Ghana - Apply for Country Taxicab Operator License

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To Apply for Country Taxicab Operator License, the applicant should contact the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority Head Office.
2. Address and contact details can be found in the following Contact link
3. Applicant has to approach the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority Head Office in Ghana and the, the applicant can get their application form.
4. Applicant has to enter all the information in the application form.
5. Applicant must make sure to carry all necessary documents that are mentioned under “Required Documents” section of this page. (Both photocopies and originals)
6. Please refer to the fees details in the “Fees” section of this page.
7. Effect payments to the bank and receive an acknowledgement
8. DVLA system will issue payment confirmation/notification to the applicant for payment.
9. Bring the vehicle and evidence of payment to the transport Licensing Board department at the Ministry of works and Transport.
10. Applicant can contact the DVLA Staff at Transport Licensing Board for process a tin number if he/she doesn’t have one at this stage. They can generate payment payslip for income tax and country taxicab operator’s Licence.
11. Applicant can also verify the payment on DVLA portal in order to be issued with Tax clearance for Advance income tax.
12. Submit the dully filled required form and attached with pay slip to the Transport Licensing officer to verify the validity of the documents, these include Motor vehicle logbooks, tax clearance etc.
13. Once the documents are verified by the Transport Licensing Board inspector of vehicles for Road worthiness then the applicant proceeds to the next step. If the inspection is not satisfied the Transport Licensing officers issues a defect sheet and request the applicant to rectify defects at a garage.
14. Once all the required criteria are fulfilled the Transport Licensing officer may grant to the applicant of a country Taxicab operator’s Licence of the applied for to provide such service as may be specified in the Licence.
15. The processing time for this procedure is 5 days.

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Required Documents

• Filling of forms
• Ghanaian Card
• Police Certificate (FIR) in case of loss of R.C.
• Certificate of Insurance (Third Party).
• Vehicle registration books.
• Certificate of fitness
• Your passport photos.

Office Locations & Contacts

Driver and vehicle licensing authority head office
Location: Accra
Address: Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Accra, Ghana.
HRM9+5R Accra, Ghana
Contact number- +233 30 74 6760
Email id: [email protected]
Website Link
Location link

Ministry of Transport
P.O. Box M57
Ministries, Accra-Ghana
Phone: +233 (0) 302 661575, +233 (0) 302 671328
Fax: +233 (0) 302 76 3908, +233249241251
Email: [email protected]
Location link

Eligibility

• All person with Country taxicab and wishes to run a service for the carriage of passengers for charge over such fixed route or routes in Ghana are eligible for this Licence.

Fees

• Licence fees 200,000 GHS.

Validity

• This license validity is for 1 year.

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Processing Time

• The processing time for this procedure is 5 days.

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Required Information

• Full name of owner of vehicle
• Permanent Address
• Temporary Address
• Full Vehicle Details
• Information about the Bicycle (type, model, horse power)
• Residential address of the applicant
• Nationality of the applicant
• Tin number and password
• Information if the Applicant has ever been convicted of a criminal offence in Ghana or in any other country.
• Information if you have ever acquired a Licence and state the nature of the Licence, date issued and the Licence number.

Need for the Document

• According to the Act about the professional competence of taxi drivers (18 September 2009 / 695) which came into effect on 1 January 2010, the taxi drivers must have the proficiency required for the task and fit for the task. In order to achieve this proficiency, the driver must complete the taxi-driver training and test as well as further training referred to in the Act.

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