of Morocco
Republic of Austria	Republic of Moldova
Commonwealth of The Bahamas	Principality of Monaco
Kingdom of Bahrain	Mongolia
Republic of Belarus	Federal Republic of Germany
Kingdom of Belgium	Republic of Niger
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Kingdom of Norway
Federative Republic of Brazil	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Republic of Bulgaria	Russian Federation
Republic of Croatia	Rumunia
Czech Republic	Republic of San Marino
Kingdom of Denmark	Republic of Senegal
Republic of Estonia	Republic of Seychelles
Republic of the Philippines	Slovak Republi
Republic of Finland	Republic of Slovenia
French Republic	Swiss Confederation
Republic of Greece	Kingdom of Sweden
Georgia	Central African Republic
Co-operative Republic of Guyana	Republic of Tajikistan
Islamic Republic of Iran	Tunisian Republic
State of Israel	Turkmenistan
Serbia and Montenegro	Ukraine
Republic of Kazakhstan	Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Republic of Uzbekistan
Republic of Cuba	Republic of Hungary
State of Kuwait	Republic of Italy
Republic of Lithuania	Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	Republic of Zimbabwe
Republic of Latvia
Countries which have signed a bilateral agreement with the Republic of Poland on mutual acknowledgment of driving licences:
Japan	Republic of Korea