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How to apply for a taxi or private hire vehicle (PHV) driving licences inside and outside London
If you’re a driving instructor, use this form to assess and record your pupils’ progress learning the skills they need to drive a car safely.
Check someone's driving record - vehicles they can drive, penalty points and disqualifications
You must make sure that anyone you employ to drive a vehicle has the right licence and qualifications - tachographs, lorry, bus, coach, minibus
You can use this account to view your driving record, check details of vehicles and set up vehicle tax reminders with DVLA.
Check which documents you need to carry if you're the driver or a passenger in a lorry or other heavy goods vehicle (HGV) that crosses international borders.
How to get your full driving licence once you've passed your driving test - driving test certificate, photocard, provisional, paper licences
Check if you can supervise friends or family learning to drive a car, what the rules are, how to prepare the car, and how to plan your practice sessions.
How to take part in research that will help to make young drivers safer - you need to be 17 to 24 and have just passed your driving test.
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...
Apply for, renew or replace a driver digital tachograph card.
Apply for, renew or update your licence, view or share your driving licence, add new categories
Change the address on your full or provisional driving licence for free - do it online or by post
Find out if you need the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) qualification to drive a lorry, bus or coach, or if you could be exempt.
Change the name, title or gender on your driving licence by completing form D1 and sending it with your licence and supporting documents to DVLA.
You could get penalty points (endorsements) on your driving record if you're convicted of a motoring offence
What you need to do before you can drive a car or ride a motorcycle - driving licence, registering your vehicle, insurance, vehicle tax, MOT
From 19 January 2013 driving licences changed and now look different to comply with new EU rules.
Driving licence categories - entitlements on your licence and what vehicles you can drive - cars, motorcycles, mopeds, medium and large lorries, minibuses and buses.
To help them carry out their duties British military personnel and visiting members of the armed forces have a number of driving exemptions.
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