Hanover region: application backlog at driver’s license office | NDR.de – News
If you want to get a new or exchange your driver’s license in the Hanover region, you have to be prepared for long waiting times. It was said that there was a lack of staff to process the flood of applications.
According to the region, most applications are made by citizens who have to exchange their old gray or pink “rags” for the new driver’s license card. In the fourth quarter of 2021 alone, around 4,000 exchange requests were made. According to the Hanover region, the staff was prepared for this – but then employees of the driver’s license office in the health department had to help out because of the corona pandemic. Not everything could be processed with the driving licenses.
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The driver’s license office will now be restructured by the end of the year, they say: Applications should be able to be processed faster. It is also planned that citizens from the surrounding communities will be able to apply for their driver’s license on site. The driver’s licenses should also be able to be sent by post in order to reduce the processing time.
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By 2033, any driving license issued before January 19, 2013 will have to be exchanged for the new EU driving licence. This is to ensure that all driving licenses still in circulation in the EU are given a uniform and forgery-proof model. The exchange will take place in stages. For driving licenses issued before December 31, 1998, the year of birth of the driving license holder is decisive:
- before 1953: exchange until January 19, 2033
- 1953 to 1958: exchange until January 19, 2022
- 1959 to 1964: exchange until January 19, 2023
- 1965 to 1970: exchange until January 19, 2024
- 1971 or later: exchange until January 19, 2025
For driving licenses issued after January 1, 1999, the year of issue of the driving license applies:
- 1999 to 2001: exchange until January 19, 2026
- 2002 to 2004: exchange until January 19, 2027
- 2005 to 2007: exchange until January 19, 2028
- 2008: Exchange until January 19, 2029
- 2009: Exchange until January 19, 2030
- 2010: exchange until January 19, 2031
- 2011: Exchange until January 19, 2032
- 2012 to January 18, 2013: Exchange until January 19, 2033
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