Hi all,

I am moving from Germany to USA very soon. I need some information regarding Driving License, i hold German Driving License, Can i convert my german License to American License or do i need to do it from Scratch?

Also Need the Advise from the Persons who moved from Germany to USA

Regards
Ramana

Hi Ramana,

http://www.amcham.de/index.php?id=582

here every State has his own rules and laws... and I understand that some have special agreements with Germany and other european countries.
My sugestion is to visit http://www.dmv.org and then select in the map the State were you are going to live/work. After that you have to look for the link "Applying for a Driver's License" or something similar and look for Foreign driver license agreements

Hello Ramana.

You need to do the following:-

1. Get an international drivers license. It will cost around 20 EUR and you can get it from Rathaus or such place. (Make SURE you get this).

2. Regarding conversion, it varies State to State. In some states, you have to give both the written test ( 32/40 is pass ) and the road test. In others it is only a written test.

The only good thing is that the overall cost with the written + road test will be around 30 USD. Not like Germany,a bit expensive.

Hope this helps you.

I don't think you can transfer German license into USA license.. infact it costs you more.. since you need to Translate German License into English( US$ 100) and you need to write written test and go for road test..

if you go from scratch will be easy.. just do this only.. i don't suggest you to loose German license which is valid forever...

Just tell this is your first license.. that makes your life very easy.. Btw., if you go to New Jersey.. becareful they will treat very bad & you need to show lots of documents(infact most of Dmv employees in NJ are Indians.. still they treat you like a stranger!)

Srikanth from USA.