Exchange for card driving licence
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# Exchange for card driving licence

## Summary

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.
## Responsible Department

KVR
## Required Documents

* Fully completed and signed [application form](http://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/dms//Home/Stadtverwaltung/Kreisverwaltungsreferat/fachspezifisch/HA-III/Dokumente/Fuehrerschein/Umtausch-in-Kartenf-hrerschein.pdf).
* 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)

## 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

## Please Note

You can only submit the application in writing or online.

In writing:

[Application form](http://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/dms//Home/Stadtverwaltung/Kreisverwaltungsreferat/fachspezifisch/HA-III/Dokumente/Fuehrerschein/Umtausch-in-Kartenf-hrerschein.pdf)

Please complete the application form in full, sign it and send it to us together with the required documents.

## Fee Range

* 25.30 euros
* for exchange of class 2 with simultaneous renewal from the age of 50: 43.90 euros

## Processing Time

About eight weeks

## Legal Basis

Driving Licence Ordinance  

Road Traffic Act

## Questions and Answers

 
### What happens to my old driving licence?

 

Your paper driving licence will be retained by the driving licence office or stamped invalid.  


   
## Further Links

* [Certificate of ophthalmological examination 2.2](https://stadt.muenchen.de/dms/Home/Stadtverwaltung/Kreisverwaltungsreferat/fachspezifisch/HA-III/Dokumente/Fuehrerschein/Bescheinigung-augenaerztliche-Untersuchung)
* [General Data Protection Regulation](https://stadt.muenchen.de/infos/dsgvo-datenschutzgrundverordnung.html)
* [Certificate of medical fitness](https://stadt.muenchen.de/dms/Home/Stadtverwaltung/Kreisverwaltungsreferat/fachspezifisch/HA-III/Dokumente/Fuehrerschein/Bescheinigung--ber--rztliche-Untersuchungpdf.pdf)
* [Information on the biometric passport photo](https://stadt.muenchen.de/dms//Home/Stadtverwaltung/Kreisverwaltungsreferat/fachspezifisch/HA-III/Dokumente/Fuehrerschein/Fotomustertafel-300dpi-1.pdf)
* [Application for exchange for driving licence card](https://stadt.muenchen.de/dms//Home/Stadtverwaltung/Kreisverwaltungsreferat/fachspezifisch/HA-III/Dokumente/Fuehrerschein/Umtausch-in-Kartenf-hrerschein.pdf)
* [Certificate of ophthalmological examination 2.1](https://stadt.muenchen.de/dms/Home/Stadtverwaltung/Kreisverwaltungsreferat/fachspezifisch/HA-III/Dokumente/Fuehrerschein/Bescheinigung-aerztliche-Untersuchung-Augen-Nr.-2.1.pdf)
* [Information on the mandatory exchange](https://www.kba.de/DE/Themen/ZentraleRegister/ZFER/FE_Klassen/fe_klassen_inhalt.html)
* [Apply with online ID card](https://service.muenchen.de/intelliform/forms/01/02/02/ersatzfuehrerschein/index)

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