Processing time of 4 to 6 weeks.

Application via our service portal
You can apply for a name change on your driving license directly online via our service portal. You will find the link to the service portal on this page under the section "Forms and links".

An appointment is required for a personal appointment.
You can book this using the online form linked below.

Is the next available appointment too late for you?
Depending on daily staff capacity, we always open up new appointments from Monday to Friday from 7:15 a.m. and sometimes in the afternoon.
Canceled appointments are automatically made available again. Please check back from time to time to see if an earlier appointment is available for you.

Emergencies or particularly urgent matters
Please note that emergencies also require an appointment to be made in advance. You can contact us by telephone (see Contact) or send an e-mail (see Contact) with a description of your emergency directly to the relevant department.

• Identity card or passport with the changed data
• Your driver's license
• A current biometric passport photo in accordance with the ICAO standard (requirements: black and white or color, 35 x 45 millimeters in portrait format without border in frontal view, face height 32-36 mm from chin to hairline. Please refer to the Bundesdruckerei photo sample board under "Forms and links") The photo can also be taken at one of the self-service terminals (Speed Capture Stations) in the waiting area of the Citizens Service Center and in the three branch offices in Bad Godesberg, Beuel and Hardtberg; detailed information on this can be found under "Notes".

• 27.30 euros if you are already in possession of a card driver's license
• 25.30 euros if you still have an old driving license (pink, grey)
• Direct delivery from the Bundesdruckerei to your home: additional fee of 5.31 euros
• Express order (5 working days, no direct shipment possible): Additional fee of 25.60 euros
  
  There is currently a charge of 4.50 euros for using the photo stations in the waiting areas.

The following payment options are available to you on site :

• Cash
• EC card
• Credit card
• Foreign debit card
• Apple Pay and Google Pay

There are no additional fees for cashless payments.

Biometric passport photo - Speed Capture Stations

Among other things, you will need a biometric passport photo for the application. You can have this taken at photo stores. However, there are also self-service terminals (Speed Capture Stations) in the waiting area of the Citizens Service Center and in the three branch offices in Bad Godesberg, Beuel and Hardtberg for capturing biometric data and the passport photo. This gives you the opportunity to have your fingerprints and signature digitized and a passport photo taken 15 minutes before your appointment at the self-service terminals.

Using the data recorded, you can apply for a new ID card, temporary ID card, children's passport, electronic passport and driving license. The devices guide users through the registration process in German, English, Spanish, French, Russian, Ukrainian or Turkish.

Employees have access to this information from their workstations and can process it directly. The fee of 4.50 euros for data entry is charged together with the administrative fees for the new ID document or driving license. It can be paid in cash or cashless.

The self-service terminals are certified by the Federal Office for Information Security. The data is recorded anonymously and without linking it to personal details under an ID number and is stored and transmitted in encrypted form. The information is deleted after 24 hours once it has been retrieved by municipal employees. You will not receive a paper printout of the passport photo.