What information you need when applying
To apply for a licence you'll need:
- an email address to start or continue your application
- all your addresses for the last 5 years and the dates you lived there
- a credit or debit card to pay the application fee
- proof of your identity
- certified copies of your overseas police report translated into English, if you were born abroad or have lived outside the UK in the last 5 years (not required if you left your country of birth as a child)
- certified overseas credit report or letter of good standing from your overseas bank translated into English, if you were born abroad or have lived outside the UK in the last 5 years (not required if you left your country of birth as a child).
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Last updated: 11 January 2023
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Following user feedback and an audit, we have edited this page for consistency. No substantive changes to requirements have been made.