Guernsey - Renew your Driver License

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Procedure

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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 the 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. You may drive on the roads with your renewed provisional licence for the month during which you are attempting to pass the CBT.
4. 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.

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Required Documents

• A passport (or other document) used for identity checking must ordinarily be current and valid. The Environment Department may accept an out of date passport, provided that the photograph of the holder and the signature can be readily identified.
• Registered ID

Persons seeking to renew, replace or exchange a driving licence should be aware that a new style application form was introduced on 7th March 2011 and that all licences were made subject to ID checking from 4th April 2011.

Office Locations & Contacts

Vehicle Registration & Licensing Department (VRLD)

PO Box 145, Bulwer Avenue, St Sampsons, GY1 3HY, Channel Islands

Tel: +44 1481 243400 Fax: +44 1481 241177

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Instructions

Since Monday, 4th April 2011 all holders of a driving licence issued in the Bailiwick of Guernsey have been subject to an identification check. An identification check is only required on the first issue, or first alteration, of a licence.

In practice, this means that all applicants seeking to:

• take out a new or renew a licence;
• exchange an overseas licence;
• obtain a duplicate licence; or
• alter personal details on a licence (such as a change of address)

will need to fulfil the requirements for identification checking.

Broadly speaking, there are three methods by which an applicant or licence holder can meet the requirements. When next the individual needs to renew or alter the details on his / her driving licence, he / she can:

• Visit the Environment Department offices at Bulwer Avenue and, together with a completed Driving Licence Application form (DL11.2) , (which may be downloaded or obtainable from the Department), present his / her passport. The page bearing the photograph and signature will be scanned and the document returned. A new licence will be issued and will bear a date that will indicate it has been ID checked.

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• Visit the Environment Department offices at Bulwer Avenue and together with a completed Driving Licence Application form (DL11.2)and ID Check Application form (DLID11) , which may be downloaded from the list of application forms or obtainable from the Department, present his / her original birth or adoption certificate, together with two authenticated (the official term is attested) photographs. The certificate will be scanned and returned to the individual. If the document that is presented does not bear the holder's current name then original documentation showing a change of name (such as a marriage certificate) must also be presented.

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• Complete the Driving Licence Application form (DL11.2) and ID Check Application form (DLID11) , which may be downloaded from the list of application forms or obtainable from the Department, and send in authenticated colour photocopies of either a passport or a birth certificate (plus photographs).

Need for the Document

It is the responsibility of the holder to renew their licence up to two months before the expiry date printed on the licence.

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