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If you transport passengers for a fee, you need a driver's license for passenger transport (FzF).

If you are transporting passengers in a motor vehicle and a permit is required for this transport in accordance with the Passenger Transport Act, you will need a driving license for passenger transport (FzF) in addition to the general driving license. This also applies if you transport passengers in an ambulance for a fee or for business purposes.

A driving license for passenger transport (FzF) is not required for

1. Ambulances of the German Federal Armed Forces, the German Federal Police, the police and the troops and civilian staff of other states party to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),
2. Civil protection ambulances if they are used for this purpose,
3. ambulances of fire departments and rescue services recognized under national law.

If you have a category D or D1 driver's license, you only need an FzF if you drive a cab, a rental car or for bundled emergency transport.

• Official proof of place and date of birth (e.g. identity card, passport)
• Current registration certificate, if applicable
• EU/EEA driver's license
• eye test
• Proof of physical and mental aptitude
• Certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority
• Current information from the driving aptitude register

If the FzF is to apply to cabs or rental cars for bundled on-demand transport, additionally

• Proof of the required local knowledge by means of a certificate from a suitable body

If the FzF is to apply to ambulances, additionally:

• Proof of participation in a first aid training course

• EU or EEA driving license required for driving the vehicle
• Minimum age: 21 years;
  if restricted to ambulances: 19 years of age
• Personal reliability
• Mental and physical fitness
• Sufficient eyesight
• Possession of an EU/EEA category B driver's license (or equivalent) for at least 2 years (at least one year if the FzF is restricted to ambulances) or 2 years of possession of the driver's license within the last 5 years
• if the FzF is to apply to ambulances: Participation in first aid training
• if the driver's license is to apply to cabs or hire cars or to bundled on-demand transport: Passing a specialist knowledge test

The fee is based on the scale of fees for road traffic measures (GebOSt).

• Driving license for passenger transport
• Driving license for passenger transport (FzF)
• Required to transport passengers for a fee or for business purposes
• Responsible: Driving license authority of the place where you have your main residence

Please contact your local driver's license authority at the city or district administration or your local citizens' office at the municipal administration of the independent municipality or the association of municipalities.