Renew your driving licence

Renew your:

• full driving licence
• provisional driving licence

You must renew a photocard licence every 10 years – you’ll receive a reminder before your current licence ends.

To renew your licence, you must:

• be a resident of Great Britain (there’s a different service in Northern Ireland)
• not be disqualified from driving

You’ll need to apply for your first provisional licence if:

• you’ve never applied for a provisional licence before
• you applied for a provisional licence before 1 March 1973

There’s a different way to:

• renew your licence if you’re 70 or over
• renew a 5-year bus or lorry licence
• renew a short-term medical driving licence