Où est mon permis de conduire. Il est perdu?

The bits of paper that serve as my temporary driving licence have gone missing. It forced me to think about how to get another one – or more importantly – to find out where my application for a French driving licence has got to.

I logged on to one of the many French bureaucratic websites to try and track some information down but failed.

But when I checked the address on record for me I saw it was my old address – at the Old Folks Home.

So after work, I headed round there to see if they still held on to any post for me. But after seven months my hopes were not high.

I was right – it wasn’t there.

So back to the Agence nationale des titres sécurisés website for some answers.

But when I logged in, there was no outstanding application registered there.

There was no other choice but to ring them. They explained that I needed to log in using the same method as when I first logged in. So I got some password reminders and tried that – still nothing.

So another phone call and it transpired that I might have created two accounts. So after some more password reminders for a different email address – bingo! There was a demand for proof of my visa again.

My old visa wasn’t good enough apparently- so I uploaded my new one and it was accepted.

And then I got an email saying I should have my licence within 14 days. I’ll believe that when I see it.

I even managed to print out a new one of these: