Jamaica - Apply for a New Driver License
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ProcedureEdit
Apply In-Person
- To apply for a new driver’s license, you need to submit your application to the Island Traffic Authority (ITA),but you must first obtain a provisional drivers licence form the local Inland Revenue Department or Tax Office. You can view the complete procedure of obtaining a provisional drivers licence in the wikiprocedure website (Jamaica- Apply for Provisional Driver License)
- After obtaining a provisional driver’s license, complete the driving lessons from an experienced driver with a valid driver’s license, you instructor should also teach you basic mechanical skill.
- Obtain the application for a new driver’s license at any office of the Island Traffic Authority (ITA), Tax Office or download an electronic version from the Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) website: Link scroll down to find “Form F7 - Application for Driver's Licence Transaction(s)” or you can download the application form directly via this link: Link
- Fill the application form accordingly and then take it to a Justice of piece or a Superintendent of police or a member of the attorney to certify the application
- Pay the driver’s licence examination fee of $1000 at the Tax Office or the nearest examination depot (debit/credit card only) and obtain the payment receipt.
- Contact the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) in your perish to book an appoint for the driver’s license examination
- On the appointment date, visit the ITA with your provisional driver’s license and the driver’s license examination payment receipt attached to the certified driver’s license application form.
- Then submit the complete application to the ITA official at the service desk for verification.
- Once verified, you will undergo a test for reading ability, road code and or mechanical knowledge and if required you will be needed to complete a yard test which you will be required to pass and then proceed to complete a full sentence of the examination
- Then the examination department will enter your results into their system and forward your documents(Certificate of Competence) to a specified Tax office for processing of your driver’s license
- Visit the Tax office where your certificate of competence was sent, and pay the license fees at the cashier and obtain the payment receipt
- Then an official will require you fill the necessary forms and may ask you to do a reading test.
- Then the official will confirm your information in their data base and then take your photograph, which will be lamented on your driver’s license and issued to you.
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Required DocumentsEdit
- Compete application form
- Payment receipt
- Provisional driver’s license
Office Locations & ContactsEdit
Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ)
Address: PCJ Bldg. 36 Trafalgar Road,Kingston 5
Phone: 922-5905
Email: [email protected]
Website: Link
All TAJ office contacts: Link
Island Traffic Authority (ITA)
Address: 145 Maxfield Ave,Kingston, Jamaica
Phone: +1 876-754-2814
website: Link
All ITA office contacts: Link
EligibilityEdit
- Individuals form the age of 17 with a valid provisional driver’s license
FeesEdit
- Driver’s license examination fee: $3,240.00
- General new: $7,500.00
- Private new: $1,550.00
- Motor cycle new: $1,300.00
ValidityEdit
- Five years
Documents to UseEdit
- Application form: Link
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Processing TimeEdit
- Within 3 working days
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InstructionsEdit
- Note the application form for a driver’s license is a multipurpose and you should make the correct check box to make the correct application in section A of the application [form.ie Link] In section a under Transaction(S), tick or select “Issue (new applicant)”
Required InformationEdit
- Type of application
- Class of license
- General information
- Declaration
Need for the DocumentEdit
A valid driver’s license proves that you are allowed to drive in Jamaica and driving without one is a traffic offence punishable by law
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Other uses of the Document/CertificateEdit
- Driver’s license can be used as a proof of identity.
External LinksEdit
TAJ: Link
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