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Choose your situation, scan the route, open a checklist, then continue on the official GOV.UK service when you are ready.
Licence journey
Tap each stage to see what to prepare before using the official service.
Check age, eyesight and Great Britain residency requirements before applying through DVLA.
Guide library
Every card points back to an official GOV.UK service for the actual application, booking or update.
Check if you can apply, prepare the right details and understand what DVLA does after you submit.
Follow the learner journey from provisional licence to lessons, theory preparation, practical test and insurance.
Know what you need before booking and how to request support if you have a reading difficulty or disability.
Understand the booking rules, official costs and why you must manage your own car test booking.
Update your full or provisional licence address and understand related vehicle document steps.
Replace a full or provisional licence if it has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed.
Renew online for free if you are 70 or over, or will be 70 in the next 90 days.
Use the official tool to check whether your non-GB licence can be exchanged for a British licence.
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