Procedure When Applying for A Drivers Licence

• Drivers Licences’ are in three categories–

• An applicant needs to be in possession of a valid identity document and a valid learners’ licence when booking for his/her driver’s test.
• The applicant needs to undertake an eye test before undertaking this driver’s test or provide an eye test certificate from an optometrist not older than 3 months old.
• The applicant needs to complete the green BL1/DL1 application form and pay the prescribed fee. The fees for the various categories are:
  • Code A &A1                           R220,00
  • Code B & EB                          R250.00
  • Code C1, EC1& EC                 R300.00
    
    
• Provide 2 ID sized photos.
• Additionally, the applicant needs to provide proof of residence that is no older than 3 months old. The following are acceptable:
  
  Any utility account, for example, Electricity account; Water account; Sewage account; Refuse removal account.
  
  Any utility account, for example, Electricity account; Water account; Sewage account; Refuse removal account.
  
  In the case where the utility account is not in the name of the owner, the person in whose name the utility account is issued must make an affidavit declaring that the owner resides at the address and the affidavit must be accompanied by the utility account of such a person.
  
  Other acceptable documents are:
  
  A bank statement; A recent lease or rental agreement; Municipal rates and taxes invoice; Telephone or cellular account; Valid TV licence; Recent long term or short term insurance policy document issued by an insurance company; A statement of account issued by a retail store.
  
  In the case of a person who resides at an informal settlement or rural area, applicants should bring a letter with an official date stamp from the ward councillor confirming the postal and residential address; or a letter from the local tribal authority confirming the postal and residential address.
  
  The above documents must be either an original document or a certified copy thereof and must not be older than 3 months.
  

• On the day of the test the applicant needs to bring with them, their valid learner’s licence, valid Identity Document / Smart Card, receipt, and the prescribed fee for the issue of the driver’s licence, which is R250.
  If the applicant is successful, they need to have their fingerprints taken before applying for the card type driver’s licence. The applicant is issued with a temporary driver’s licence, which is valid for six months.
• An applicant needs to pay the issuance fee of R250 on the same day as the test, failing which, the applicant needs to undertake another test.
• A temporary driving licence will be issued.
• In order for applicants to collect their card they are required to bring a valid identity document, ID Smart Card, temporary identity document or a valid temporary driver’s licence to uplift their drivers licence card once it has been produced by the Card Production Facility in Pretoria and returned to the Driver’s Licence Testing Centre. This may take between six (6) to eight (8) weeks.

Location and contacts
Any driver's licence testing centre in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal. For a list of Drivers Licencing Testing Centre's please click here.

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