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Driving Licence (Fahrerlaubnis) - Exchange Your Card Driving Licence

Fahrerlaubnis - Kartenführerschein umtauschen
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.

Book an appointment

Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)

Requirements

• Holder of a card-format driving licence (Kartenführerschein) • Primary residence in Berlin If Berlin is a secondary residence, the application can only be submitted in justified exceptional cases and with the consent of the authority responsible for the primary residence. • Personal appearance is required

Documents you need

• Identity card (Personalausweis) or passport • 1 current, biometric passport photo on paper www.berlin.de/labo/_assets/kraftfahrzeugwesen/foto-mustertaf Please bring a photo with you. Paper photos are not printed on site. • Card-format driving license (Kartenführerschein) • Where applicable, further-training certificates under the Berufskraftfahrerqualifikationsgesetz (Professional Truck Driver Qualification Act) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bkrfqg_2020/__7.html If a Fahrerqualifikationsnachweis (driver qualification certificate, FQN) is to be applied for after completing professional truck driver further training. (Please present the original certificates, but submit only copies with the application.) • Removal of the vision-aid restriction (Sehhilfen-Auflage) • Removing the vision-aid restriction as part of a driving license exchange requires presentation of a valid eye test. • For holders of a driving license of classes C and D, under Section 12(6) of the Fahrerlaubnisverordnung (FeV, Driving License Regulation), an eye examination in accordance with Annex 6 No. 2 must be submitted in order to remove the vision-aid restrictions.

Fees

• 26.50 euros: exchange of the card-format driving licence • 6.32 euros: direct delivery of the card-format driving licence to your home • 9.52 euros: express production of the driving licence (only possible at the Fahrerlaubnisbehörde, driving licence authority) • 35.00 euros: for the Fahrerqualifikationsnachweis (driver qualification certificate) including direct delivery within Germany • 42.10 euros: for the Fahrerqualifikationsnachweis under the express procedure

Legal basis

• Fahrerlaubnis-Verordnung (FeV, Driving Licence Regulation), § 25 para. 2 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/fev_2010/__25.html • Fahrerlaubnis-Verordnung (FeV, Driving Licence Regulation), § 24a para. 2 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/fev_2010/__24a.html

Processing time

With direct dispatch, the driving licence (Führerschein) is delivered directly by the Bundesdruckerei (Federal Printing Office) via German Post, by registered mail dropped into the mailbox. This requires that the name of the driving licence holder is shown on the mailbox.

Further information

• Information on code number 197 - automatic transmission restriction (Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten [State Office for Civil and Regulatory Affairs]) www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/fahrerlaubnisse-personen-und-g • Further training under the Berufskraftfahrer-Qualifikationsgesetz [Professional Driver Qualification Act] - applying for the FQN (Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten) www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/fahrerlaubnisse-personen-und-g • Driving licence - apply for, extend or renew the Fahrerqualifizierungsnachweis (FQN) [driver qualification certificate] (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/330313/ • Current processing status (Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten) www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/aktuelles/aktuelle-bearbeitung

Who is responsible

Bürgeramt (citizens' office) • Card driving licence exchange without express service This service is available at all Bürgeramt (citizens' office) locations. To find out whether ways to submit your application exist besides booking an appointment, check the individual locations (click on the location). If no appointments are available, please check regularly in the morning hours to see whether further appointments have become available, or contact the Berlin authorities' telephone service (030) 115. Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (State Office for Citizen and Regulatory Affairs) (Fahrerlaubnisbehörde (driving licence authority)) • Card driving licence exchange with express service • Provisional driving licence

Responsible for you

Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.

Original

German original

Service number 121616 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/121616/