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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: Extension - Passenger transport


If your passenger licence expires, you can have it extended.

Which documents are required?

  • valid identity card
  • the card driving licence
  • a certificate of good conduct of document type "0" (official certificate of good conduct, to be applied for at the municipality of residence. This is sent by the Federal Office of Justice directly to the driving licence authority.). A private certificate of good conduct is not sufficient.
  • a certificate of medical examination of applicants for the issue or renewal of a category D, D1, DE D1E driving licence or a driving licence for the carriage of passengers for taxis, rental cars, ambulances or passenger cars on regular services or in the case of commercial excursions or holiday destination trips in accordance with Paragraph 11(9) and Paragraph 48(4) and (5) of the Ordinance on the Admission of Persons to Road Transport (FeV). General practitioners have the appropriate form or must order it.
  • a certificate or certificate of ophthalmological examination of applicants for the issue or renewal of a category D, D1, DE D1E driving licence or a driving licence for passenger transport for taxis, rental cars, ambulances or passenger cars on regular services or in the case of commercial excursions or holiday destination trips in accordance with Paragraph 12(6) and Paragraph 48(4) and (5) of the FeV. Ophthalmologists have the appropriate form or must order it.
     

If a driver's licence for passenger transport is extended beyond the age of 60 , the applicant must meet additional requirements with regard to resilience, orientation, concentration, attention and responsiveness. Proof of compliance with these requirements must be provided by the submission of an occupational or occupational health report or an expert opinion from an officially recognised assessment centre for fitness to drive.

What are the fees?

Fees apply. Please contact the relevant authority.

Process flow

A personal appearance is required, as signatures must be provided.

The competent authority queries the score at the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA). Thereafter, the applicant is requested in writing to present the driving licence for the carriage of passengers for registration of the extension.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

The processing time can be about 3 weeks, but a maximum of 6 weeks.

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


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
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:

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