We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
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 online to renew your 10-year driving licence, full or provisional - cost, payment methods, documents and information you need
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
Find the right phone number, email or postal address to contact DVLA about driving licences, vehicle tax, medical enquiries and vehicle registration
Replace your full or provisional driving licence online with DVLA if it's been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed.
Renew your driving licence online if you're 70 or over. Use form D46P to apply by post
Tell DVLA when your address changes so your driving licence, vehicle log book (V5C), vehicle tax and other details are up to date
Track your driving licence application if you've already made an online application
Order application packs and forms from DVLA
Driving licence categories - entitlements on your licence and what vehicles you can drive - cars, motorcycles, mopeds, medium and large lorries, minibuses and buses.
You could get penalty points (endorsements) on your driving record if you're convicted of a motoring offence
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.
If you do not have a UK passport there are other identity documents you can use for your driving licence application
Codes that DVLA places on your driving licence, and their explanations
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
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.
Check if you're old enough, or have the right kind of driving licence, to drive different kinds of vehicle
How to get your full driving licence once you've passed your driving test - driving test certificate, photocard, provisional, paper licences
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).