Circular No. 05/2024/TT-BGTVT amends and supplements regulations on a number of cases of driver’s license revocation, notably that the owner’s license will be revoked if it is left to someone else Borrow your driving license.

On March 31, the Minister of Transport (MOT) issued Circular No. 05/2024/TT-BGTVT amending the Circular related to the field of road transport and road transport support services, vehicle and driver. In particular, the new regulations on issuance, renewal and revocation of driving licenses from June 1 attract many people’s attention.

What documents do trainee drivers need to prepare? 

According to Circular No. 05, trainee drivers need to prepare the following documents to include in their records:

For first-time driving learners, documents submitted directly to the training facility include: Application for study and testing to issue a driver’s license; Copy of temporary residence card, permanent residence card, diplomatic identity card or official identity card for foreigners and driver’s health certificate issued by a competent medical facility according to regulations.

For license upgrade driving learners, documents are submitted directly to the training facility and photos are taken directly and stored in the driver’s license database. Documents include: Application for study and testing to issue a driver’s license; Copy of temporary residence card, permanent residence card, diplomatic identity card or official identity card for foreigners; Driver’s health certificate issued by a competent medical facility according to regulations; Copy of junior high school diploma or equivalent degree or higher in case of upgrading driver’s license to classes D, E (present the original when checking test application documents) and Time declaration practice time and number of safe driving kilometers according to the form specified in Appendix 8 issued with Circular 12/2017/TT-BGTVT.

For minorities who cannot read or write Vietnamese and learn to drive class A1 or class A4 motorbikes, documents must be submitted directly at the training facility, including: Health certificate of the driver from the medical facility authority granted according to regulations.

New regulations on procedures for changing Driver’s Licenses 

Regarding the procedure for changing driver’s license, the application for changing driver’s license issued by the Transport sector will include the following documents: Application to change driver’s license according to the form; Driver’s health certificate issued by a competent medical facility according to regulations (except for cases of grades A1, A2, A3); Copy of driver’s license and valid passport (for foreigners and Vietnamese residing abroad).

Compared to current regulations, the application form to change driver’s license from June 1 will change, and will no longer require a copy of ID card/CCCD or a valid passport with the ID card/CCCD number recorded. (towards Vietnamese).

The procedure for applying to change driving license is prescribed as follows:

Department of Transport checks documents upon receipt; In case the dossier is not in accordance with regulations, the content that needs to be supplemented or amended must be notified to the individual within 02 working days from the date of receipt of the dossier;

The individual submitting the application must complete the obligation to pay the license issuance fee according to regulations and pay fees for using other services according to the individual’s needs;

Within 05 working days from the date of receiving complete documents according to regulations, the Department of Transport will change the driving license. In case the license is not changed, department must reply and clearly state the reason;

The license-issuing agency stores the original copy of the license changing file issued by the Transport sector (except in the case of changing the license through the online public service system); Copy of application for exchange of driving license or foreign driver’s license, driving license issued by the Police, military driving license issued by the Ministry of National Defense within 02 years from the date of issuance of the driving license. Cut corners of old driving license (except driving license issued by foreign countries), give it to the driver to preserve (in case of changing the driving license online for the whole process, the driver is responsible for sending the old driving license to the license issuing agency for cancellation according to regulations);

In case the driver wants to change the driving license to a lower class, it must be clearly stated in the application to change (re-issue) the driving license according to the prescribed form.

Lending to others may result in your license being revoked

In addition, this Circular also stipulates 6 cases in which the driver’s license can be revoked, including the driver’s license owner letting someone else use his or her driver’s license. The cases are specified as follows:

First, the driver committed fraud to obtain a driver’s license;

Second, the driver erases, or falsifies information on the driver’s license;

Third, allow someone else using your driver’s license;

Fourth, competent authorities issue grants to ineligible people;

Fifth, there is an error in one of the information about full name, date of birth, nationality, place of residence, driver’s license class, issued value, admission date, and signer;

Sixth, through a medical examination, the competent authority determines that there are drugs in the driver’s body.

This bulletin is intended solely to inform about newly issued legal regulations and is not intended as advice or for application to specific cases.

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