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Exchange for card driving licence

Exchange for card driving licence

If you would like to exchange your old paper driving licence for an EU card driving licence, you can apply for this in writing or online.

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You can only submit the application in writing or online.

In writing:

Application form

Please complete the application form in full, sign it and send it to us together with the required documents.

Prerequisites

You are registered as having your main residence in Munich.

An exchange must be made in the following cases:

  • if you are applying for an International Driving Licence
  • if you are applying for a passenger transport licence
  • if you hold a category 2 driving licence and wish to drive vehicles in this category after the age of 50. The entitlement to drive vehicles in driving licence category 2 ends at the age of 50. It is therefore advisable to apply for a card driving licence three months in advance if you still need this category.
  • when applying for a driving licence

Required documents

  • Fully completed and signed application form.
  • Identity card or passport
  • biometric passport photo
  • previous driving licence (grey or pink)
  • for driving licences 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 your driving licence. From there, the file card copy should be sent directly to the driving licence authority in Munich.

If you are renewing your class 2 driving licence at the same time from the age of 50:

  • Certificate of vision examination by an ophthalmologist or occupational physician (form available for download)
  • Certificate of medical examination for health suitability (form available for download)

Duration & Costs

Processing time

About eight weeks

Fees

  • 25.30 euros
  • for exchange of class 2 with simultaneous renewal from the age of 50: 43.90 euros

Payment methods available

Questions & Answers

Your paper driving licence will be retained by the driving licence office or stamped invalid.

Legal basis

Driving Licence Ordinance
Road Traffic Act

Links & Downloads

Landeshauptstadt München

Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Hauptabteilung II Fahrzeugzulassungs- und Fahrerlaubnisbehörde

Internet

Phone

Postal address

Landeshauptstadt München
Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Hauptabteilung II Fahrzeugzulassungs- und Fahrerlaubnisbehörde

Garmischer Straße 19-21
81373 München

Fax: +49 89 233-68757

Address

Garmischer Straße 19-21
81373 München

Contact us in writing or via our contact form

Accessibility

  • Barrier-free access
  • Disabled parking

Directions

Public transport

Related services

Transcript of the driving licence data

The file card transcript is a certificate of the driving licence data (driving licence class) that is registered about you with the driving licence authority.

Conversion of EU/EEA driving licence

No transfer is necessary for driving licences from an EU or EEA country (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) without categories C, C1, C1E, CE, D, D1, D1E and DE.

Replacement driving licence - change of conditions and restrictions

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

Exchange of a foreign driving licence

If you have changed your German driving licence to a foreign one and now live in Germany again, you must exchange your driving licence back.

Driving licence - extension

Anyone who already has a driving licence and wants to take a test for additional categories can apply for an extension of their driving licence.

Transfer of service driving licence

Anyone who has a service driving licence from the German armed forces, police or the Federal Border Guard can have this converted into a (civilian) driving licence.