Requirements for a Pro Driving Permit 

YOU need to hold a valid driver’s licence when applying for a Professional Driving Permit (PRDP). You can apply for a PRDP only for the code of licence that you hold. People who drive buses, for instance, need to hold this permit.

The categories and age restrictions

The requirements

• An applicant must fill in a yellow PD1 form
• The applicant must be examined by a doctor and issued with a signed and stamped certificate
• Have your fingerprints taken at a police station. The police will retain the forms

Your next step

• Return to the test center after about seven weeks to find out if the police have returned the forms
• If the forms are there, you will need a valid identity document, four black and white passport-size photographs and R205.00 for the issue of a PRDP

Note that PRDP forms are valid for six months only. If you fail to have the forms processed within this period, you have to start the process again.

If applicants convert their licence to the card type and apply for their PRDP at the same time, they will have to pay the outstanding penalties for failing to convert in the required period.

(Information from the Road Traffic Inspectorate, Rossburgh) 

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