Exchange for card driving licence
If you would like to exchange your old paper driving licence for an EU card driving licence, you can apply for this in writing or online.
Description of the course
- Please submit your application together with all the necessary documents.
- You can submit the application by post or online.
- By post: Please complete the application in full, sign it and send it to us together with the required documents.
- Once your application has been processed, you will receive a notification with your file number. This will also tell you how you can check the processing status online.
- As soon as your driving licence is ready for collection, you have two options:
- You make an appointment online to collect it, or
- You send us your old driving licence together with the enclosed form. Once we have received your old driving licence, we will automatically send you your new driving licence by post.
Prerequisites
You are registered as having your main residence in Munich.
An exchange must be made in the following cases:
- if you are applying for an International Driving Licence
- if you are applying for a passenger transport licence
- if you hold a category 2 driving licence and wish to drive vehicles in this category after the age of 50. The entitlement to drive vehicles in driving licence category 2 ends at the age of 50. It is therefore advisable to apply for a card driving licence three months in advance if you still need this category.
- when applying for a driving licence
Required documents
- Fully completed and signed application form.
- Identity card or passport
- biometric passport photo
- previous driving licence (grey or pink)
- for driving licences that were not issued by the driving licence authority of the City of Munich: a copy of the index card, which you can request by telephone from the authority that issued your driving licence. From there, the copy of the index card should be sent directly to the driving licence authority in Munich.
If you wish to renew your category 2 licence at the same time, the following documents are also required from the age of 50:
- Certificate of vision examination by an ophthalmologist or occupational physician (form available for download)
- Certificate of medical examination for health suitability (form available for download)
Questions & Answers
Your paper driving licence will be retained by the driving licence office or stamped invalid.
if you submit your old driving licence to us after the deadline, processing may be significantly delayed. Therefore, please allow sufficient time for the exchange.
Legal basis
Driving Licence Ordinance Road Traffic Act
Führerscheinstelle
Internet address
Phone number
Postal address
Führerscheinstelle
Garmischer Straße 19-21
81373 München
Fax: +49 89 233-68757
Address
Garmischer Straße 19
81373 München
Lagehinweis: 21
Contact us in writing or via our contact form
Availability
- Available:Barrier-free access
- Available:Parking for disabled people