Driving license: The complete guide to request the new digital card in August 2025

In Argentina, the driver license It is an essential and indispensable document to circulate through the streets and routes of the country. Keep it currentand renew it in a timely manner, avoid high fines, vehicle retention and even the disqualification to handle.

Recently, the National Government announced a series of changes in the process to update the card, which seek to modernize and simplify the process. As part of a major reform, he decided dissolve the National Road Safety Agency (ANSV), the National Road Directorate (DNV) and the National Traffic and Road Safety (CNTSV), organizations that, until a week ago, were responsible for the Regulation, control and issuance of qualifications.

With this new scheme, renewal can be done in a way 100% digital And it will be available in the “My Argentina” app. This modality seeks to decentralize the process, expedite the processes and grant more autonomy to the provinces and municipalities. However, drivers who register certain infractions or breaches may not update the process until they regularize their situation.

Who cannot renew the driver’s license?

Despite the modernization of the system and the simplification of several steps, not all drivers can access the new renewal process. As reported by the Ministry of Transportation, those who have Active sanctionsunpaid fines or have been disabled to drive for serious infractions.

In these cases, the system will cross the data with the provincial records and The card will suspend. Therefore, you must start the process again, including theoretical and practical exams.

Among the main restriction reasons are included:

• People who do not approve the mandatory psychophysical examination.
• Drivers over 70 who do not comply with the annual renewal.
• Beginners who have committed serious infractions in the first two years of license
• Accumulation of fouls (such as speeding, positive breathalyzer or passing red traffic lights). Related to this point, the lack of payment of pending fines is also included, especially if they were notified and not answered within the legal period.
• Judicial sentences that prevent driving vehicles and/or temporary or definitive disqualifications issued by provincial or municipal traffic authorities.

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Step by step: How to process the digital driver’s license?

According to Decree 196/2025published in the Official Gazette, the procedure for renew The national driver’s license can now be done in a manner 100% digital. This initiative, promoted by the Ministry of Deregulation and the Ministry of Transportation, seeks to expedite the process, avoid duplication and facilitate access.

In addition, the new card will be available in the app “My Argentina” And it has the same legal validity that physics, so it can be used in transit controls within the country. In this first stage, it will work as its complement, but it is expected that in the future it can completely replace it. The steps to renew it are:

1. Enter the website “My Argentina” With your user and password.
2. Validá your personal data and select the process to be carried out: renewal or expansion.
3. I chose the type of driver’s license: common or professional. Then, pay the corresponding ballots.
4. Select the providers to perform the exams and required courses. Once approved, the results are automatically charged and the digital license will be enabled in the Mi Argentina app. Drivers who prefer the physical version can manage it in their Issuer Center paying an additional cost.

This New digital license mode It is already governed in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and in the provinces of Santa Fe, Córdoba, Mendoza, Neuquén, Catamarca, Chaco, Salta, Jujuy, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán, Chubut, Corrientes, Misiones, La Rioja, Entre Ríos, San Luis, San Juan, La Pampa, Tierra del Fuego, Santa Cruz and Río Negro. For their part, Buenos Aires and Formosa are in Adhesion process and its next incorporation is expected.