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.

Description

Notes on delivery/collection:

The driving licence is produced centrally by the Bundesdruckerei in Berlin. You will be notified in writing as soon as we have received it. You can collect the driving licence in person with your ID card or passport or authorise another person to do so (please bring a written power of attorney and your ID card/passport; the authorised person must also identify themselves).

You can apply in person or online.

Prerequisites

You are registered as having your main residence in Munich.

Required documents

  • Identity card or passport
  • biometric passport photo
  • Service driving licence
    if you are no longer in active service, you will need a certificate of the issued (service) driving licence and the date of termination of employment
  • Driving licence (if available)
  • only for old driving licences (grey or pink) that were not issued by the driving licence authority of the City of Munich:
    Transcript of the file 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.

Duration & Costs

Processing time

About four weeks

Fees

  • without a probationary period: 43.90 euros
  • with a probationary period: 44.70 euros

Payment methods available

Legal basis

Driving Licence Ordinance
Road Traffic Act

Landeshauptstadt München

Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Hauptabteilung II Fahrzeugzulassungs- und Fahrerlaubnisbehörde

Postal address

Landeshauptstadt München
Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Hauptabteilung II Fahrzeugzulassungs- und Fahrerlaubnisbehörde

Eichstätter Straße 2
80686 München

Fax: +49 89 233-68757

Address

Garmischer Straße 19-21
81373 München

Monday 7.30 a.m. - 12 p.m

Tuesday 10 - 18.30

Wednesday closed

Thursday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m

Friday 7.30 a.m. - 12 noon

By appointment only

Related services

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.

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.

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.

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.