Apply for a driver's license

Required for everyone – mandatory documents

• 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 (not older than 2 years)
   
• 1 biometric passport photo

Additionally required when converting a foreign driving licence

• 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).
   
• Whether you need an eyesight test or a first aid course for your country can be found in the country list – available on the page Conversion of a Foreign Driving Licence on the Munich Driving Licence Authority website under "Links and Downloads".

Your main place of residence is in Munich

• You must apply for your driving licence at the Munich District Administration Office (KVR) Driving Licence Department.

Your main place of residence is not in Munich

• You must apply for your driving licence at the driving licence authority (district administration department, district administration office, town hall) at your main place of residence.
   
• In addition, you must give a reason and provide suitable evidence as to why you would like to complete your driving licence training in Munich.
   
• Possible reasons are usually accepted:
  
  - Place of work in Munich
  
  - Education in Munich
  
  - School in Munich
  
  - Secondary residence in Munich
   
• In some cases, the district offices sometimes accept other reasons. You must clarify this with your district office before your training at the driving school.
   
• Only after you have received approval from your driving licence authority should you start your driving licence training in Munich.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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). See below.
   
• 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 or in person. Contact information at Kreisverwaltungsreferat München.

• Once the licensing authority has fully processed your application, it will automatically forward your exam approval to TÜV SÜD. Shortly after, you'll receive an activation code for the TÜV SÜD Drivers Club by email or post – use it to register once and gain access to your exam information.
   
• Activation code misplaced? Find help in the Frequently Asked Questions → TÜV SÜD Drivers Club
   
• Check in the TÜV SÜD Drivers Club that everything is correct:
  
  - Exam approval: Has your approval been issued for the right licence class/key number? → Drivers Club → Menu → My Profile → My Licence Classes
  
  - Visual aid: Is the condition correctly noted (if applicable)? → Drivers Club → My Exams → Conditions
   
• Pay the advance invoice (Kostenvorschuss) for your exam fees from TÜV SÜD – it's available to download in the TÜV SÜD Drivers Club. We can only book your exams once payment has been received.
   
• If the licensing authority has not issued your exam approval for the correct licence class, or has incorrectly noted a condition (e.g. visual aid requirement), you'll need to contact your licensing authority (Kreisverwaltungsreferat München or Landratsamt) by contact form, phone, or in person. All details → Kreisverwaltungsreferat München

• 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.
   
• Adding a licence class: If you obtained your first licence before 20 October 2017, you'll need to complete a new first aid course. Licences issued after that date already serve as proof. Since 20 October 2017, only the first aid course (9 units of 45 min.) is accepted – previously, the course "Sofortmaßnahmen am Unfallort" (immediate measures at the scene of an accident, 8 units of 45 min.) was sufficient.

• In the application, you only need to provide our adress and driving school number. This information counts as the required confirmation.
   
• A stamp from the driving school on the application or any other form of confirmation is generally not required.
   
• Registered at the Schwabing-Freimann, Schwabing-West or Maxvorstadt location:
  
  → Fahrschule Rausch, Ungererstr. 118a, 80805 München
  
  → Driving school number: 10329
  
   
• Registered at the Neuhausen location:
  
  → Please ask for the details directly there

Personal details

• Enter your e-mail address. This is the only way you will receive your invitation link to the important Drivers Club | TÜV SÜD and you will receive the notification when your exam authorization has been granted.

Driving licence application

• Specify the driving licence class for which you want to take the exam.
   
• If class A with key number 80 (A80) is required, please also state:
  ‘I would like to apply for a category A driving licence limited to three-wheeled vehicles with a power of more than 15 kW.’

Examination

• For class A1, A2, A, B (not B197 or B78) state: “I would like to take the driving exam with a manual transmission vehicle for the following classes.”
   
• For class B78 state: “I would like to take the driving exam with a vehicle with automatic transmission for the following class (key number 78)”
   
• For class B197 state: “I would like to take the driving exam on a vehicle with automatic transmission and complete practical training for driving vehicles with manual transmission in class B in accordance with Annex 7 of the learner driver training regulations (key number 197)”
   
• For class BE state: "I would like to take the driving exam with a motor vehicle with automatic transmission for the following class (code number 78)." 
   
• The examination location is Munich

Training is provided by the driving school / Details of the driving school

Registration at the location Schwabing-Freimann, Schwabing-West, Maxvorstadt:

• Fahrschule Rausch, Ungererstr. 118a, 80805 München
• Fahrschulnummer 10329

Registration at the location Neuhausen:

• Please ask for the details directly there

Competent exam centre (only necessary for applications outside Munich city)

• Competent exam centre TÜV Süd Munich

• You are 17 years old and would like to obtain a driving licence for categories B197, B78, B, BE.
   
• Then you can drive with a registered accompanying person until the age of 18.
   
• Please do not apply for ‘Driving licence for the first time’.

• You do not yet have a driving licence and would like to apply for your first driving licence.
   
• Information and application at your first driving licence from the Munich driving licence authority

• You already have a driving licence and would like to take a exam for additional classes to extend your driving licence.
   
• Information and application at driving licence extension from the Munich driving licence authority

• You have a foreign driving licence (non-EU driving licence) and would like to have it converted in Germany.
   
• Information and application at transferring a foreign driving licence Munich driving licence authority.

• You have already submitted an application, need to change it, would like to report a change of driving school, still need to submit documents, have not yet received a message or still have questions about the rest of the process.

• If conditions and restrictions are changed or entered or the key number B96, B196, B197 is entered, you will need a replacement driving licence.

• If your driving licence has been revoked or you have voluntarily surrendered your driving licence, your driving licence has expired and you must apply for a new one.

• 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.