Do asylum seekers actually get a driving license for free? This question was discussed again in August.

This topic is still circulating on the Internet and is currently being discussed again. Asylum seekers in Germany should get driving licenses for free. Is that true now? We already highlighted the background to this story , but like so many things, this story persists on the Internet and heats up people's minds, as this current query from August 19, 2019 shows.

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Do asylum seekers actually get a driving license for free?

To answer that, we need to look a little more closely at the content of the text. that the examination documents have also been available in Arabic since October 2016 .

Why is that?

Driving licenses from Afghanistan , Syria and Iraq not recognized in , so asylum seekers who already have a driving license and need it for their job must take the practical and theoretical test and pass it. Therefore, the documents are now also made available in Arabic.

Accordingly, not every asylum seeker automatically receives a driver's license, but those whose driving license is not recognized in Germany and therefore exam documents are also available in other languages, and have long been available in 11 languages.

“Asylum seekers obviously don’t get a driver’s license for free,” says Paul Ebsen, press spokesman for the Federal Employment Agency in Nuremberg.

You will only receive funding if certain requirements are met. This means, among other things:

  • the asylum seeker must be recognized
  • A driving license is mandatory for the job. The employer must certify this . This certificate must show that the asylum seeker has already employed subject to social insurance contributions for at least 12 months .
Even if funding is submitted, this does not automatically mean that funding will be awarded. It is always a case-by-case decision as to whether and to what extent funding is provided at all.

Are only asylum seekers supported?

No, because this funding can also be used by German job seekers if, for example, they absolutely need a truck driver's license for the new job or if they receive an education voucher .

The education voucher is a means of the Federal Employment Agency (employment office, job center, ARGE) to promote further vocational training.

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