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Change of name on driving licence
Your name has changed, e.g. due to marriage, and you would like to have a new driver's license issued? Especially when driving abroad, it can be useful to be in possession of an EU card driver's license with current information.
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Basic information
In the event of a name change, a new card driver's license can be issued upon request.
However, this is not mandatory.
However, it may be useful to be in possession of an EU card driver's license with up-to-date information, especially when traveling abroad.
Requirements
- Holder or holder of a valid driving license
- In addition, a record card transcript from the driver's license office that issued the current driver's license, if the driver's license was issued outside of Bremen prior to 1999.
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Procedure
Personal appearance under presentation of the current original driver's license and the changed personal documents.
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Necessary Documents
- Identity card or passport
- analog passport photo
- According to the specifications on the photo sample board.
- Digital passport photo at a self-service terminal:
- Instead of an analog passport photo, a digital passport photo can be taken independently at a capture system, a so-called self-service terminal. The signature is also captured at the self-service terminals.
- Authenticated copy of the marriage certificate
In case of change of name by marriage: additionally required if the name has not yet been changed in the identity card
- certificate of registry office name change
In the event of a change of name due to divorce, this is additionally required if the name has not yet been changed in the identity card.
- In addition, a copy of the file card from the driving license office that issued the current driving license
- if the driver's license was issued outside Bremen before 1999
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Competent Department
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Driving licences Fahrerlaubnisse
- (0421) 361-88669, Terminvereinbarungen: Tel. (0421) 115
- (0421) 496-12189
- Stresemannstraße 48, 28207 Bremen
- fuehrerscheinstelle
@buergeramt. bremen. de
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Citizen Service Centre – City Centre BürgerServiceCenter-Mitte
- (0421) 115
- (0421) 361-89460
- Martinistraße 3, 28195 Bremen
- bscmitte
@buergeramt. bremen. de
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Citizen Service Centre North BürgerServiceCenter-Nord
- (0421) 115
- (0421) 496-55600
- Gerhard-Rohlfs-Straße 62, 2. Etage, 28757 Bremen
- bscnord
@buergeramt. bremen. de
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Citizens’ Office Bürgeramt
- (0421) 115
- Stresemannstraße 48, 28207 Bremen
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Fees / Costs
43,10 EUR Standard procedure; incl. direct dispatch by Bundesdruckerei
34,14 EUR plus for express order -
Deadlines & processing time
How long does it take to process
4 weeks In standard procedure, few working days for express orders
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Updated on 12.09.2026