Can a C1 license be directly upgraded to an A2 license?

[EstherLee]

A C1 license cannot be directly upgraded to an A2 license. If you already hold a C1 driver's license, the fastest way to obtain an A2 license is to upgrade to a B1 or B2 license after holding the C1 license for one year. After obtaining the B1 or B2 license, you must have three years of driving experience before you can apply for the A2 license. Therefore, upgrading from a C1 to an A2 license requires at least four years. Alternatively, you can take the second method to upgrade, which is to directly obtain a B2 license. After holding the B2 license for three years, you can also upgrade to an A2 license. This method is faster, but it is not an upgrade from a C1 license. According to the "Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driving Licenses" (Ministry of Public Security Order No. 123) of the People's Republic of China, the following conditions must be met for upgrading a driving license: Article 14: If you already hold a motor vehicle driving license and apply to add a permitted vehicle type, you must not have a record of accumulating 12 penalty points in the current scoring cycle and the most recent scoring cycle before the application. For applications to add medium-sized buses, tractor-trailers, or large buses as permitted vehicle types, the following additional regulations apply: To apply for adding medium-sized buses as a permitted vehicle type, you must have held a driving license for city buses, large trucks, small cars, small automatic transmission cars, low-speed trucks, or three-wheeled vehicles for at least three years and must not have a record of accumulating 12 penalty points in the most recent three consecutive scoring cycles before the application. To apply for adding tractor-trailers as a permitted vehicle type, you must have held a driving license for medium-sized buses or large trucks for at least three years, or have held a driving license for large buses for at least one year, and must not have a record of accumulating 12 penalty points in the most recent three consecutive scoring cycles before the application. To apply for adding large buses as a permitted vehicle type, you must have held a driving license for medium-sized buses, city buses, or large trucks for at least five years, or have held a driving license for tractor-trailers for at least two years, and must not have a record of accumulating 12 penalty points in the most recent five consecutive scoring cycles before the application. In temporary residence areas, the permitted vehicle types that can be applied for are small cars, small automatic transmission cars, low-speed trucks, three-wheeled vehicles, ordinary three-wheeled motorcycles, ordinary two-wheeled motorcycles, and light motorcycles. Article 15: Under any of the following circumstances, you are not allowed to apply for large buses, tractor-trailers, medium-sized buses, or large trucks as permitted vehicle types: Being responsible for a traffic accident that resulted in death and bearing equal or greater responsibility; Driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated; Having your motor vehicle driving license revoked or canceled for less than ten years. According to the "Permitted Vehicle Types and Codes" (Ministry of Public Security Order No. 139) of the People's Republic of China: The permitted vehicle type for A1 is large buses, and the permitted vehicles are large passenger vehicles. Additionally, it permits driving the vehicle types A3, B1, B2, C1, C2, C3, C4, and M. According to the "Permitted Vehicle Types and Codes" (Ministry of Public Security Order No. 139) of the People's Republic of China: The permitted vehicle type for A2 is tractor-trailers, and the permitted vehicles are heavy and medium-sized full trailers and semi-trailers. Other permitted vehicle types include B1, B2, C1, C2, C3, C4, and M.