Guernsey Driving Licence Application & Renewal : Vehicle Registration & Licensing Department

Organization : Vehicle Registration & Licensing Department (VRLD)
Type of Facility : Driving Licence Application & Renewal
Country : Guernsey
Website : https://www.gov.gg/drivinglicence

How To Apply For Driving Licence?

To obtain an original provisional licence you must complete a Driving Licence Application form.

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You must appear in person at the Bulwer Avenue Offices in order for your photograph to be taken for your new licence. You must provide proof of identification. Please read the leaflet “ID Checks for Driving Licences” available for download below.

Once your application has been processed, it will be posted to you within approximately seven days.

Holders of provisional motorcycle licences in categories P, A1 or A are not permitted onto the road until they have successfully completed a training course for motorcyclists (CBT) approved by the Environment Department, and been issued with a certificate of completion.

If you hold a provisional licence for categories F, G, B1 or L then you are required to pass your driving test within two years in order to obtain a full licence to continue to drive vehicles within these categories.

Should you not do so you will be required to wait a period of one year before you can take out a subsequent provisional licence in the same categories.

Your First Full Licence :
There is no charge for upgrading from a provisional to a full licence. You will need to submit to the Bulwer Avenue offices
** The completed application form
** Your provisional driving licence
** Your practical driving test certificate

How To Renew Driving Licence?

Driving licences are ordinarily issued to expire in the month preceding the holder’s next “decade” birthday, unless the applicant has a medical condition that affects his / her ability to drive.

If you are renewing a full driving licence you may apply up to two months before it is due to expire. However, if you hold a provisional driving licence for categories F, G, B1 or L, then your licence cannot be renewed in the same category until a year following its expiry.

If you hold a provisional motorcycle licence for categories P, A1 or A, then you may renew your licence, but you must file a properly completed application form no earlier than one month before your licence is due to expire and not later than the day of expiry.

Failure to renew you licence in categories P, A1 and A within the specified period will result in that category not being available for use for 12 months from the expiry date.

You must then successfully complete a further training course for motorcyclists (CBT) approved by the Environment Department within one month of receiving your renewed licence, if the renewed licence is to remain valid.

Should you fail to take the test within the specified time period, or should you not succeed in passing the test within the specified time period, then your renewed provisional licence will not be valid.

If, on renewing your licence, the photo on your existing licence is less than three years old, it is not necessary to call into the office.

Provided you have registered your ID, you only need post in your completed application form together with your expiring licence (and any other documentation that may be required, such as a CBT pass certificate) in order to obtain your new licence. Please see the section, Identity Checks (below) if you have not registered your ID.

How To Apply For Duplicate Licence?

If your licence is lost or stolen, you must complete the Driving Licence Application Form available as a download at the bottom of this page and send in the fee for a duplicate to be issued.

Please note, if the missing licence subsequently comes into your possession, you must return it to the Department’s Bulwer Avenue offices. Documentation for an ID check must accompany any application for a duplicate licence, unless the check has already been carried out.

Changing Your Name & Address

Please complete the section for this purpose on the reverse of the paper counterpart to your driving licence and send this in, together with the plastic card part of your licence and proof of name change i.e. marriage certificate, original or original deed poll.

If copies, they must be attested (see identification form) or certified, to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Division at Bulwer Avenue. Your amended licence will be posted to you within approximately seven days, free of charge.

Please note if you are the registered keeper of a vehicle, when advising the Department of any change of details please return any Vehicle Registration Certificate for amendment.

Documentation for an ID check must accompany any application for a change of address or other details, unless the check has already been carried out.

Further Assistance :
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any queries:
Driver and Vehicle Licensing
Environment Department
PO Box 145, Bulwer Avenue,
St Sampson’s, GY1 3HY

Tel: +44 (01481) 243400
Fax: +44 (01481) 241177