Discovering Germany

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Discovering Germany

Requirements

Driver’s license

must be issued

at least 185

days

before taking

residence in

Germany

Translation & transfer:

Translation,

transfer &

theoretical

test:

Translation,

transfer &

practical

test:

Translation,

transfer,

theoretical &

practical test:

All EU states

Gibraltar,

Iceland,

Liechtenstein,

Norway

Andorra, Australia, Bosnia &

Herzegovina (class B), Japan,

Korean Republic (classes 1, 2),

Guernsey, Isle of Man, Israel

(class B), Jersey, Monaco, New

Caledonia, New Zealand

(classes 1, 6), Polynesia

(France), San Marino,

Singapore, South Africa,

Switzerland (translation only if

not also in German)

Car class only:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas,

Colorado, Delaware, Idaho,

Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,

Louisiana, Maryland,

Massachusetts, Michigan,

New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma,

Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico,

South Carolina, South Dakota,

Texas (*vision test required),

Utah, Virginia,Washington State,

West Virginia, Wisconsin,

Wyoming, Alberta, British

Columbia, Manitoba, New

Brunswick, Newfoundland,

Northwest Territories, Nova

Scotia, Ontario, Prince

Edward Island, Quebec,

Saskatchewan, Yukon

(These states

do not fully

acknowledge

German driving

licenses)

Car classes:

Connecticut

District of

Columbia

Indiana

Florida

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Nebraska

North Carolina

Oregon

Tennessee

Taiwan

(class B/BE)

All others not

mentioned

here

Please note:

Any driver’s license that needs to be transferred must have a

date of issue

it, otherwise we advise you to obtain confirmation by the driver’s license office in your home

country about the date of issue.

The inter-state agreements upon which the below mentioned list is based change

continuously. We will check in each individual case which procedure will apply to your

license. By German law, we are not authorized to give legal advice. This information is

based on our previous experience in this regard. However, we must point out that we cannot

accept any liability for it.

It is not possible to avoid this procedure by getting a new driver’s license from a state in the

U.S. which agreed on easier rules with Germany. The acceptance of a driver’s license

issued after first entry into Germany is tied to a stay of at least six months (185 days) in the

country of origin of the license before re-entering Germany.