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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
Find the right phone number, email or postal address to contact DVLA about driving licences, vehicle tax, medical enquiries and vehicle registration
Who can teach you to drive, practising with friends and family, driving lessons, insurance, using L and P plates.
Fees to renew, exchange or amend your full or provisional driving licence - or to get a duplicate if yours has been lost, stolen or damaged
How to give up your driving licence - age, medical condition, standards of fitness, declaration of voluntary surrender
How to apply for a taxi or private hire vehicle (PHV) driving licences inside and outside London
From 19 January 2013 driving licences changed and now look different to comply with new EU rules.
Who is eligible to become a tester, when applications might be refused, training and keeping up to date.
Check if you need an international driving permit (IDP) to drive abroad on holiday and how to exchange your licence if you move abroad - including driving in the EU after Brexit.
Reapply for a short-term medical driving licence issued for 1, 2, 3 or 5 years because of 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.
Driving licence exchange and rules for drivers living in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
You could get penalty points (endorsements) on your driving record if you're convicted of a motoring offence
General information for medical professionals about the assessing fitness to drive guide.
The latest updates on DVLA's services.
How to upgrade an automatic car driving licence so that you can drive a manual car
Driving licence renewals - find out when and how to renew your lorry, bus, minibus or coach licence.
When you can be banned from driving, check when your driving ban ends, reduce your disqualification period, disqualified until you've passed your test, drink-driving offences
What you need to do before you can drive a car or ride a motorcycle - driving licence, registering your vehicle, insurance, vehicle tax, MOT
When to tell DVLA about a medical condition or disability - what will happen to your licence, renewing or reapplying for your licence.
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