Converting Indian driving license to German driving license

 

There were many questions from my friends of how to convert Indian driving license to German driving license. Hope this article answers some of the common questions which everybody has. When one has Indian driving license, one can use it for the first six months in Germany. But after six months of stay in Germany, one necessarily has to take German driving license. How absurd isn’t it? Does one forget driving after driving for six months? ;)

Mandatorily, one has to take theory exams by memorizing around 1500 odd questions. This exam can be taken in English. Please go to ADAC and make the translation of Indian driving license in German. Submit this translation certificate from ADAC to local transport office issuing driving license (Strasseverkehrsamt). When one has driving license in India, one need not take mandatory driving lessons. One can totally skip those lessons.

Just take maximum of five lessons to get a feel of driving in German roads, learn the rules and try it in Autobahn. After five lessons, register for the exams immediately because registering of the exams takes two weeks. In this meantime, please take five lessons. Make sure, you don’t take more than ten driving lessons. If you are lucky, you clear the exam in the first attempt; otherwise throw the dice till you get your driving license ;) But never miss the chance of driving in Autobahn in your life.