Apply for an international driving license
Description
For temporary stays in certain countries outside the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA), you need an international driving license to prove your existing driving license. The international driving license is only a translation of the national driving license and is therefore only valid in conjunction with it.
Further information on where an international driving license is actually required can also be obtained from automobile clubs, embassies or consulates.
- You have your main place of residence in Germany or in a country that is not a party to the "Vienna Convention".
- You are in possession of an EU driving license.
- You must be at least 18 years old.
- Identity card or passport, if necessary with registration certificate
- valid driver's license
- a current biometric photo (45 x 35 mm, portrait format, frontal view)
- If no EU card driver's license is available, the paper driver's license must first be converted.
- Fee schedule for road traffic measures
Remark: The fee is based on the scale of fees for road traffic measures (fee numbers 207 and 126.2).
15.00 EUR
The fee can be paid in cash or by EC card at the driving license authority.
There is no deadline. Please apply for your international driving license in good time before your stay abroad.
If a driver's license is available, it will be issued at the Driver's Licensing Office, Am Stadion 6, in exceptional cases on the day the application is submitted. In all other cases, processing takes a maximum of one week.
Please contact the relevant driving license authority in your district or city. You must appear in person to apply.
- Since the processing time for converting an old German driver's license to the EU card driver's license takes approx. 4 weeks, you should submit your application early if you are not yet in possession of the EU card driver's license.
- The international driving license is valid for a maximum of 3 years.
- An expired international driving license cannot be extended and must always be reapplied for.
Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs (BMDV)
30.12.2022
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
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