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Driving licence: grant - exceptions to the minimum age
If a category of driving licence is to be issued before the minimum age is reached, you must submit an exemption application (decision on exemption from the minimum age rules) to the competent authority.
The application must be submitted in writing. Questions are then taken by the competent authority and comments are requested for preliminary examination. The application is then forwarded to the medical-psychological review body.
The responsibility lies with the county and the county-free city in which you reside.
- Application at the earliest 1 year before the minimum age
- Exceptions to this rule are only possible in special cases of hardship.
- Expert opinion of an officially recognised assessment body for driving suitability
- Written reasoned request
- Certificate of leadership
- Costs for medical-psychological examination
Fee: 55,00 - 60,00 EURPayment in advance: NoDerogation
The minimum age required may not be exceeded by the granting of the exemption by more than one year. The exemption is then normally granted until the minimum age is reached.
The exemption may only be granted if there is an unreasonable hardship for the person concerned. In particular, the reasonableness test shall examine whether the destination can also be reached by other means by public transport or passenger transport, or whether the destination can also be reached by vehicles for which no exemption is required.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
AG Municipal editorial staff
Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)