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Your selected location: Emsland

Which place to enter?

The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Driving licence: transfer - foreign driving licence

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Holders of a valid foreign driving licence may drive motor vehicles within the scope of their authorisation in Germany for a period of 6 months if they have a normal residence in Germany. If a motor vehicle is to continue to be driven in Germany, a conversion of the driving authorisation into a German driving licence is required.

EU or EEA driving licences of harmonised driving licence categories do not in principle require any reclassification, unless they are temporary driving licences.

Which documents are required?

  • Application form (to be created by the driving licence authority)
  • Photo ID (identity card, passport, displaced persons ID)
  • Registration certificate from the residents' registration office responsible for the main residence
  • a photograph (biometric) that complies with the provisions of the Passport Ordinance of 19 October 2007 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 2007, 2386)
  • foreign driving licence, possibly with official translation
  • Proof that the foreign driving licence is valid

All other application documents depend on the category of driving licence to be converted and on the state which issued the licence. Further information can be obtained from your competent driving licence authority.

What are the fees?

Fees may apply. Please contact the relevant authority.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

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

Forms

  • Merkblatt zum Erhalt des Führerscheins

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Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Who should I contact?

The responsibility lies with the district and the independent city in which you have your residence.

Responsible authorities

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

Contact

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

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

Further Links

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Single points of contact of the state of Lower Saxony, Single points of contact of the countries of Europe, advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families.
Access information on the single point of contact for the state of Lower Saxonyvisit Website Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEsVisit advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families