Botswana - Apply for local Route Permit (Operation Permit)

Advertisement

Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. You should contact the Registration and Licensing Officer at any of the Department of Road Transport and Safety offices near you, for more information on how to file the application with the department.
2. Accurately fill in the application form (Form RTS 1 - Application for Initial Grand or Amendment or Renewal of Road Transport Permit) which can be obtained from the above offices.
3. submit the completed form along with the required supporting documentation (as listed below) for verification and processing.
4. Pay the application fee of BWP100.00 to the Registration and Licensing Officer
5. On a schedule date and time, you will be required to attend Transport Advisory Board hearing and at this point that the decision would be made regarding your application.
6. If approved, you will be required to take the vehicle to the Transport Inspectors for inspection. If inspection is failed, applicants must comply with Inspector's instructions to rectify any vehicle issues that may have caused the failure and reapply.
7. If your vehicles pass the inspection phrase you will be issued inspection certificates.
8. Then Take the inspection certificate and all of the other supporting documents to the Registration and Licensing Officer and pay the permit fee. Once fee is paid, the permit will be issued.

Advertisement

Required Documents

1. Copy of the vehicle's registration document (if available) otherwise proof of vehicle owner's financial ability (such as a bank statement or prequalification letter from a financial institution).
2. Copy of vehicle's valid road worthiness certificate.
3. Vehicle inspection certificate (only if permit application is approved by the board).
4. Certified copy of applicant's national ID (Omang).
5. Business plan.
6. If applicant is a company: copy of certificate of incorporation, directors' national photo ID, and shareholders' certificates.

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry of Transport and Communications
Private Bag 00414
Gaborone
Botswana
Tel. (+267) 3612000
Fax. (+267) 3971117/3971114
Toll Free. 0800 600830
Email. [email protected]
Opening hours: 07:30 to 16:30, Monday to Friday, except public holidays.

Department of Road Transport and Safety offices link

Eligibility

Any Botswana citizen who owns a taxi, combi or bus is eligible

Fees

• Application fee of BWP100.00
• Permit fee of BWP100.00 (taxis), BWP130.00 (combis and omnibuses), and BWP210.00 (buses).

Validity

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to Use

Form RTS 1 - Application for Initial Grand or Amendment or Renewal of Road Transport Permit

Sample Documents

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

Processing Time

The permit is issued within 39 business days. If the is any failures along the process, the process would be lengthened

Related Videos

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites. 	
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Instructions

Transport operators who provide transport services locally in Botswana and wish to ply their trade on a specific route must be authorised to do so by applying for a local route permit through the Registration and Licensing Officer at any of the Department of Road Transport and Safety offices

Required Information

• Particulars of the applicant
• Particulars of the vehicle
• Particulars of the company

Need for the Document

Transport operators who provide transport services locally in Botswana (taxis, combis, and buses) and wish to operate on a specific route must be authorised to do so by obtaining a local route permit.

Information which might help

Enter other informations which might help.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

Place some external links which might help.

Others

More information which might help people.