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 with key number 78 (B78)
After successfully passing the exam, you are authorised to drive cars only with automatic transmission.
Individual number of driving lessons (driving appointments) 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 transmissions.
5 driving appointments (90 minutes each) 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 lessons (driving appointments) 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 lessons (driving appointments) on a car with manual transmission.
The practical exam takes place in a car with a manual 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 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 driving lesson
Your driving lessons are made up of training lessons and special lessons.
More information at Practical training.
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
