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Get a criminal record check if you’re an approved driving instructor (ADI) and want to renew your registration
Renew or re-register an approved driving instructor (ADI) registration - online or by post and the fees
Tell DVLA you want to surrender your driving licence due to a medical condition.
Record the details of candidates who have completed a Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) periodic training course
To find out what information DVLA holds about you, and your vehicle, you can make a subject access request (SAR). The quickest way is to fill in the form and submit by email.
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.
Taking the approved driving instructor (ADI) part 3 test - what you need to bring and what happens during the test.
Check, change or cancel your approved driving instructor (ADI) or enhanced rider scheme trainer theory test.
It's illegal to drive if you're unfit to do so because you're on legal or illegal drugs, or you have certain levels of drugs or medicine in your blood
Check if you can become an approved driving instructor (ADI) and what you need to do to qualify.
A dropped kerb allows vehicles to cross the pavement from the road to a driveway - contact your local council to find out how to apply for a dropped kerb
Record the details of scheduled delegated driving tests with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
Report certain types of medical conditions to DVLA if you're a car driver or motorcyclist.
Who needs to use a tachograph and exemptions; digital and analogue tachographs; guidance for goods vehicles, passenger carrying vehicles (PCVs) and light vehicles
How to upgrade an automatic car driving licence so that you can drive a manual car
Find your nearest weighbridge if you need to weigh your van, lorry, trailer, tractor or other vehicle
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
Check which new hybrid and electric vehicles (EV), including cars, vans, trucks and motorbikes, are eligible for a government plug-in grant.
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.
Apply for a refund of out-of-pocket expenses if your theory test or driving test was cancelled with less than 3 clear working days’ notice.
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