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Your student finance online account - check payment dates, track an application, change details, reset password, find customer reference numbers
Check a UK VAT registration number is valid. Prove when you checked a number.
Information on how to find your National Insurance number and how to get a letter with your National Insurance number on.
Where to find your unique tax reference (UTR) number, what to do if you've lost your UTR number, or how to apply if you do not have a UTR number
Check the MOT history of a vehicle from 2005 onwards, including if it passed or failed, its mileage and why it failed, download MOT test certificate
Call costs for 0800, 0808, 0845, 0870, 03 and other phone numbers from UK landlines and mobiles.
Search for a personalised number plate registration and buy it from DVLA online or at auction
Check a business's EORI number, used to import and export goods from the UK
Apply for your first National Insurance number - you must have the right to live and work in the UK.
Check and report if a vehicle has up-to-date vehicle tax or is 'off road' (SORN)
Renew or tax your vehicle for the first time using a reminder letter, your log book or the green 'new keeper' slip - and how to tax if you do not have any documents
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
Find out the MOT test status of a vehicle - check the date of the MOT test and the expiry date of an MOT test pass.
Buy a private (personalised) number plate, assign it or transfer it to a vehicle - renew or update your entitlement certificate.
Check a vehicle's details, tax and SORN status and expiry dates on the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Agency (DVLA) database - online and telephone enquiries
Get proof of your immigration status if you have been told you can view your immigration status online, for example if you have settled or pre-settled status.
Apply to get an EORI number to move goods between Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man, and other countries.
Find the right phone number, email or postal address to contact DVLA about driving licences, vehicle tax, medical enquiries and vehicle registration…
Find an earlier practical driving test, move it to a later date, or change the test centre you take it at.
Book your official DVSA practical driving test for cars from £62, or other types of practical driving tests, including motorcycle and driving instructor tests
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