Track your driving licence application

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1. Track your application online

If you바카라 사이트™ve applied for a new driving licence or renewed your driving licence online, you can track its progress.

This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).

Use your driver and vehicles account to track your application. There바카라 사이트™s a different way to track applications for:

Sign in or create an account

You바카라 사이트™ll need to sign in to your driver and vehicles account to use this service. If you do not already have a driver and vehicles account, you바카라 사이트™ll be able to create one.

You바카라 사이트™ll be told when you sign in if you need to prove your identity. This is to keep your details safe and usually involves using photo ID like a passport or driving licence.

You바카라 사이트™ll also need your application reference. This was emailed to you after you applied. This will be a series of 12 letters, for example TYAB-ABCD-ABCD.

How long applications usually take

You바카라 사이트™ll normally get your driving licence within a week of completing your online application.

If you applied by post

Contact DVLA to track your application.

2. If you have a 14 digit reference number

If you바카라 사이트™ve applied for a full or provisional licence online, you can track its progress. This includes applications to renew your licence.

You바카라 사이트™ll need your 14-digit application reference number. This was emailed to you after you applied.

If you do not have a 14 digit reference number

There바카라 사이트™s a different way to track applications:

How long applications usually take

You바카라 사이트™ll normally get your driving licence within a week of completing your online application.

If you applied by post

Contact DVLA to track your application.

3. If you have an 바카라 사이트˜FP바카라 사이트™ reference number

If you바카라 사이트™ve already made an online provisional driving licence application you can use this service to:

  • check the progress of your application
  • upload a new signature
  • change your contact details

Track and manage your application

You바카라 사이트™ll need to provide:

  • your application reference number - this was emailed to you after you applied, and will start with 바카라 사이트˜FP바카라 사이트™ followed by 10 letters (for example, FPAB-ABCD-ABCD)
  • addresses where you바카라 사이트™ve lived over the last 3 years
  • your National Insurance number
  • your UK passport number

If you do not have an FP digit reference number

There바카라 사이트™s a different way to track applications:

How long applications usually take

You바카라 사이트™ll normally get your driving licence within a week of completing your online application.

If you applied by post

Contact DVLA to track your application.