Renew a driving licence • Application form for (Fully completed) • Current/ most recent driving licence / Learner permit • If you do not have your most recent licence you must present a completed lost licence declaration (question 17 on D401) together with • • (dated within 1 month) if required • if required • if required • If the address has changed since your last learner permit/ driving licence was issued, you must provide which must be dated within 6 months • • Your Photograph and signature will be captured at the NDLS office. First time driving licence • Application form for (Fully completed) • Cert of Competency (dated within 2 years) • Current Learner Permit • If you do not have your most recent learner permit you must present a completed lost licence declaration (question 17 on D401) together with • (dated within 1 month) if required • • if required • if required • If the address has changed since your last learner permit was issued, you must provide. This must be must be correspondence addressed to you dated within 6 months • • Your Photograph and signature will be captured at the NDLS office.

I want my driving licence/learner permit to reflect my marriage/civil partnership name - what must I submit? • Application form for (Fully completed) • Current/ most recent driving licence / Learner permit • If you do not have your most recent licence you must present a completed lost licence declaration (question 17 on D401) • Your original civil marriage certificate* or original civil partnership certificate*, if primary photographic ID is not already in your married name.

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• (dated within 1 month) if required • if required • if required •. This must be in the marriage name unless providing a marriage cert to show link between original name and marriage name • Photographic ID • • Your Photograph and signature will be captured at the NDLS office *Certified translations are required for all marriage certificates or civil partnership certificates which are not in English or Irish. Driver Sis 330 Mirage Igp Windows 7. Translations must be provided by a reputable company who must be a member of the Irish Translator and Interpreters Association.

The original marriage or civil partnership certificate must be submitted together with the certified translation. Otherwise, you will need to submit in your married name or two official documents from the list that we accept for Evidence of Address or PPSN that show you've been using your married name for two years on the date of application at the NDLS centre.

I want to revert to my pre marriage/ civil partnership name – what documents do I need to submit with my application? I’ve changed my name by Deed Poll - what documents do I need to submit with my application? I wish to use the Irish version of my name - what documents do I need to submit with my application? I wish to use my usage name - what documents do I need to submit with my application? Change of medical details: If, following consultation with your GP, your medical condition is one that needs to be noted on your driver record you must submit a Medical Report Form to the NDLS. You will need to apply for a change of personal details through any NDLS centre.

Where you are applying for a replacement for a lost, stolen licence, you must submit: • Application form for (Fully completed) • You must present a completed lost licence declaration (question 17 on D401) • (dated within 1 month) if required • if required • if required • • If the address has changed since your last learner permit/ driving licence was issued, you must provide evidence of new address (must be dated within 6 months) • • Evidence of • • Your Photograph and signature will be captured at the NDLS office. Where you are applying for a replacement for a damaged licence, you must submit: • Application form for (Fully completed) • The damaged licence •. In the case of a damaged licence alternative ID will be required even if you have your damaged licence with you • (dated within 1 month) if required • if required • if required • • If the address has changed since your last learner permit/ driving licence was issued, you must provide evidence of new address (must be dated within 6 months) • Photographic ID • Evidence of • • Your Photograph and signature will be captured at the NDLS office. Damaged licences/permits It is accepted that there will be some wear and tear of licences and permits, particularly those in paper format, such as fraying or smudging. However if a licence/permit is significantly damaged, the applicant will be required to make a Garda declaration (see question *** of the application form) and to present another approved when presenting at the NDLS centre.

Significant damage is where the integrity of the document has been affected and can include but is not limited to where: • The text is no longer easily legible • Adhesive tape/contact paper has been applied to some or all of the document • The photograph has been damaged/dislodged • The paper has disintegrated such as due to water damage • The licence/permit is excessively torn or stained The verification officer in the NDLS will confirm whether the document is deemed to be significantly damaged. Apply for Irish Driving Licence while living abroad? To apply for a licence you must be able to demonstrate that you are normally resident in Ireland, ‘normal residence’ means the place where a person usually live for at least 185 days in each calendar year, because of personal and occupational ties, or, in the case of a person with no occupational ties, because of personal ties which show close links between that person and the place where he is living. However, the normal residence of a person whose occupational ties are in a different place from his personal ties and who consequently lives in turn in different places situated in two or more Member States shall be regarded as being the place of his personal ties, provided that such person returns there regularly.

This last condition need not be met where the person is living in a Member State in order to carry out a task of a definite duration. Attendance at a university or school shall not imply transfer of normal residence. If you are abroad working on a fixed term contract or studying abroad but normally resident in Ireland and wish to renew your driving licence please contact lqueries@rsa.ie.

Licence term Your age will determine the licence term you can apply for: • Under 60: 10-year cars and motorcycles, or 5 year for buses and HGVs. Boardmaker 5 Download. • 60-66: a licence that will expire when you reach 70 • 67-69: 3-year licence • 70 or over: 3-year or 1-year licence (subject to certification of fitness to drive by your doctor) The age in question is your age on the first day of the period for which the licence is being granted. A 1-year or 3 year licence may be granted in exceptional circumstances where, for medical reasons, a longer licence term cannot be granted. Current Fees Driving Licence New Driving Licences and Renewals €55 Three Year Licence (Age or Medical Grounds) €35 One Year Licence (Medical Grounds) €25 Replacement or Duplicate Licence €35 Exchange a Foreign Licence €55 Learner Permits New learner permit and renewal applications. Category added or removed. €35 €35 * The Over 70's Renewal Driving Licences /Learner Permits will remain free Payments The National Driver Licence Service will accept the following payment methods with your application: • Cash (where you attend in person at the NDLS centre) • Cheque • Bank draft • Money order • Debit card / credit card / prepaid credit card The NDLS will only accept one method of payment for each application.

The NDLS will only accept one payment for one application – a single payment for multiple applications will not be accepted. Cheque, bank drafts or money orders must be made payable to 'National Driver Licence Service (NDLS)'.

For applications paid for by cheque, please note that those applications will be placed on hold until the cheque clears. The NDLS will process debit and credit card payments in accordance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) rules. If you wish to use a third party debit or credit card for payment, then the third party must be present in person to make the payment.

I want my driving licence/learner permit to reflect my marriage/civil partnership name - what must I submit? • Application form for (Fully completed) • Current/ most recent driving licence / Learner permit • If you do not have your most recent licence you must present a completed lost licence declaration (question 17 on D401) • Your original civil marriage certificate* or original civil partnership certificate*, if primary photographic ID is not already in your married name.

• (dated within 1 month) if required • if required • if required •. This must be in the marriage name unless providing a marriage cert to show link between original name and marriage name • Photographic ID • • Your Photograph and signature will be captured at the NDLS office *Certified translations are required for all marriage certificates or civil partnership certificates which are not in English or Irish. Translations must be provided by a reputable company who must be a member of the Irish Translator and Interpreters Association. The original marriage or civil partnership certificate must be submitted together with the certified translation. Otherwise, you will need to submit in your married name or two official documents from the list that we accept for Evidence of Address or PPSN that show you've been using your married name for two years on the date of application at the NDLS centre.

I want to revert to my pre marriage/ civil partnership name – what documents do I need to submit with my application? I’ve changed my name by Deed Poll - what documents do I need to submit with my application? I wish to use the Irish version of my name - what documents do I need to submit with my application? I wish to use my usage name - what documents do I need to submit with my application? Change of medical details: If, following consultation with your GP, your medical condition is one that needs to be noted on your driver record you must submit a Medical Report Form to the NDLS. You will need to apply for a change of personal details through any NDLS centre. Driving licence categories questions on this please email This table explains each of the 15 driving licence categories.

Minimum age refers to the age at which you can receive a learner permit for that category. Category Vehicle type Minimum age* AM Mopeds and Light quadricycles. 16 years A1 Motorcycles with an engine capacity not exceeding 125 cubic centimetres, with a power rating not exceeding 11 kW and with a power to weight ratio not exceeding 0.1 kW/kg.

Motor tricycles with a power rating not exceeding 15 kW. 16 years A2 Motorcycles with a power rating not exceeding 35 kW, with a power to weight ratio not exceeding 0.2 kW/kg and not derived from a vehicle of more than double its power. 18 years A Motorcycles and Motor tricycles. 24 years or 20 with progressive access B Vehicles (other than motorcycles, mopeds, work vehicles or land tractors) having a MAM1 not exceeding 3,500 kg, designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than eight passengers in addition to the driver. The vehicle may tow a trailer (a) where the MAM of the trailer is not greater than 750 kg or (b) where the MAM of the trailer exceeds 750kg the combined MAM of the towing vehicle and the trailer is not greater than 3,500 kg. Quadricycles (other than those covered by AM) are also covered by this category. 17 years BE Combination of drawing vehicles in category B and trailer where the MAM1 of the trailer is not greater than 3,500 kg.

17 years W Work vehicles and land tractor with or without a trailer. 16 years C Vehicles (other than work vehicles or land tractors) having a MAM1 exceeding 3,500 kg, designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than eight passengers in addition to the driver and where the MAM1 of the trailer is not greater than 750 kg. 21 years or 18 with CPC CE Combination of drawing vehicles in category C and trailer where the MAM1 of the trailer is greater than 750 kg.

21 years or 18 with CPC C1 Vehicles in category C having a MAM1 weight not exceeding 7,500 kg, designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than eight passengers in addition to the driver and where the MAM1 of the trailer is not greater than 750 kg. 18 years C1E Combination of drawing vehicles in category C1 and trailer where the MAM1 of the trailer is greater than 750 kg and where the MAM1 of the drawing vehicle and trailer combined does not exceed 12,000 kg. Combination of drawing vehicles in category B with trailer where the MAM1 of the trailer is greater than 3,500 kg and where the MAM1 of the drawing vehicle and trailer combined does not exceed 12,000 kg. 18 years D Vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of more than eight passengers in addition to the driver and where the MAM1 of the trailer is not greater than 750 kg.

24 years or 21 years with CPC DE Combination of drawing vehicles in category D and trailer where the MAM1 of the trailer is greater than 750 kg. 24 years or 21 years with CPC D1 Vehicles in category D designed and constructed for the carriage of not more than sixteen passengers in addition to the driver with a maximum length not exceeding 8 metres and where the MAM1 of the trailer is not greater than 750 kg. 21 years D1E Combination of drawing vehicles in category D1 and trailer where the MAM1 of the trailer is greater than 750 kg.

21 years Minimum age*: This refers to minimun age at which you can hold a learner permit in that category Note: 'Passenger accommodation' means seating accommodation for passengers in addition to the driver. 1 Maximum Authorised Mass (MAM1). Manufacturers generally refer to it as gross vehicle weight (g.v.w.) and it is usually displayed on a metal plate attached to the vehicle by the manufacturer. Important Tricycle: Where a person had an entitlement to the category B full licence prior to 19 January 2013 that also covered them to ride tricycles. They still retain that entitlement. All first full Licences issued for the category B from 19 January 2013 would not have this entitlement and therefore they must take out the appropriate Bike category to ride a trike. The appropriate bike category will depend on the CC of the Tricycle.

Moped: Where a person was issued the category B full licence prior to 21 October 2006 that also covered them to ride mopeds and therefore are entitled to the moped category AM provided the category B licence has not expired for more than 10 years. Codes on a Driving Licence or Learner Permit Some driving licences or learner permits will have Codes noted under Column 12 on the card licence or permit.

Codes generally set out information that restrict the use of the licence or permit or place an obligation on the driver. In some cases the Codes will result from the outcome of a medical examination, or as a result of an adapted vehicle presented for a driving test, or perhaps, because the driver held a foreign licence with restrictions that must now be placed on an Irish licence having exchanged the foreign licence. Some new Codes are being introduced from 1 January 2017, including Codes 61, 62(30), and 64(80) which allows for a driver to be restricted to driving in daylight hours, driving within a particular radius or within a particular speed. It is intended that these options would provide an alternative to being forced to stop driving completely because of medical circumstances. If you hold a licence or permit and medical or other circumstances mean that one of the Codes become relevant to your situation eg.

Following a crash you need to drive a vehicle with an adaption, you should contact the NDLS for advice on next steps. The table below sets out details of the Codes and what they mean for any particular driver. Table - Details of Codes on a Driving Licence or Learner Permit. Licensing categories There are four licensing categories for motorcycles • Riders can progress through the categories in some cases by doing prescribed training rather than taking a driving test. • A driver can drive the most powerful bike at 24 without any previous experience i.e. Category Vehicle type Minimum age* AM Mopeds and Light quadricycles. 16 years A1 Motorcycles with an engine capacity not exceeding 125 cubic centimetres, with a power rating not exceeding 11 kW and with a power to weight ratio not exceeding 0.1 kW/kg.

Motor tricycles with a power rating not exceeding 15 kW. 16 years A2 Motorcycles with a power rating not exceeding 35 kW, with a power to weight ratio not exceeding 0.2 kW/kg and not derived from a vehicle of more than double its power.

18 years A Motorcycles and Motor tricycles. 24 years or 20 with progressive access. Other regulations Helmets: Both rider and pillion must wear helmets while on a public road. Licences: You must hold a current driving licence or learner permit for a motorcycle or moped. Tax/insurance: You must display a current motor tax disc and have insurance cover before you can take your motorcycle or moped on a public road. Pillion passengers: It is a penal offence to carry a passenger if you hold a learner permit. And if you have a full licence, make sure your licence and insurance policy allow you to do so.

Alcohol: The current limit for drink driving is 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, 107mg of alcohol per 100ml of urine or 35mg of alcohol per 100ml of breath. Sidecars: These are permissible but must be properly constructed and fitted. They must have correct lighting and be adjoining the left side of the motorcycle.

Check this page regularly for new safety regulations for motorcyclists.

Holders of an EU/EEA licence If you have a driving licence issued by an EU/EEA member state you can drive in Ireland as long as your existing licence is valid. If you wish to exchange your driving licence for an equivalent Irish driving licence, you must do so within 10 years of your driving licence expiring. Where a driving licence has been issued on foot of an exchange from a country that Ireland does not have an exchange agreement with then Ireland cannot exchange the driving licence. Holders of licences issued by recognised States As a visitor to Ireland you can drive on a driving licence from any state outside the EU/EEA for up to a year provided the driving licence is current and valid.

However on taking up 'normal residence' in Ireland you must either exchange your driving licence or apply for a driving licence in Ireland. You are considered to be normally resident in Ireland if, because of personal and occupational ties, you usually live here for at least 185 days in each calendar year. Ireland has agreements with certain countries/states that designates them as recognised states for the purposes of driving licence exchange. International Driving Licence You are still required to produce your own licence for inspection when hiring a vehicle in Ireland an IDP (International Driving Licence) should be seen as a translation of your licence and not a replacement. All countries in the EU and European Economic Area (EEA) – EU plus Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland – benefit from a 'mutual recognition' agreement in respect of driving licences. You must hold a current and valid licence from the country you are resident in. EU/EEA licence holders who are resident in Ireland may apply for an IDP here.

There are two types of IDP: • 1949 UN Convention IDP. More common type; recognised in most countries • 1926 UN Convention IDP. Needed for driving in Brazil, Iraq, Nigeria and Somalia If you are from an EU/EEA country and possess a full valid driving licence from your home country, you will need to supply a copy of a utility bill (electricity, telephone or gas) showing your address in Ireland.

You will also be required to sign a declaration of residency on the application form. Apply to: AA 61A South William Street Dublin 2 Tel: (01) 617-9988 Who is ineligible?

You cannot be issued with an IDP in Ireland if you are from outside the EU or EEA. Where can I use my IDP? You can use your permit in any of the countries that have signed the 1926 or 1949 UN Convention on road traffic. In addition, many other countries that are not signatories to the 1949 convention recognise the IDP and accept it in their territory.

You should contact your embassy or consulate in advance of travel to confirm whether or not an IDP is recognised by Ireland. Note: even when you hold an IDP, you should always carry your own driving licence when travelling in Ireland, as you may be required to produce this licence for inspection, for example, when hiring a car. Holders of driving licences from other countries If you are not from any of the above countries, (for example The United States), and you hold a national driving licence or an from your own country, you may drive in Ireland for the duration of your temporary visit (up to 12 months). If your stay in Ireland will be more than 12 months you can apply for an Irish driving licence but you will need to go through the full driver licensing procedure.

You must first pass a, apply for a learner permit, complete a course of and pass your driving test in Ireland. If you pass your, you can then apply for a full Irish driving licence. Please click here for information on how to apply for a. Please Note: Once you obtain an Irish Learner Permit, this will take precedent over your full foreign driving licence and all rules & regulations pertaining to the holder of a learner permit applies / e.g., display of “L”plates, must be accompanied etc., How do I apply for a Driving Test?

Before you apply for a driving test you must complete Essential Driver Training (EDT) which is a mandatory training course that teaches fundamental driving skills to learner car drivers. The Essential Driver Training course is made up of 12 one-hour lessons, which you must complete before taking your Driving test.