DRIVING RELATED DOCUMENTATION

As a driver you will at frequent stages in your life need to have dealings with the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) concerning a variety of driving related documentation, some of which are statutory and some which you may simply want for your own requirements.
It can be a bewildering and time consuming activity just trying to find out where to obtain the right documents for what you want, let alone fill them in, and where to submit them.

Here Drivers World tries to take some of the hassle out of this bureaucratic minefield and points you in the right direction for the most commonly used application forms.
 

Application For A Driving Licence – FORM D1.

Obtainable as a pack from Main Post Offices.
It includes booklet INF1D which gives notes on how to fill in the form. It also includes leaflet INS115 which gives details of the various fees. The Post Office also provides a Premium Checking Service for a fee of £4 which will help avoid delays in your application.

Submit to DVLA Swansea.
 

Vehicle Licence Application – FORM V10.

Obtainable from Main Post Offices, or DVLA Local Offices.

Further information is available in Booklet V100, also available from Main Post Offices. Rates of duty are contained in Forms V149 & V149/1, obtainable from the same source.

Submit to licence issuing Post Offices.

HGV Licence Application – Form V85.

Obtainable from Main Post Offices, or DVLA Local Offices.

Further information is available in booklet V100, also available from Main Post Offices. Rates of duty are contained in Form V149, obtainable from the same source.

Submit to DVLA Local Offices.

Application Form for a Vehicle Registration Certificate V5C – FORM V62.

Obtainable from Main Post Offices, or DVLA Local Offices.

Further information is available in booklet V100, also available from Main post Offices. The fee is £19 (as on 1^st September 2006).

Submit direct to DVLA Swansea.

Duplicate Vehicle Licence Disc Application Form – FORM V20.

Obtainable from Main Post Offices, or DVLA Local Offices.

Further information is available in booklet V100, also available from Main Post Offices. The fee is £7 (as on 1^st September 2006).

Submit to DVLA Local Offices.

Application for an Exchange Vehicle Licence – FORM V70.

Obtainable from DVLA Local Offices.

Further information is available in booklet V100, obtainable from Main Post Offices.

Submit to DVLA Local Offices.

Rates of Vehicle Excise Duty – FORM V149.

Obtainable from Main Post Offices, or DVLA Local Offices.

Gives current rates of excise duty for all classes of vehicles.

Refund Application – on return of a vehicle licence disc – FORM V14.

Obtainable from Main Post offices, or DVLA Local Offices.

Further information is available in booklet V100, also available from Main Post Offices.

Submit to DVLA Swansea.
 

Refund Application – with no vehicle licence disc available – FORM V33.

Obtainable from DVLA Local Offices.

Further information is available in booklet V100, also available from Main Post Offices.

Submit to DVLA Swansea.

Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) – FORM V890.

Obtainable from Main Post Offices, or DVLA Local Offices.

A statutory requirement when your vehicle is not taxed and is being kept off the road.

Submit to DVLA Swansea.

Application to Retain a Vehicle Registration number – FORM V778/1.

Obtainable from DVLA Local Offices.

The fee is £105 (as on 1^st September 2006).

Submit to DVLA Local Office.

Transferring a Vehicle Registration number – FORM V317.

Obtainable from DVLA Local Offices.

The fee is £80 (as on 1^st September 2006).

Submit to DVLA Local Offices.
 

Application for a first licence for a NEW motor vehicle

And declaration for registration – FORM V55/4.

Obtainable from DVLA Local Offices.

Submit to DVLA Local Offices.
 

Application for a first licence for a USED motor vehicle

and declaration for registration – FORM V55/5.

Obtainable from DVLA Local Offices.

Submit to DVLA Local Offices.

Goods Vehicle Testing – Declaration of Exemption – FORM V112G

Obtainable from DVLA Local Offices.

Submit to DVLA Local Offices.

The following booklets which are obtainable from Main Post Offices give more comprehensive information on their respective titles.

Registering & Licencing your Motor Vehicle – V100.

What you need to know about Driving Licences – D100.

The following Information Leaflets supplement and expand on the official application forms detailed above.
They are obtainable from DVLA Local Offices and from their Head Office at Swansea.

 V355 –      What you need to know about first registering and licensing motor vehicles                  which have not been previously registered.

V355/1 –   Notes about taxation classes.

V355/4 –   How to complete Form V55/4.

V355/5 –   How to complete Form V55/5.

V526 –      Taking a vehicle out of the country.

V796 –      Display of registration number leaflet.

V188 –      Exemption from vehicle excise duty for disabled people.

INF9 –       Date to end of month licensing.

INF28 –      Driving a minibus.

INF29 –      Minimum test vehicles.

INF30 –      Towing trailers in Great Britain.

INF31 –      Motorcycles.

INF38 –      Driving in Great Britain as visitors or new resident.

INF40 –      Renewing your car driving licence.

INF45 –      Your photocard driving licence explained.

INF46 –      Registration numbers and you.

INF52 –      Special licensing arrangements for drivers of large vehicles.

INF64 –      Environmental vehicle excise duty for lorries and buses.

INF90 –      A general guide to driving licensing.

INF93 –      Photocard driving licences.

INF95 –      U.K. Driving licence system.

INF104 –    Vehicle number plates are changing.

INF106 –    Import information pack.

INF133 –    Vehicle identity check.

INF136/1 – Register of number plate suppliers customer documentation.

INF148 –    Identity checking.

INS121 –    If things go wrong.

There are 40 DVLA Local Offices in the U.K.

32 Are in England at –

BEVERLEY – HU17 9JB

BIRMINGHAM – B1 2RF

BOURNEMOUTH – BH12 1DX

BRIGHTON – BN1 4UE

BRISTOL – BS34 8SR

CARLISLE – CA3 0JW

CHELMSFORD – CM2 0XJ

CHESTER – CH1 2ND

EXETER – EX2 8EF

IPSWICH – IP1 1UT

LEEDS – LS2 7DQ

LINCOLN – LN5 7WD

LUTON – LU1 1EB

MAIDSTONE – ME14 1XB

MANCHESTER – M32 0SL

NEWXASTLE-UPON-TYNE – NE3 3QF

NORTHAMPTON – NN1 1PE

NORWICH – NR1 1UP

NOTTINGHAM – NG8 6PX

OXFORD – OX1 1RW

PETERBOROUGH – PE1 2ST

PORTSMOUTH – PO2 8AH

PRESTON – PR2 9NZ

READING – RG2 0ER

SHEFFIELD – S11 8HA

SHREWSBURY – SY2 5DR

SIDCUP – DA15 7EQ

STANMORE – HA7 1BD

STOCKTON on TEES – TS17 6QR

TRURO – TR1 2TG

WIMBLEDON – SW19 7JY

WORCESTER – WR5 3HR

5 Are in Scotland at –

ABERDEEN – AB10 1WG

DUNDEE – DD1 4QP

EDINBURGH – EH11 3XE

GLASGOW – G2 6TT

INVERNESS – IV1 1SF

3 Are in Wales at –

BANGOR – LL57 2JF

CARDIFF – CF14 5DX

SWANSEA – SA6 7HG

The address of your nearest DVLA Local Office is in the telephone book under ‘Driving and Vehicles’

They can all be contacted on the same telephone number via the call centre at Swansea.

Telephone Number – 0870 850 0007.

Drivers World has made every effort to ensure the information given above is correct, but the procedures, fees and regulations etc are subject to change at any time.

To help keep the site up to date, and for the benefit of all drivers, notification of any changes by users of this site will be welcomed.