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Attention, drivers: millions of driver's licenses in Germany will soon be invalid - you have to do that now

2021-09-06T11:52:04.178Z


An older driver's license does not yet have an expiration date. That will change from 2022 onwards. Not only motorists are affected. You need to know that.


An older driver's license does not yet have an expiration date.

That will change from 2022 onwards.

Not only motorists are affected.

You need to know that.

  • From 2022, older

    driving licenses

    in

    Germany

    will have

    an expiry date.

  • However, an expired

    driver's license

    does not

    invalidate

    the

    driver's license

    .

  • There are several exceptions for

    driving license exchanges

    .

Kassel - Whether

car

,

motorcycle

or

truck

: Most vehicles in

Germany

require

a

driver's license

.

There is already an expiry date on many driving licenses under item 4b.

So far, however, old driver's licenses have been excluded.

So far, only driver's licenses issued after 2013 have had this expiry date.

But due to

EU

-

Regulation

also licenses only 15 are soon been issued before 2013,

year

valid.

From

2022

these must be exchanged in stages.

You can find out when you need to reapply for your driver's license here.

New law from 2022: Car and motorcycle driving licenses with an expiry date

With the expiry date only the validity of the document ends.

The

driving license

remains in place.

All driving license documents that were issued before January 19th, 2013 are affected by the new regulation.

The change has been known since

2016

.

In

Germany

, the order to exchange driving licenses came into effect on March 18, 2019 in the Federal Law Gazette.

Not only

car

driving licenses

are affected

, but

driving licenses of

all classes.

Driving license classes at a glance:

AM, A1, A2, A:

Two wheeled vehicles (scooter, moped, limited motorcycle, motorcycle)

B:

Car driver's license up to 3.5 tons

C1, C:

Truck classes

D1, D:

Bus classes

X + E:

The respective class with trailer (except for A-classes)

L and T:

Tractor classes

Germany: 43 million car and motorcycle driving licenses affected by the exchange campaign

In

Germany

, 43 million

people are

affected

by the

exchange of

driving licenses

.

In order to avoid overloading the offices, both the

federal states

and the

federal government

have agreed to exchange driving licenses at different times.

The law for the introduction of the # stage plan for the # driving license exchange is now in force 🔁 We have compiled all the data for you 👉 https://t.co/UtXZKetdgz # driving license pic.twitter.com/rF66e54bLU

- ADAC (@ADAC) March 19, 2019

However, not all driving licenses are treated equally.

For some it depends on the date of issue, for others on the date of birth of the owner.

A distinction is made:

Issued before / on December 31, 1998

Here it is graded according to the year of birth

Exhibition after / on January 1st, 1999

Here it is staggered according to the year of issue

Driving license exchange in Germany: These exceptions apply in 2022

Anyone born before

1953

and in possession of a

driver's license

is not

initially

obliged

to exchange it.

The committee justified it with the fact that it was unclear whether the driver's license

holders

will even use it

in 2033

.

From then on, the exchanged driver's license is mandatory for everyone.

Anyone born between 1953 and 1958 must

have exchanged

their

certificate

by January 19,

2022

.

Anyone who acquired the license between 2012 and 2013 does

not have to

exchange

the

driver's license

until

2033

.

+

The big swap begins in 2022: Then the first driving licenses in Germany have to be exchanged - older driving licenses are also affected by the new law and will expire (symbol picture).

© Oliver Berg / dpa

Deadline for driving license exchange: Issue date until December 31, 1998

Year of the owner's birth

The driver's license must be exchanged by this date:

before 1953

01/19/2033

1953-1958

01/19/2022

1959-1964

01/19/2023

1965-1970

01/19/2024

1971 or later

01/19/2025

Deadline for driving license exchange: Date of issue after January 1, 1999

Year of issue

The driver's license must be exchanged by this date:

1999-2001

01/19/2026

2002-2004

01/19/2027

2005 - 2007

01/19/2028

2008

01/19/2029

2009

01/19/2030

2010

01/19/2031

2011

01/19/2032

2012 - January 18, 2013

01/19/2033

Exchange your driver's license by 2022: Biometric image

If you want to exchange your driver's license, you need

various

documents in

addition to an appointment at the driver's license office in your

city

.

  • The old driver's license.

  • Valid identity card, passport or foreign passport;

    Upon presentation of the passport or the foreign passport, a current registration certificate that must not be older than 6 months. 

  • A current biometric photo (size 45x35 millimeters, portrait format, frontal photo).

  • If necessary, a copy of the index card from the issuing authority - required when moving.

It is still up to the

compulsory exchange

of

driving license

some time, however, one should not forget the appointment.

(Lucas Maier)

* hna.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.

List of rubric lists: © Oliver Berg / dpa

Source: merkur

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