Fahrerkarte Erteilung

Are you a driver of a truck or bus and need a driver card for the first time? Then you must apply for it at the office responsible for you.

The driver card is used to record driving times and rest periods for the commercial transport of goods and passengers. As a driver, you need a driver card for the following motor vehicles (Kfz):

• Motor vehicles with a maximum permissible mass of more than 3.5 tons, including trailers.
• motor vehicles with a maximum permissible mass of 2.8 to 3.5 tons including trailers, provided that a digital tachograph is installed
• motor vehicles designed to carry more than 9 persons, including the driver.

There are certain exemptions for farmers or for universal services.

If you do not yet have a valid driver card, you can apply for one at the office responsible for you.

The driver card is valid for 5 years from the date of personalization by the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA). You must apply for a renewal of your card at least 15 working days before the card expires.

You want to renew a driver card whose validity has already expired? Then you have to make an initial order again.

The driver card issued to you personally may only be used by you. It always remains your property, even if your employer has paid for the driver card. In principle, they are not obliged to pay for it.

In the event of damage, malfunction, loss or theft of the driver card, you must apply for a replacement card from the office responsible for you within 7 calendar days at the latest. You must immediately report the theft or loss of the driver card to the authority or office that issued the driver card.

• Application for driver card
• Proof of identity
• valid domestic driver's license or driver's license of a state of the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA), respectively
  • entitles the holder to drive vehicles for which regulations on driving and rest periods must be observed
• Proof of residence in Germany and address
• proof of birth and surname, first name, day and place of birth
• Photograph against a light background in the size 35 mm x 45 mm, showing the applicant without headgear in a frontal shot (biometric passport photograph)

• You have your residence in the Federal Republic of Germany.
• You hold a valid driver's license with one of the following classes: B, BE, C1, C1E, C, CE, D1, D1E, D, DE.
• Your valid driving license must correspond to one of the aforementioned classes if it was issued in an EEA member state.

There are no clues or specifics.

• Driver card issuance
• First-time application for a driver card
• Bus drivers and truck drivers in commercial road transport require a valid driver card
• Driver card enables
  • storage of driving and rest times and
  • contains the personal data of the driver
• Driver card is valid for 5 years
• Driver card is issued personally and may only be used by the respective driver
• Driver card always remains the property of the driver, even if the employer has paid for it.
• Responsible: different authorities depending on the federal state, e.g. driver licensing authority, TÜV, Dekra or others