Driving instructor license - Apply for reissuance
Fahrlehrerlaubnis - Neuerteilung beantragen
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
For certain reasons, you may need to reapply for your Fahrlehrerlaubnis (driving instructor license).
These include
• expiry,
• withdrawal,
• revocation, or
• waiver of the Fahrlehrerlaubnis
The responsible authority may, under state law, waive a further examination for you as a driving instructor if there are no facts indicating a lack of professional or pedagogical suitability on your part. The examination must be retaken if more than 2 years have passed since the expiry, withdrawal, or revocation of the Fahrlehrerlaubnis, or since the waiver of the Fahrlehrerlaubnis.
Procedure
• Apply in writing, by post or by e-mail, for the issuance of an Ausbildungsfahrlehrerlaubnis (license to train driving instructors).
• The responsible department will review your application and contact you if there are any questions.
• You will receive the decision (Bescheid) and the fee notice (Gebührenbescheid) for your application by letter in the post.
Book an appointment
Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)
Requirements
• Proof of mental, physical, professional, and pedagogical suitability must be provided.
• There must be no facts that would make the applicant appear unreliable for the driving instructor profession.
• The Fahrerlaubnis (driving licence) for the class to be added — A2, CE, or DE — must have been held for at least 2 years, if one of these classes is to be granted in addition.
Documents you need
• Application for reissue of the Fahrlehrerlaubnis (driving instructor licence)
You can submit the application in writing by post, or send the application by email to [email protected].
• Proof of identity
for example, identity card or passport with Meldebescheinigung (registration certificate) (see "Further information")
• Tabular curriculum vitae
• Copy of the card driving licence for the class(es) applied for
• Extended certificate of good conduct (Erweitertes Führungszeugnis) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120926/
(must not be older than 3 months at the time of application; please state as the authority:
Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (State Office for Citizens' and Regulatory Affairs), Referat Fahrerlaubnisse, Personen- und Güterbeförderung (Division for Driving Licences, Passenger and Goods Transport), and as the purpose: IV D 11 HSB Fahrschulerlaubnis; alternatively, use the form "Anschreiben Führungszeugnis" [cover letter for the certificate of good conduct])
• Report/assessment on physical and mental fitness and certificate/report on eyesight - or - proof of valid driving licence classes C1, C1E, C, CE, D1, D1E, D or DE on the EU card driving licence issued from 1 January 1999
(In accordance with Anlage 5 FeV and Anlage 6 FeV [Annexes 5 and 6 of the Fahrerlaubnis-Verordnung, Driving Licence Ordinance]; must not be older than one year)
• Medical-psychological report for the Fahrlehrerlaubnis
• Certificate of driving instructor continuing education
• if the application is submitted within 2 years of the previous Fahrlehrerlaubnis lapsing.
• Proof of driving instructor examinations
• if there are facts indicating that the applicant no longer possesses the professional/pedagogical fitness, or if the application is submitted more than 2 years after the previous Fahrlehrerlaubnis lapsed.
Forms
• Application for reissue of the driving instructor's license (Fahrlehrerlaubnis) berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/fahrerlaubnisse-personen-und-guete
• Cover letter for the certificate of good conduct (Führungszeugnis) imperia.berlinonline.de/labo/mobilitaet/fahrerlaubnisse-pers
Fees
180.00 euros
Legal basis
• Fahrlehrergesetz (FahrlG, Driving Instructor Act) § 15 - Issuance of a new driving instructor license (Fahrlehrerlaubnis) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/fahrlg_2018/__15.html
• Gebührenordnung für Maßnahmen im Straßenverkehr (GebOSt, Fee Schedule for Road Traffic Measures) Annex (to § 1) No. 302.2 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgebo_2011/anlage.html
Further information
• Further information on driving instructors (Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten, State Office for Citizen and Regulatory Affairs) www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/fahrerlaubnisse-personen-und-g
• Apply for a Meldebescheinigung (registration certificate) (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120702/
Responsible for you
Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.
- Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO)
- Fahrerlaubnisbehörde - Personenbeförderung
Original
Service number 355891 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/355891/