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If you do not have a UK passport there are other identity documents you can use for your driving licence application
Tell DVLA if your vehicle has been damaged, written off and then scrapped by your insurance company
What to do when selling a vehicle: your vehicle log book (V5C), submitting the right information to DVLA, private (personalised) registration numbers.
The eyesight rules to pass your driving test and for whenever you're driving.
Buy a private (personalised) number plate, assign it or transfer it to a vehicle - renew or update your entitlement certificate.
Financial help if you're disabled - benefits, housing costs, council tax, vehicle tax exemption, TV Licence, motability schemes, VAT relief
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
Find out how to exchange your non-GB driving licence for a British licence
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.
Learn to drive a car in the UK - get a provisional licence, take driving lessons, prepare for your theory test, book your practical test
Types of vehicle that are free to tax (exempt), including vehicles used by disabled people, mobility scooters, and historic vehicles
Updating your V5C registration certificate (log book) if you make changes to your vehicle.
Change the amount of vehicle tax you pay when you change your vehicle's engine size, fuel type, or if it becomes exempt from vehicle tax.
You may not have to pay vehicle tax if you’re a driver with a disability
Check if you're old enough, or have the right kind of driving licence, to drive different kinds of vehicle
How to register your vehicle and the cost: including new registrations, kit-built vehicles, repairs and restorations, and structural modifications.
Reapply for a short-term medical driving licence issued for 1, 2, 3 or 5 years because of a medical condition
How and when to make a SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification) to stop taxing and insuring your vehicle, including when the SORN is valid, penalties and rules for motor traders.
What you need to do before you can drive a car or ride a motorcycle - driving licence, registering your vehicle, insurance, vehicle tax, MOT
Application form to keep a vehicle registration number (personalised number plate) and put it on another vehicle.
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