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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

Track your driving licence application if you've already made an online application

• Full and provisional driving licence applications

  If you’ve already made an online driving licence application you can track…

• Provisional licence applications with an ‘FP’ reference number

  If you’ve already made an online provisional driving licence application…

• Applications to renew a 10 year old photocard licence with a 'TY' reference number

  If you’ve already applied to renew your licence you can use this service…

Apply for, renew or update your licence, view or share your driving licence, add new categories

• Updated: 26 July 2023

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

Apply for your first provisional driving licence from DVLA online to drive a car, motorbike or moped.

Change the address on your full or provisional driving licence for free - do it online or by post

Exchange your paper driving licence for a new photocard licence online.

If you do not have a UK passport there are other identity documents you can use for your driving licence application

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 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.

Replace your full or provisional driving licence online with DVLA if it's been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed.

Driving licence categories - entitlements on your licence and what vehicles you can drive - cars, motorcycles, mopeds, medium and large lorries, minibuses and buses.

Renew your driving licence online if you're 70 or over. Use form D46P to apply by post

Codes that DVLA places on your driving licence, and their explanations

How to get your full driving licence once you've passed your driving test - driving test certificate, photocard, provisional, paper licences

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.

Find out how to exchange your non-British driving licence for a British licence

Book your official DVSA practical driving test for cars from £62, or other types of practical driving tests, including motorcycle and driving instructor tests