Apply for, renew or update your licence, view or share your driving licence, add new categories
Popular services
- Learn to drive a car: step by step
- Apply for your first provisional driving licence
- View or share your driving licence information
- Tell DVLA you’ve changed address: step by step
- Replace a lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed driving licence
- Renew your driving licence
- Renew your driving licence if you’re 70 or over
- Driver and vehicles account: sign in or set up
Apply for your first provisional driving licence
Get your first provisional driving licence for a car, motorbike, moped or other vehicle from DVLA online. To apply you must:
- be at least 15 years and 9 months old
- be able to read a number plate from 20 metres away
- have been given permission to live in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) for at least 185 days
you apply now
If you applied for a provisional licence before 1 March 1973 you’ll need to use this service to get a new licence.
This service is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).
After you apply
DVLA will send you a confirmation email once you’ve applied.
Your licence should arrive within one week if you apply online. It may take longer if DVLA need to make additional checks.
How much it costs
It costs £34 to apply online. You can pay by MasterCard, Visa, Electron or Delta debit or credit card.
When you can drive with a provisional licence
There are different rules depending on your age and the type of vehicle. Check what vehicles you can drive and when before you start to learn.
If you already have a provisional licence
If you already have a provisional licence you can:
- renew your provisional licence
- replace your provisional licence if it’s lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed
- reapply for your provisional licence if you’ve been disqualified
- change the address on your provisional licence
Apply by post
Complete form D1 ‘Application for a driving licence’, contact Now