Alright so I am now living in Germany now for 3 months and my SA drivers licence will be expiring this January, does anyone know if I can renew it here at an embassy or something? I know I am able to convert an SA drivers licence into a German one, but I don't want to do it just yet as I am not registerd in the country yet, cause I am saving for a car so the not having to pay tax at the moment helps me alot.
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Renewing drivers licence from overseas?
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Lycanthrope
Honorary Master
WHAT?!
Germany accepts South African drivers' licences for conversion?!
Damnit, I moved to the wrong country
Germany accepts South African drivers' licences for conversion?!
Damnit, I moved to the wrong country
ShaunSA
Derailment Squad
Only a registered DLTC in SA will be able to renew it. You won't have any problems renewing it once you are back in the country, but I doubt the German authorities will convert it once it has expired.
My wife's SA licence expired while she was in UK. She was able to get her mum to renew it for her. It was quite a mission. Affidavits and all. That was 5 years ago though. Maybe things have changed.
ShaunSA
Derailment Squad
I have nfi how that was done but considering the applicant has to undergo an eye test/fingerprinting etc I cannot see a way around it.
Fingerprints are verified as well so yeah... not sure how that was done. There is certainly no provision for it in the Act.
WHAT?!
Germany accepts South African drivers' licences for conversion?!
Damnit, I moved to the wrong country
Jip was hard for me to believe too, and it if you want to do your German licence here it costs up to about 2500 euros