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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: issue - exceptions to minimum age


If a category of driving licence is to be issued before reaching the minimum age, you must submit an application for exemption (decision on exemption from the minimum age rules) to the competent authority.

Who should I contact?

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

Responsible authorities


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
Transport Connection:
Station Haltestelle Kreishaus
Bus: 993
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible

Contact

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

Requirements

  • Application at the earliest 1 year before reaching the minimum age
    • Exceptions to this rule are only possible in cases of particular hardship.
  • Report from an officially recognised assessment centre for fitness to drive

Which documents are required?

  • Written reasoned request
  • Certificate of good conduct

What are the fees?

  • Costs for the medical-psychological examination

Fee: 55,00 - 60,00 EUR
Payment in advance: no
Derogation

Process flow

The application must be submitted in writing. Subsequently, inquiries are made by the competent body and opinions are requested for preliminary examination. The application is then forwarded to the medical-psychological assessment centre.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

The exemption may not exceed the prescribed minimum age by a maximum of 1 year. The exemption is then usually granted until the minimum age is reached.

What else should I know?

The exemption can only be granted if there is an unreasonable hardship for the person concerned. In the assessment of reasonableness, it shall be examined in particular whether the destination can also be reached by other means by public transport or carpooling or whether the destination can also be reached by vehicles for which no exception is required.

Legal basis

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

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