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Find out what information DVLA holds about your driving licence or create a check code to share your driving record, for example to hire a car
Check someone's driving record - vehicles they can drive, penalty points and disqualifications
Apply online to renew your 10-year driving licence, full or provisional - cost, payment methods, documents and information you need
Apply for your first provisional driving licence from DVLA online to drive a car, motorbike or moped.
We’re the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), holding more than 50 million driver records and more than 40 million vehicle records. We collect over £7 billion a year in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED). DVLA is an executive agency, sponsored...
Replace your full or provisional driving licence online with DVLA if it's been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed.
Track your driving licence application if you've already made an online application
Driving licence categories - entitlements on your licence and what vehicles you can drive - cars, motorcycles, mopeds, medium and large lorries, minibuses and buses.
Change the address on your full or provisional driving licence for free - do it online or by post
Reapply for a driving licence if your licence was taken away (revoked) or if you surrendered your licence following a medical condition
How to reapply for your driving licence, full or provisional, if you've been disqualified for drink driving or other offences.
You can change the photo on your driving licence online at any time by renewing your licence - cost, how to pay and apply, applying by post.
If you do not have a UK passport there are other identity documents you can use for your driving licence application
How to give up your driving licence - age, medical condition, standards of fitness, declaration of voluntary surrender
From 19 January 2013 driving licences changed and now look different to comply with new EU rules.
Exchange your paper driving licence for a new photocard licence online.
How to apply for a taxi or private hire vehicle (PHV) driving licences inside and outside London
Driving licence exchange and rules for drivers living in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
Driving licence renewals - find out when and how to renew your lorry, bus, minibus or coach licence.
Renew your driving licence online if you're 70 or over. Use form D46P to apply by post
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