DL Application: Want To Apply For A Driving Licence? Here Are The List Of Documents Needed

DL Application: Check out the steps on how to apply for a driving licence and necessary documents needed for the application.

After Coronavirus hit the country people are hesitant in using public transports, even though strict measures are been taken and the vehicles are being properly sanitised. People are willing to travel by their own vehicle and the most important thing you need to ride your own car or two-wheeler is a driving licence. In India, in order to drive your own vehicle, you must possess a driving licence. Driving your vehicle without a driving licence is considered a punishable offence. According to the Motor Vehicles Act of 1988, no individual shall be allowed to drive a motor vehicle without a driving licence in a public place. It will be considered a punishable offence. People earlier considered applying for a driving licence as a tedious process. However, with innovation in technology, applying for driving licence has become easier. You do not have to stand in a long queue to submit your DL application.

How can I apply for driving licence?

As everything has become work from home these days, the driving licence application can also be filled from home or from your mobile phones. You can simply download the licence application form and fill the form according to the documents required. After this, you are required to sit for a written test and interview and you can successfully get your licence. You can start the application process by logging in to the goverment website Sarathi

What are the documents required for your driving licence?

• Learner's licence. An individual will first be provided with the learner licence. After a month, the issuer has to appear before the RTO authority for the test. After proper examination, he/she will be declared passed and then considered for the driving licence.
• You might submit any of these documents as your Age Proof -Birth certificate -PAN Card -Passport -10th class mark sheet -Transfer certificate from any school -Voter ID
• Any of the following documents can be submitted as address proof -Ration card -Voter ID card -Aadhaar card -Passport -Electricity bill or telephone bill -Life insurance policy
• Learner's licence
• Passport-sized photographs
• Medical certificate for applicants over 40 years of age
• Application form
• Provide your gas or electricity bill if you are staying in some other city, as current address proof

Documents required for learner's licence

1. Passport-sized photographs
2. Ration card
3. Physical Fitness Declaration
4. Medical certificate form
5. In order to provide age proof, one may submit -Passport -Voter's identity card -Birth certificate -School matriculation certificate -Life insurance policy
6. An affidavit sworn before a Public Notary or Magistrate.
7. In order to provide address proof, one may provide -Passport -Ration card -Life Insurance policy -Voter's identity card

Important points to know before applying for a driving licence

• You must be above 16 years of age for two-wheeler licence and 18 years for four-wheelers.
• It is only after 30 days that you can apply for driving licence after learner licence has been issued.
• Learner's licence holders have to apply for a driving licence within 6 months after learner's licence has been issued.