According to TRNC Traffic Department, the Traffic Department's own official application/renewal form lists a passport bearing valid immigration status as the required document for foreign nationals for every licence category, including renewal, with no mention of a Muhtar's-letter alternative anywhere on the form. This materially weakens, though does not conclusively disprove, a previously unverified forum claim that a Muhtar's letter can substitute for an active residence permit when renewing a driving licence.

How to read this claim

Jurisdiction

Turkish Cypriot administration (TRNC)

Verification

Secondary source onlyWhy this is published: Published as a claim countering a practical-observation/forum-level assertion, not as a conclusive legal finding — the form is strong but not definitive evidence, since it carries no visible revision date and is not itself legislation.

Legal review

Not yet reviewed by a named legal reviewer.

Version history

• 22 September 2026 — Published from primary-source research, narrowed to exactly what the form does and does not list — not a categorical claim that the practice never happens informally. (version 1, First published)