Apply for an international driving license
Source: Serviceportal Rheinland-PfalzFor temporary stays in certain countries outside the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA), you need an international driving license to prove your existing driving license. The international driving license is only a translation of the national driving license and is therefore only valid in conjunction with it.
In Rhineland-Palatinate, contact the driver's license office of your district or independent city (main residence).
The responsible authority in Rhineland-Palatinate is the district administration, in large cities belonging to a district or independent of a district the city administration.
- You have your main place of residence in Germany or in a country that is not a party to the "Vienna Convention".
- You are in possession of an EU driving license.
- You must be at least 18 years old.
- Identity card or passport, if necessary with registration certificate
- valid driver's license
- a current biometric passport photo printed on photo paper (45 x 35 mm, portrait format, frontal view)
- Fee schedule for road traffic measures
Remark: The fee is based on the scale of fees for road traffic measures (fee numbers 207 and 126.2).
There is no deadline. Please apply for your international driving license in good time before your stay abroad.
16.01.2026
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Your responsible office:
Kreisverwaltung Südwestpfalz
Der Landkreis Südwestpfalz mit der Kreisverwaltung Südwestpfalz umfasst die Verbandsgemeinden Dahner Felsenland, Hauenstein, Pirmasens-Land, Rodalben, Thaleischweiler-Fröschen - Wallhalben, Waldfischbach-Burgalben, und Zweibrücken-Land.
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66953 Pirmasens
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66930 Pirmasens
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Responsible for:
- Südwestpfalz (Landkreis):
- Apply for a driving license for categories AM, A, A1, A2 or A
- Apply for a new driving license
- Apply for a workshop card for the first time
- Apply for an extension of the driving license for categories AM, A1, A2 or A
- Apply for an international driving license
- Apply for key number 96 or key number 196 for class B
- Apply for trailer class E
- Applying for a company card for the first time
- Applying for a driver card for commercial goods and passenger transport for the first time
- Applying for a new driver's license due to theft, illegibility or loss
- Applying for the renewal of a category D, DE, D1 or D1E driving license
- Applying to convert a service driver's license into a general driver's license
- Changing your driver's license because of visual aids
- Driving licence – issuance express (express driving licence)
- Driving license for categories B and BE for accompanied driving from the age of 17
- Exchange old driver's license for a new one
- Extension of a driving license for passenger transport with a limited period of validity
- Extension of a temporary driving license
- Extension of a temporary driving license for categories C, CE, C1 or C1E
- Hand in your driver's license
- Having an expired driver's license reissued
- Issuing a driving license for passenger transport
- Surrender your driver's license voluntarily
- Temporary driving licence – apply for a transitional driving licence
- Transferring driving licenses from third countries outside the European Economic Area or European Union