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Driving licence (Fahrerlaubnis) - apply to exchange an old driving licence for an EU card driving licence

Fahrerlaubnis - Umtausch eines alten Führerscheins in einen EU-Kartenführerschein beantragen
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.

Book an appointment

Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)

Requirements

• You want to continue driving a motor vehicle in public road traffic • Your paper driving licence was issued up to and including 31 December 1998 • Main residence (Hauptwohnsitz) in Berlin If Berlin is your secondary residence (Nebenwohnsitz), the application can only be submitted in justified exceptional cases and with the consent of the authority responsible for your main residence. • Personal appearance is required

Documents you need

• Proof of identity 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. No paper photos are printed on site. • Original of your old driving licence • For the removal of the corrective-lenses condition: eye tests or an examination of eyesight • For the removal of the corrective-lenses condition, a valid eye test must be submitted as part of the exchange of a driving licence. • For holders of a driving licence of classes C and D, pursuant to § 12 para. 6 of the Fahrerlaubnisverordnung (FeV) (driving licence regulation), an examination of eyesight in accordance with Annex 6 No. 2 must be submitted in order to remove the corrective-lenses conditions. • Karteikartenabschrift (copy of the driver record card), if applicable, if you hold a paper driving licence that was not issued in Berlin You only need the Karteikartenabschrift if you did not obtain the driving licence to be exchanged in Berlin, but for example in another federal state. 1. Apply for the Karteikartenabschrift yourself at the Fahrerlaubnisbehörde (driving licence authority) of the federal state in which your driving licence was issued. 2. Send the Karteikartenabschrift to: Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) (State Office for Citizens' and Regulatory Affairs) Abt. IV - Fahrerlaubniswesen Sachgebiet IV C 21 Puttkamerstr. 16-18 10969 Berlin If the Karteikartenabschrift is not available for processing the conversion application, the Fahrerlaubnisbehörde Berlin will request the Karteikartenabschrift. In individual cases, this can lead to significant delays.

Fees

• 26.50 euros: exchange for an EU card driving licence • 6.32 euros: additional fee for direct delivery of the driving licence, cannot be combined with express service • 9.52 euros: express production of the driving licence, can only be applied for at the Fahrerlaubnisbehörde (driving licence authority)

Legal basis

• Fahrerlaubnis-Verordnung (FeV) [Driving Licence Regulation] §§ 24, 25 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/fev_2010/__24a.html • Fahrerlaubnis-Verordnung (FeV) Annex 8e - Exchange of driving licences issued before 19 January 2013 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/fev_2010/anlage_8e.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

• Fahrerlaubnis (driving licence) - exchanging a card driving licence (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/121616/ • Current processing status (Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten - State Office for Citizens' and Regulatory Affairs) www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/aktuelles/aktuelle-bearbeitung • Contact form for driving licences, passenger and goods transport (Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten - State Office for Citizens' and Regulatory Affairs) www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/fahrerlaubnisse-personen-und-g

Who is responsible

This service is available at all Bürgerämter (citizens' offices). To find out whether ways to apply 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 been released, or contact the Berlin authorities' phone line (030) 115.

Responsible for you

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

Original

German original

Service number 124556 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/124556/