Conversion foreign driving license

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Conversion foreign driving license

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Validity of your foreign driving licence

  • 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.
     
  • You have an unlimited amount of time for this conversion.

Possible classes

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

Class B with key number 78 (B78)

  • After successfully passing the exam, you are authorised to drive cars only with automatic transmission.
     
  • Individual number of driving appointments training lesson on a car with automatic transmission.
     
  • Practical exam takes place on a car with automatic transmission.

Class B with key number 197 (B197)

  • After successfully passing the exam, you are authorised to drive cars with manual and automatic transmission.
     
  • 5 driving appointments (90 minutes each) training lesson on a car with manual transmission are mandatory.
     
  • A test drive (30 minutes each) on a car with manual transmission is mandatory. The test drive is not the official practical exam.
     
  • Individual number of driving appointments training lessson on a car with automatic transmission.
     
  • Practical exam takes place on a car with automatic transmission.

Class B

  • After successfully passing the exam, you are authorised to drive cars with manual and automatic transmissions.
     
  • Individual number of driving appointments training lesson on a car with manual transmission.
     
  • The practical exam takes place in a car with a manual transmission.

Your prerequisites

  • Start of training Minimum age 17,5 years -> issue of driving licence Minimum age 18 years
     
  • Foreign driving licence must be accepted by the driving licence office Munich:

    1.  Your foreign driving licence must be currently valid.

    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.
     
  • Application driving license
     
  • Whether you need for the conversion a theoretical and/or practical exam, you find at the states list of the driver´s license office Munich or at our customer care.
     
  • Whether a conversion of your foreign driver's license is possible, decides only the driving licence office Munich (Kreisverwaltungsreferat München).

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.
     
  • However, you are still welcome to take part free of charge.
Theoretical lessons

Your driving lesson

There are 3 different types of driving lessons:

  • Module drive easy simulator
     
  • Training lessons
     
  • Special lessons
Practical training

drive easy simulator

  • For even more efficient training, you can also practise all modules on our drive easy simulator.
drive easy simulator

Training lesson

  • In the training lessons, you practise basic driving tasks (parking, emergency braking, reversing) and driving within the city with all traffic rules and situations.
     
  • There is no statutory minimum number of practice drives. The number varies depending on the ability level of the learner driver.
     
  • 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 training lessons if you already have a lot of experience driving in a big German city and on German motorways

    - approx. 10 appointments of 90 minutes each training lessons if you have no experience of driving in a big German city and on German motorways

Special lesson

  • In a special lesson, you train to drive outside the city on the motorway.
     
  • A statutory minimum number of special trips is not prescribed.
     
  • The exam also involves driving on the motorway.
     
  • We therefore recommend driving approx. 1 motorway lesson.

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.
Rechtsgrundlage Gesetz Probezeit Umschreibung