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How to upgrade an automatic car driving licence so that you can drive a manual car
Towing trailers, caravans and horseboxes with a car, including the weight and size limits, and what licence you need to have
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.
Sign in to use the Notification of Vehicle Arrivals (NOVA) service
You must tell DVLA if you have been fitted with a pacemaker - download the correct form to let them know
Who needs to use a tachograph and exemptions; digital and analogue tachographs; guidance for goods vehicles, passenger carrying vehicles (PCVs) and light vehicles
Check if you need to register a trailer to take it abroad, create an account to register your trailer, manage details of registered trailers.
How to display number or licence plates, get plates made up, replace lost, damaged or stolen plates, and the national letters, flags and symbols you can display.
Steps you must follow when importing vehicles into the UK, including making an import declaration, paying VAT and duty and telling HMRC using the NOVA service.
When to tell DVLA if you've had a stroke or TIA (mini-stroke), forms to fill in and send if you need to inform DVLA
You must tell DVLA if your attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects your driving - download the correct form to let them know.
You must tell DVLA if you have high blood pressure and drive a bus, coach or lorry - download the correct form to let them know
You may need to tell DVLA if you have blackouts or fainting (syncope) - check with your doctor or consultant, download the correct form to let them know
Application for a digital tachograph driver card for GB photocard driving licences.
Find out what to do if you receive a fine or letter about a car or other vehicle you do not own
You must tell DVLA if you experience dizziness - cars, motorbikes, buses, coaches, lorries, medical information, forms
Contact DVLA to get a digital tachograph company smart card - change, replace, renew a card
Tax your vehicle up to 2 months in advance if it's due to run out while you're away from home
Apply for an Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) test for cars, goods vehicles, buses and coaches, and trailers on the manage vehicle testing service
Explanations of the different terms you might see on your driving licence
Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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