Driving licence at 17

Description

Once you have submitted your application in writing, we will process your application and check the accompanying person(s). If the requirements are met, we will issue the test order to the relevant test centre, where your driving school can obtain information. If you are already 17 years old on the day of the test and have only applied for category B, you will receive the test certificate from the examiner immediately after passing the test, which authorises you to drive.
If you have applied for a driving licence for more than one category or are not yet 17 years old, you will only receive a confirmation from the examiner that you have passed the test (theory and practice), which you must present to the driving licence authority. There you will receive the examination certificate.

Only now are you authorised to drive a motor vehicle, provided that one of the persons listed on the test certificate is in the vehicle with you.

The test certificate is valid until you reach the age of 18, but can be used for a maximum of three months thereafter.

Once you have reached the age of 18 and successfully passed the theoretical and practical test, you will usually receive your EU driving licence by post from the driving licence authority of the City of Munich.

If you deregister your place of residence in Munich before your 18th birthday, please contact the driving licence authority responsible for your new place of residence to order your driving licence.

There are no additional fees for postal delivery.

If postal delivery is not possible in individual cases, you will be informed in writing when your driving licence is ready for collection.

It is possible to collect the licence in person or by proxy, for which you will need your written authorisation, your passport or identity card and an identification document of the authorised person.

Prerequisites

• You are registered as having your main residence in Munich.
• You are at least 16 ½ years old when you submit the application
• You nominate at least one accompanying person (at least 30 years old, in possession of a class B or class 3 driving licence for five years without interruption, maximum one point in the central traffic register in Flensburg)

Required documents

For the licence to drive from the age of 17

• Fully completed and signed application form for the issue of a category B and/or BE driving licence in accordance with the regulations for "Accompanied driving from the age of 17". You can download the form under "Forms and links". Please enclose the required documents with the application.
  a colour copy of the page of your identity card, passport or foreign national passport showing your name, picture and ID number.
• Confirmation from the driving school where you are registered
• Copy of your previous driving licence, if you already have one
• Eye test certificate from an ophthalmologist or optician
• Proof of training in "first aid"
• current biometric passport photo (35 x 45 millimetres)

For the accompanying person/accompanying persons

• One completed and signed additional declaration per accompanying person. You can download the form under "Forms and links". Please read the information in this form carefully and enclose the required documents for the accompanying persons with the application.
• Copy of identity card or passport
• Copy of the driving licence
• only for old driving licences (grey or pink) that were not issued by the driving licence authority of the City of Munich: a copy of the index card, which you can request by telephone from the authority that issued the driving licence. From there, the copy of the index card should be sent directly to the driving licence authority in Munich.

Note on the period of validity of certificates

• Eye test by an ophthalmologist or optician: not older than two years at the time of application
• Proof of training in "first aid": no time limit

Legal basis

Driving Licence Ordinance
Road Traffic Act