Description

DESCRIPTION

What is to be exchanged?

What variants are there?

Foreign driver's license

Exchange of a foreign driver's license from a NON-EU STATE:

If you have a foreign driver's license, you can easily drive it in Germany for 6 months. If you are resident in Germany, the document must be rewritten into an EU driver's license after six months at the latest. Otherwise you will be punished for driving without a license.

What documents do I need at the driver's license office:

Brief overview in tabular form	EU-/EWR	Listenstaat	Drittstaat
Local driving license without residence in Germany?	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rewriting required after establishing a place of residence in Germany?	No	Yes	Yes
Theoretical and practical exam required for rewriting?	-	No *)	Yes
Training in driving school required before exams?	-	No	No
Submission of the foreign driver's license required?	-	Yes	Yes

*) See Attachment 11 FeV https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/fev_2010/anlage_11.html

What documents do I need at the driver's license office:

Application for the transfer of the license valid foreign driver's license, certified translation of the foreign driver's license, identity card or passport biometric passport photo (45mm x 35mm), proof of training in first aid, eye test (or ophthalmological report), proof of the last two addresses, processing costs up to 62.40 euros (depending on the effort)