Requirements for Upgrading from a C to a B Driver's License

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The requirements for upgrading from a C to a B driver's license are as follows: 1. The conditions for upgrading from C1 to B1 are: You must have held the C1 license for more than three years and have no record of accumulating 12 penalty points in the most recent three scoring cycles prior to the application. The application must be submitted at the vehicle management office where the C1 license was issued. 2. The conditions for upgrading from C1 to B2 are: (1) You must have held the C1 license for more than one year and have no record of accumulating 12 penalty points in the current scoring cycle and the most recent scoring cycle prior to the application. (2) The application must be submitted at the vehicle management office where the C1 license was issued. The Ministry of Public Security Order No. 139, "Decision of the Ministry of Public Security on Amending the 'Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driver's Licenses'," has been passed by the ministerial office meeting of the Ministry of Public Security and is hereby promulgated, effective from April 1, 2016. Article 15: For those who already hold a motor vehicle driver's license and apply to add a permitted driving category, they must have no record of accumulating 12 penalty points in the current scoring cycle and the most recent scoring cycle prior to the application. To apply for adding the permitted driving categories of medium-sized buses, tow trucks, or large buses, the following additional regulations must be met: To apply for adding the permitted driving category of medium-sized buses, the applicant must have held the permitted driving categories of city buses, large trucks, small cars, small automatic transmission cars, low-speed trucks, or three-wheeled cars for more than three years and have no record of accumulating 12 penalty points in the most recent three scoring cycles prior to the application. Article 18: Applicants for a motor vehicle driver's license must submit their applications to the vehicle management office according to the following regulations: Applications to add a permitted driving category must be submitted at the vehicle management office where the current motor vehicle driver's license was issued.