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How to get your full driving licence once you've passed your driving test - driving test certificate, photocard, provisional, paper licences
Apply for, renew or update your licence, view or share your driving licence, add new categories
From 19 January 2013 driving licences changed and now look different to comply with new EU rules.
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
If you do not have a UK passport there are other identity documents you can use for your driving licence application
How to apply for a taxi or private hire vehicle (PHV) driving licences inside and outside London
How to reapply for your driving licence, full or provisional, if you've been disqualified for drink driving or other offences.
Who can teach you to drive, practising with friends and family, driving lessons, insurance, using L and P plates.
Exchange your paper driving licence for a new photocard licence online.
Apply for your first provisional driving licence from DVLA online to drive a car, motorbike or moped.
Reapply for a driving licence if your licence was taken away (revoked) or if you surrendered your licence following a medical condition
You may be able to get provisional entitlement to higher category vehicles, and automatic entitlement to lower categories if you pass a higher category driving test.
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
Driving licence categories - entitlements on your licence and what vehicles you can drive - cars, motorcycles, mopeds, medium and large lorries, minibuses and buses.
You must make sure that anyone you employ to drive a vehicle has the right licence and qualifications - tachographs, lorry, bus, coach, minibus
Buy multiple licences for Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) driving theory e-learning for all of the learner drivers you teach or drivers you employ.
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.
What you need to do to ride a motorcycle, moped or motor tricycle - tests and training, minimum ages, vehicle requirements, new licence rules
General information for medical professionals about the assessing fitness to drive guide.
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