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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…

Application for a provisional statement under section 29 of the Licensing Act 2003 for a premises.

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• Updated: 7 February 2025

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

Updated 1 October 2012, this is an application for a provisional statement to be granted under the Licensing Act 2003.

How to get your full driving licence once you've passed your driving test - driving test certificate, photocard, provisional, paper licences

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