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Apply for your first provisional driving licence from DVLA online to drive a car, motorbike or moped.

Track your driving licence application if you've already made an online application

• Track your application online

  If you’ve applied for a new driving licence or renewed your driving…

• If you have a 14 digit reference number

  If you’ve applied for a full or provisional licence online, you can track…

• If you have an ‘FP’ reference number

  If you’ve already made an online provisional driving licence application…

Replace your full or provisional driving licence with DVLA if it's been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed.

• Apply online

  Replace your: full driving licence provisional driving licence A new…

• Apply by phone or by post

  You can also apply to replace your licence by phone or by post. Applying…

The legal requirements for getting your driving licence, and how public transport works in the UK.

• Updated: 13 September 2023

Who can teach you to drive, practising with friends and family, driving lessons, insurance, using L and P plates.

Change the address on your full or provisional driving licence for free - do it online or by post.

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.

How to reapply for your driving licence, full or provisional, if you've been disqualified for drink driving or other offences.

You could get penalty points (endorsements) on your driving record if you're convicted of a motoring offence

Apply online to renew your 10-year driving licence, full or provisional - cost, payment methods, documents and information you need