Application
You can submit your application at the earliest 6 months before reaching the minimum age for the class you wish to apply for.

Processing time of 4 to 6 weeks.

Personal appointment
An appointment is required. 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 make new appointments available 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.

• Application form with stamp of the driving school or driving school registration
• Identity card or passport
• A current biometric passport photo according to 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 Federal Printing Office's photo sample table 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".
• Driver's license

Please note that different documents are required depending on the driving license category:

additionally for category A, A2, A1, B, BE, AM, L or T:

• Original eye test certificate
• Proof of participation in a first aid course in accordance with § 19 of the Driving License Ordinance in the original, unless this has already been submitted for a previous application

additionally for category C, CE, C1 or C1E:

• Original ophthalmologist's certificate in accordance with Annex 6 No. 2 of the Driving License Ordinance
• Certificate of medical fitness examination in accordance with Annex 5 of the Driving License Ordinance in the original
• Proof of participation in first aid training in the original
• for commercial use: original proof of basic qualification/further training in accordance with the Professional Driver Qualification Act

additionally for category D, D1, DE or D1E:

• Original ophthalmologist's certificate in accordance with Annex 6 No. 2 of the Driving License Ordinance
• Certificate of medical fitness examination in accordance with Annex 5 of the Driving License Ordinance in the original
• Performance test in the original
• Proof of participation in first aid training in the original
• Certificate of good conduct of document type "O"
• for commercial use: original proof of basic qualification/continuing training in accordance with the Professional Driver Qualification Act

From January 1, 2025 45.10 euros; the fee may increase depending on the processing effort.

From 43.90 euros

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 further charges for cashless payment.

There is currently a fee of 4.50 euros for using the photo stations in the waiting areas.

The range of services is being successively expanded in the three branch offices of the Citizens Service Center. In the district town halls in Beuel, Bad Godesberg and Hardtberg, applications for vehicle registration and driving licenses can be submitted in addition to registration, passport and ID matters.

From now on, "old" paper driving licenses can be exchanged and vehicles purchased can be transferred to the new owner.

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.