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Applying for a new driving licence

  • Service description

    For certain reasons, it may be necessary for you to reapply for your driving licence.

    These include

    • Extinction,
    • Redemption,
    • Revocation or
    • Waiver of the driving licence

    A new examination as a driving instructor can be waived if there are no facts against your professional or pedagogical aptitude.

    You must take the test again if more than 2 years have passed since the driving licence expired, was withdrawn or revoked, or if you have renounced your driving licence.

  • Who should I contact?

    Driving licence authorities

  • Prerequisites

    • You are at least 21 years old.
    • You are mentally and physically fit.
    • They are professionally and pedagogically suitable.
    • There are no reasons that make you appear unreliable for the job.
    • You have a driving licence for the category you wish to teach.
    • You have sufficient knowledge of German.

  • Which documents are required?

    • Application
    • Birth certificate
    • Curriculum vitae
    • medical and ophthalmological certificate confirming your suitability as a driving instructor (maximum 1 year old)
    • Driving licence (copy)

  • Legal basis

  • Short text

    • For certain reasons, a new driving licence must be applied for
    • z.B.
      • Extinction,
      • Redemption,
      • Revocation,
      • Waiver of the driving licence
    • if there are no facts against professional or pedagogical suitability, the examination does not have to be taken again
    • Re-examination required if more than 2 years have passed since cancellation, withdrawal, revocation or waiver

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