Driver & Vehicle Licensing
St Peter Port
About
Driver & Vehicle Licensing is a States-owned entity that provides public services related to driving and vehicle administration. It offers driving licences, including provisional, full, duplicate, renewals, and foreign licence exchanges, as well as International Driving Permits for a fee of £18.00. The organisation also handles vehicle registration, changes of keeper, and registration-number exchanges. It administers theory and practical driving tests, with practical tests conducted in Alderney starting and finishing at the Airport. —
Quick facts
- Legal form
- Operates the Driving Instructor Voluntary Registration Scheme, introduced 1 November 2024
- Coverage
- Alderney — practical driving tests held there, starting and finishing at the Airport
- Service options
- Online self-service portal for licence and test transactions at traffic.gov.gg
- Facilities
- Second site: Bulwer Avenue office, where practical driving tests start and finish
- Industries served
- Government
Services offered
- Theory and practical driving test booking and administration
- Driving licences: provisional
- full and duplicate applications
- renewals
- change of name/address
- and exchange of a foreign licence
- International Driving Permits (IDP)
- issued for a fee of £18.00
- Blue Badge scheme for people who are severely mobility impaired
- registered blind or claiming severe disability allowance
- Vehicle registration (including first registration duty based on emissions)
- change of keeper
- and registration-number exchanges
Hours
Monday to Friday 9:00AM - 4:00PM (Edward T Wheadon House office)
Contact
- Phone
- +44 1481 221000
- dvl@gov.gg
- Website
- museums.gov.gg
- Address
- Edward T Wheadon House, Le Truchot, Guernsey GY1 3WH, Guernsey
Location
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