Application driving licence

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Application driving license

In order to receive your exam permit (exam order), you must submit an application for your driving licence to your driving licence authority as soon as possible after registering at the driving school.

Requirements

  • Registered residence in Germany
     
  • Identity card or passport or foreign national passport showing your name, picture and ID number
     
  • First aid certificate of participation (valid for an unlimited period)
     
  • Eye test (valid for max. 2 years)
     
  • 1 biometric passport photo

 

 

Additionally only for a conversion of a foreign driving license

  • Foreign driving licence must be accepted by the driving licence office Munich:

    1.  Original foreign driving license (must still be valid at the time of conversion).

    2.  At the time your foreign driving licence was issued, you had been resident in the issuing country for more than 6 months.

    3.  You did not have a registered place of residence in Germany at the time your foreign driving licence was issued.

    4.  If you have renewed your foreign driving licence, you were not allowed to have a registered place of residence in Germany at the time of renewal. As a rule, the date of issue on the driving licence is decisive.
     
  • Translation of the foreign driving license. Translations are offered by automobile clubs or publicly appointed and sworn translators, for example.
     
  • Proof of the duration of possession of the foreign driving license (not necessary if the duration of possession is evident from the driving license).

Competent driving licence authority

Apply for a driving licence online

  • We recommend submitting the application online.
     
  • As a rule, the processing time at the Munich District Administration Office is approx. 8 weeks.
     
  • When applying by letter, documents often get lost and have to be submitted later. This delays processing considerably.
     
  • To be able to submit the application online, you will need

    - Identity card or residence permit with online function

    - PIN identity card or residence permit

    - Bayern ID
     
  • A Bayern-ID can be created during the online driving licence application process. 
     
  • The online driving licence application can only be submitted on a smartphone. It is not possible on a computer.
     
  • See “Applications” below.

Apply for a driving licence by post

  • By post is not possible for conversion a a foreign driving license.
     
  • As a rule, the processing time at the Munich District Administration Office is approx. 12 weeks.
     
  • When applying by letter, submitted documents may be lost and must be submitted later. This delays processing considerably.
     
  • Print out the appropriate application, fill in all the details and attach all the required documents.
     
  • See ‘Applications’ below.
     
  • See ‘Filling out the application - details in the application’ below.

Duration application

  • During the processing period, you can already start theory lessons and driving lessons.
     
  • As a rule, the processing time at the Munich District Administration Office is approx. 8 weeks, if you submit your driving licence application online.
     
  • As a rule, the processing time at the Munich District Administration Office is approx. 12 weeks, if you submit your driving licence application by post.
     
  • After your application has been processed, you will receive your exam authorisation (exam order).
     
  • You can obtain information on your processing status from the Fahrerlaubnisbehörde München.
     
  • If your exam authorisation (exam order) has not yet been issued after the regular processing time, contact your driving licence authority (Kreisverwaltungsreferat München or District Office) using the contact form, by phone or in person. Contact information at Kreisverwaltungsreferat München.

First aid course

  • To apply for a driving licence, you need a confirmation of participation in a first aid course.
     
  • The validity of a first aid course is unlimited.
     
  • Various organisations offer a first aid course.
     
  • Until 20.10.2017, the immediate measures at the scene of an accident course was accepted when applying for a driving licence. Duration 8 hours of 45 minutes each.
     
  • From 20.10.2017, only the first aid course will be accepted. Duration 9 hours of 45 minutes each.
     
  • If you received your driving licence before 20.10.2017 and would now like to upgrade to another category (e.g. motorbike licence), you must take a new first aid course for the driving licence application.
     
  • If you obtained your driving licence after 20.10.2017, you do not need a new first aid course if you want to upgrade your current category, as your driving licence is proof of the first aid course.

Confirmation from the driving school for the driving licence application

  • You only need to state our driving school number on the application. This number is the required confirmation.
     
  • A stamp from the driving school on the application or any other kind of confirmation is not necessary.
     
  • The following driving school number must be stated in the driving licence application.
     
  • Registration at the location Schwabing-Freimann, Schwabing-West, Maxvorstadt:
    -> Driving school number: 10329
     
  • Registration at the location Neuhausen:
    -> Driving school number: 10330
     
  • You will also find our driving school number on the top right of your training contract.
     

Filling out the application - details in the application

APPLICATIONS

Issue of examination authorisation / TÜV Süd Drivers Club

  • You will only receive your exam permit once your application has been fully processed by the driving license authority.
     
  • Only then can we book a theoretical and practical exam for you.
     
  • As soon as your exam authorisation (exam order) has been issued, you will receive the Drivers Club | TÜV SÜD activation code from the TÜV Süd exam centre by e-mail or post.
     
  • You must use this to register in the Drivers Club | TÜV SÜD.
     
  • Check independently in your Drivers Club | TÜV SÜD whether your exam authorisation (exam order) has been issued for your desired category:
    TÜV Süd Drivers Club -> Menu -> My profile -> My driving licence classes
     
  • If the exam permit (exam order) has not been issued by the driving licence authority for your desired category or if a condition (e.g. visual aid) has been incorrectly noted, contact your driving licence authority (Munich district administration department or district office) via the contact form, by telephone or in person. Contact information at Munich District Administration Office.
     
  • Check independently in your Drivers Club | TÜV SÜD whether the need for a visual aid has been entered correctly:
    TÜV Süd Drivers Club -> My exams -> Requirements
     
  • Immediately pay the advance payment (Kostenvorschuss) from TÜV Süd for your exam fees, which is available for you to download from the TÜV Süd Drivers Club.

Validity Application

  • Once your application has been approved and your examination authorisation (examination order) has been issued, it is valid for one year.
     
  • If your examination authorisation (examination order) expires after one year, you must apply again for a driving licence.
     
  • If you pass the theory examination, your examination authorisation (examination order) is automatically extended by a further year.