To get a new driving licence, citizens and residents must take lessons from a registered driving institute and pass all tests. Learn about the eligibility criteria and the steps to renew a driving licence.
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Individual customers, citizens and residents, who are of legal age and medically fit, are eligible to get a driving learning permit and apply for new driving licence. The minimum age requirement to obtain a driving licence depends on the vehicle, for which you are obtaining the licence. The minimum age requirement is as follows:
17 years for motorcycles and for vehicles for people with special needs
18 years for cars and light vehicles
20 years for heavy vehicles and tractors
21 years for buses.
Documents required to open a traffic file include:
Copy of passport and residence visa page
Copy and original emirates ID card
2 photographs
Eye test report
No objection letter from the sponsor (if required by the related traffic department).
Procedures followed to learn car driving includes:
Opening a traffic file in one of the registered driving centres in the related emirate
Conducting an eye test at any centre approved by the traffic department
Completing all required driving classes
Passing all tests set by the related traffic department
Obtaining the driving licence from the traffic authority.
eServices:
Driving licences are renewable for 10 years for UAE and GCCC citizens and 5 years for residents. Renewal of driving licences is available online in most of the emirates. To renew your driving licence, you must settle all your traffic fines. A fine of 10 AED per month will be levied on customers who delay renewal of the driving licence for more than one month.
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