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Driving licence: issuance - passenger transport

If you want to transport passengers in taxis, rental cars, ambulances or cars on regular services, to commercial excursions or to holiday destinations, you need a driving licence for passenger transport in addition to the general driving licence.
(See also: Passenger transport: authorise - transport)

Prerequisite

  • Taking the necessary exams

Who should I contact?

The responsibility lies with the administrative district and the district-free city in which the main residence is.

Which documents are required?

  • Photo ID (identity card, passport)
  • Proof of possession of an EU/EEA driving licence (for taxi class B within the last 5 years at least 2 years and for ambulance class B within the last 5 years at least 1 year)
  • Registration certificate from the registration office responsible for the main residence, if no identity card can be presented
  • a photograph (biometric) that complies with the provisions of the Passport Ordinance of 19 October 2007 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 2007, 2386)
  • Opinion of an ophthalmologist
  • Report on physical and mental fitness
  • Proof of compliance with the special requirements (Annex 5 No. 2.2 FeV)
  • Proof of 1st aid (only for ambulances)
  • Certificate of good conductstating the purpose of "issue of a licence for the carriage of passengers". This must be applied for at the municipality, joint municipality and city responsible for the main residence.

What are the fees?

Emission: 13,00 EUR
Payment in advance: No
Issuance of the certificate of good conduct of the authorities

Emission: 38,00 EUR
Payment in advance: No
Renewal of a passenger licence

Fee: 42,60 EUR
Payment in advance: No
First issue of a passenger licence

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

Deadlines may have to be observed. Please contact the competent authority.

Legal basis

§ 48 Ordinance on the Admission of Persons to Road Traffic (FeV)

Applications / forms

The application must be made in person.

Comments

Text checked by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

competent Bodies

Landkreis Emsland - Fachbereich Straßenverkehr
Address: Ordeniederung 1 , 49716 Meppen
Timetable
Postal address: Post Office Box 15 62 , 49705 Meppen
Timetable
Telephone: 05931 44-0
Fax: 05931 44-3621
Email: Get in touch
www: https://www.emsland.de
Transport Connection:
Station Haltestelle Kreishaus
Timetable
Bus: 993
Building Access:
elevator available : yes
wheelchair-accessible : yes

Ansprechpartner

Nico Gudewill
Telephone: 05931 44-5010
Email: Get in touch
Room:
K II, 10
responsible for:
Jan-Marco Diers
Telephone: 05931 44-4012
Email: Get in touch
Room:
K II, 12
responsible for:
Lara Wilmes
Telephone: 05931 44-5017
Email: Get in touch
Room:
K II, 10
responsible for:
Tobias Schütte
Telephone: 05931 44-4011
Email: Get in touch
Room:
K II, 11
responsible for:

Data protection information

Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz Niedersachsen
Address: Prinzenstraße 5, 30159 Hannover
Timetable
Telephone: +49 511 12045-00
Fax: +49 511 12045-99
Email: Get in touch
Building Access:
elevator available : unknown
wheelchair-accessible : unknown

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)

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