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Driver qualification certificate issuance request
Service Description
Due to the Professional Driver Qualification Act, you as a professional driver are required to undergo special training in freight and passenger transport.
As proof of your qualification, a driver qualification certificate (FQN) has been issued on application since 23.05.2021. This gradually replaces the previous entry of the key number 95 in the card driver's license.
The FQN is a card similar in shape and size to the driver's license. The FQN must be carried along with the driver's license when driving.
The FQN is issued upon
Acquisition of the initial qualification,
acquisition of the accelerated initial qualification as well as
Completion of the prescribed further training (every 5 years).
You must apply for the FQN in writing to the driver licensing authority in your place of residence.
Who should I contact?
Please contact the driver licensing authority in your place of residence.
Requirements
You have your main residence in the Federal Republic of Germany.
You are a professional driver or in training as a professional driver.
You are in possession of a driving license of the classes C1, C1E, C, CE, D1, D1E, D or DE.
You have a basic qualification or further training.
The issuance, extension or renewal of the driver qualification certificate takes place in the context of the application for an initial granting, extension, renewal or new granting of a driving license of class C or class D.
Which documents are required?
Photo ID (identity card or passport (if passport is presented: attach a current registration certificate from the registration office responsible for the main place of residence)).
current photo, 45 x 35 mm in portrait format and without border (so-called biometric passport photo) - frontal photo, without head covering and without covering of the eyes
valid driver's license
Proof of (accelerated) basic qualification or further training
if applicable, proof of other completed special initial and further training measures within the meaning of the Professional Driver Qualification Ordinance (the training on the inland transport of dangerous goods for vehicle drivers or the training on the protection of animals during transport), if these are to be credited
if applicable, work permit-EU or residence permit with the endorsement of the permitted gainful activity
What are the fees?
The fee is based on the Fee Regulations for Road Traffic Measures (GebOSt ). If the driver qualification certificate is sent directly to the home address, an additional shipping fee will be charged.
Legal basis
Appeal
The federal, state, and local governments are currently working on making it possible for you to complete all essential administrative procedures digitally.
Please check the website of your local driver's license office, for example, to see whether it already offers electronic application for your driver's license.
What else should I know?
Within the framework of the federal-state working group "Professional Driver Law", so-called application notes on professional driver qualification law were agreed upon.
The application notes are intended to facilitate the application of the regulations for the drivers and companies concerned, as well as for the competent authorities, and to provide assistance in their daily work.
The application notes are published on the website of the Federal Office for Logistics and Mobility:
Supporting institutions
Training centers for accelerated initial qualification and continuing education.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture
Professionally released on
07.06.2023
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
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