Driving Instructor and Driving School License
The exercise of driving instructor activities and the operation of a driving school require official authorization
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The road traffic authority is responsible for issuing, revoking, or withdrawing driving instructor, driving school, and branch licenses as well as for monitoring driving instructors and driving schools (including branches).
For the issuance of a driving instructor license, various personal and professional requirements must be met. These individual requirements should be clarified in a personal consultation before submitting the application.
The minimum age for the issuance of a driving instructor license for class BE is 21 years.
The application can be submitted with an informal application or online via the Wirtschafts-Service-Portal.NRW.
Information about driving school and branch licenses can be obtained from the road traffic authority.
The application must be accompanied by the following legally required documents:
- official proof of place and date of birth (e.g., birth certificate, certified copy from the family register, identity card, or passport)
- curriculum vitae
- certificate/report on meeting the physical and mental fitness requirements for applicants for a driving license of class C1 (Appendix 5 Driver's License Regulation – FeV), which must not be older than 1 year at the time of application
- certificate/report on meeting the vision requirements for applicants for a driving license of class C1 (Appendix 6 FeV), which must not be older than 2 years at the time of application
- copy of the EU driver's license card (possession of the driving license for the requested class: for class B at least 3 years prior possession, for other classes at least 2 years prior possession)
- proof of prior education (completed vocational training or equivalent education)
- certificate from an officially recognized driving instructor training institution on the duration of the training conducted
- for the application for the issuance of the driving instructor license of class BE, additionally, a certificate from the training driving school about the duration of the training conducted according to § 7 FahrlG must be attached
- extended certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority (to be applied for at the competent registration office)
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