Conversion foreign driving license

The German car driving license for expats and immigrants

Information not valid for EU driving license

Law

Your entitlement to drive with your foreign driving licence (non-EU driving licences) expires already 6 months after the first registration in Germany. In order to continue driving in Germany after that, you must have your foreign driving licence converted into a German driving licence.

 

Differences between your possible driving licence classes


If you have to take a practical examination, you have the choice between the following 3 driving licence classes.


Class B

  • After successfully passing the examination, you may drive cars with manual and automatic transmissions
  • Driving lessons take place on a car with manual transmission
  • Examination takes place on a car with manual transmission
  • Minimum number of driving lessons not required


Class B with code number 78 (B78)

  • After passing the examination, you are only allowed to drive cars with automatic transmission
  • Driving lessons take place on a car with automatic transmission
  • Examination takes place on a car with automatic transmission
  • Minimum number of driving lessons not required


Class B with code number 197 (B197)

  • After successfully passing the examination, you may drive cars with manual and automatic transmission
  • 10 driving lessons on a car with manual transmission mandatory
  • Test drive 30 minutes with your driving teacher on a car with manual transmission mandatory
  • Minimum number of driving lessons on a car with automatic transmission not required
  • Examination takes place on a car with automatic transmission

 

Your probationary period


Whether you have a probationary period in Germany depends on how long you have held your foreign driving licence:

  • Foreign driving licence longer than 2 years -> no probationary period in Germany
  • Foreign driving licence shorter than 2 years -> probationary period in Germany is so long that you hold your driving licence (foreign + German driving licence) for a total of 2 years.

Your requirements

  • Minimum age 18
  • Documents for application for a driver´s license
  • Foreign driving license must be accepted in Germany

Whether you need for the conversion a theoretical and/or practical exam, you find at the states list of the driver´s license office in Munich or at our customer care.

 

Requirements for the acceptance of your foreign driving licence:

  • Your foreign driving licence must be valid.
  • You have been resident in the country of issue for more than 6 months at the time your foreign driving licence was issued.
  • At the time your foreign driving licence was issued, you did not have a normal place of residence in Germany.
  • At the time of renewal of your foreign driving licence, you did not have a normal place of residence in Germany. As a rule, the date of issue on the driving licence is decisive.

Whether a conversion of your foreign driver's license is possible, decides only the district administration department Munich (KVR) department driver's license.

Your vehicle

For your safety and enjoyment in the training you drive on top equipped vehicles latest models. A professional maintenance and cleanliness of our vehicles is natural for us.

At locations you will find following training vehicles that are offered in the respective driving school.

Vehicles:

  • up to 3500 kg permissible total mass
  • also with trailer up to max. 750 kg permissible total mass or
  • with trailer over 750 kg permissible total mass, provided the permissible total mass of towing vehicle and trailer is max. Is 3500 kg

Your theory lessons

No theory lessons required.

Your driving lesson

The driving lessons consist of practice lessons and special lessons.

Your driving instructor ensures a stress-free learning atmosphere so that you enjoy the training and don't need too many lessons.

It goes without saying that your driving instructor is punctual and keeps to the driving times.

Always according to our motto: "As much as necessary, as little as possible!".

Our driving instructors train you according to our training plan.

A test simulation at the end of your training helps you and your driving instructor to assess whether you will pass the test successfully.

Driving lessons are also offered in English.

Training lesson

In the practice lessons you train the 5 basic driving tasks and driving in the city.

The number is variable. A minimum number is not specified.

We recommend the following number of driving appointments so that your driving instructor can show you all the traffic rules relevant to the examination:

  • approx. 5 appointments of 90 minutes each if you already have a lot of experience driving in a large German city and on German motorways
  • approx. 10 appointments of 90 minutes each if you have no experience of driving in a German city and on German motorways

Special lesson

In the special lessons you train driving on the motorway or country road.

No special lessons are prescribed by law.

However, in the exam you can also drive on the motorway. We therefore recommend driving on the motorway for about 45 minutes. Your driving instructor can then check whether you would pass the test there.

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