International Driver License

    Hi,


    I rented a car for the first time in Germany. The reservation starts in 3 days. The Sixt office contacted me to bring my national driver license, passport and an internatinal driver license. I have an US driver license and my father has a Turkish driver license. We'll both drive. What even is international driver license? I booked cars both in EU and US but never got asked to bring an international driver license. I asked my friends who rented a car in Germany before and they all said they only brought their Turkish driver license and that's it.


    Is international driver license required?

    It's an "translation" of your driver's license.


    Don't know if it's required in Germany and where to get it. Normally in the country of origin.



    When I would travel to Thailand for example I would probably get one. But it's less and less common.

    2 Mal editiert, zuletzt von Dave_2nd ()

    For tourists who just will stay in Germany for a short period of time this should work (especially for the US driver license).

    Also people who move to Germany are allowed to drive for up to 6 months with their drivers license from another country.

    https://bmdv.bund.de/SharedDoc…-licences-in-germany.html


    international driver lincense: translation of your own driver license - recognized in a lot of countries. Will be issued in the country that issued your dirvers license, so you cannot get it done for your US license in Germany (as far as i know). Valid for a few years only.

    https://internationaldrivingpermit.org/country/germany/

    Zitat von Pinspot

    in the States as a German Driver you need the International drivers license. But I never had one. And nobody ever asks for it. Not the police. No car rental...

    Erstmal kann man das so pauschal nicht sagen, da das die Bundesstaaten einzeln regeln. Weiterhin stellt Deutschland keine internationalen Führerscheine aus, die die USA offiziell anerkennen.


    "Deutschland gehört dem „Wiener Übereinkommen über den Straßenverkehr“ an, parallel dazu existiert das „ Genfer Abkommen über den Kraftfahrzeugverkehr“, und die „Convention on the Regulation of Inter-American Automotive Traffic (Washington, 1943)“ denen die USA angehören.

    Beide Abkommen regeln die Ausstellung internationaler Führerscheine.

    Die internationalen Führerscheine der jeweils anderen Gruppe werden jedoch nicht akzeptiert."

    https://www.germany.info/us-de/service/-/2438968