Driving licences

Apply, check, change or share details of your driving licence, replace or surrender your driving licence.

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Services

1. View or share your driving licence information

   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

2. Change the address on your driving licence

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

3. Contact DVLA

   Find the right phone number, email or postal address to contact DVLA about driving licences, vehicle tax, medical enquiries and vehicle registration

4. Renew your driving licence

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

5. Apply for your first provisional driving licence

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

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Guidance and regulation

1. Can I drive while my application is with DVLA? (INF188/6)
   • Promotional
   • 15 February 2018
   • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
2. Visiting the UK: information for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens
   • Detailed guide
   • 25 October 2019
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department for Transport, Home Office, Border Force, and UK Visas and Immigration
3. Driving a van
   • Detailed guide
   • 23 January 2018
   • Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
4. Changes to the driving licence and categories
   • Detailed guide
   • 9 June 2015
   • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
5. Living in Cyprus
   • Detailed guide
   • 24 January 2020
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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News and communications

11 October 2019 — News story

International Driving Permits (IDPs): the facts

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

1. Motorists urged to check rules on towing before summer holidays
   • 9 August 2019
   • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
   • Press release
2. Road safety action plan announced to cut road deaths
   • 18 July 2019
   • Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
   • News story
3. Government looks at steps to make new drivers safer
   • 17 July 2019
   • Department for Transport
   • News story
4. New DVLA figures suggest motorists are missing out on millions
   • 27 June 2019
   • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

1. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency – Research at DVLA
   • 3 March 2020
   • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
   • Research
2. DfI Driver, Vehicle, Operator, and Enforcement Statistics - 2019-20 Quarter 3
   • 26 February 2020
   • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland)
   • National statistics
3. Travel Survey for Northern Ireland In-depth Report 2016-2018
   • 13 February 2020
   • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland)
   • National statistics
4. DfI Driver, Vehicle, Operator, and Enforcement Statistics - 2019-20 Quarter 2
   • 20 November 2019
   • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland)
   • National statistics
5. DfI Driver, Vehicle, Operator, and Enforcement Statistics - 2019-20 Quarter 1
   • 14 August 2019
   • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland)
   • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Exchange of driving licences issued in the Cayman Islands
   • 20 April 2018
   • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 30 August 2017
2. Category B driving licence derogation for alternatively fuelled commercial vehicles
   • 29 March 2018
   • Department for Transport, Office for Low Emission Vehicles, and Innovate UK
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 18 October 2017
3. Road safety statement 2019: a lifetime of road safety
   • 18 July 2019
   • Department for Transport, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, and Highways England
   • Policy paper
4. Post-implementation review of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
   • 15 April 2019
   • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
   • Policy paper
5. Vehicle Excise Duty: rates for cars, vans, motorcycles and motorcycle trade licences from April 2018
   • 22 November 2017
   • HM Revenue & Customs
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Number of applications classed as lost internally by DVLA
   • 2 February 2016
   • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
   • Foi release
2. Number of 16 year olds issued with a full and provisional licence 2012 to 2014
   • 1 December 2015
   • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
   • Foi release
3. Number of new driving licence applications in the last three years
   • 1 December 2015
   • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
   • Foi release
4. Full and provisional driving licences by age and gender
   • 1 December 2015
   • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
   • Foi release
5. Number of driving licence holders in Norfolk and Suffolk
   • 25 August 2015
   • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
   • Foi release

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Organisations

1. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
2. Department for Transport
3. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
4. HM Revenue & Customs
5. Border Force

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1. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
2. Department for Education
3. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
4. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
5. HM Passport Office
6. Home Office
7. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
8. Office for Low Emission Vehicles
9. Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
10. UK Visas and Immigration

1. Highways England
2. Innovate UK

Explore sub-topics

1. Driving abroad
2. Driving licence applications and renewals
3. Driving licence categories
4. Driving licences and medical conditions
5. Foreign driving licences
6. Personal driving licence information