If your application details and payment are in order, Transport Department will send the new full driving licence to your correspondence address by registered mail within ten working days.

 

From 30 December 2020 onwards, if an applicant wishes to apply for renewal of full driving licence through online system, he/she should have –
    (a) an “iAM Smart+” account with digital signing function; or
    (b) a valid personal digital certificate issued by the recognised Certification Authorities (e.g. the Hong Kong Post); or
    (c) Renewal Password issued by the Transport Department
for identity authentication purpose.

 

Applicant should have an “iAM Smart+” account with digital signing function in order to use online system for renewal of full driving licence.
Applicant can use/visit “iAM Smart” self-service kiosk, service counters or registration team to create “iAM Smart+” account with digital signing function.

For details of the application of “iAM Smart+” account, please visit “iAM Smart” website (https://www.iamsmart.gov.hk/en/index.html).

If applicants have any enquiries, please call “iAM Smart” hotline at (852) 182 123 or send email to enquiry@iamsmart.gov.hk.

 

If applicants encounter any problems or difficulties in the registration process of “iAM Smart+” account or using “iAM Smart+” mobile application, please call “iAM Smart” hotline at (852) 182 123 or send email to enquiry@iamsmart.gov.hk.

Applicants can also visit “iAM Smart” website (https://www.iamsmart.gov.hk/en/index.html) to obtain the related information.

 

Yes, you can change your current residential and/or correspondence address when you fill in your application for renewal of full driving licence online. All vehicle and driving licence records to you under the same identity document number held by Transport Department will be updated to the new address (es) reported.

 

If your application details and payment are in order, the new licence will be sent to you by registered mail within ten working days. If you do not receive your licence then, you may contact 1823 Call Centre.

When your application is being processed, Transport Department may have to contact you. To make sure that you can be reached during office hours, you should provide us with your daytime contact telephone number.

 

Yes, a full driving licence may be renewed within four months prior to its expiry date. For more details on the application requirement for renewal of full driving licence, please visit the homepage of Transport Department.

 

You could choose to pay by FPS, PPS or credit card (Visa / MasterCard / JCB / China UnionPay). For details, please visit here.

 

You may log on here.

 

Application for Renewal of Full Driving Licence is easy to use and can save your time on queuing at the Licensing Office.

 

Application for Renewal of Full Driving Licence is designed to work with the operating systems and software used by the majority of visitors to our website. Please see the section System Requirements for GovHK Online Services for further details.

 

Application for Renewal of Full Driving Licence will automatically log out if you leave your computer idle for longer than 15 minutes.

 

A full driving licence may be renewed at any time during the four months before expiry. However, a licence which has expired for a period exceeding three years is not renewable. In such circumstances, if you wish to re-obtain a full driving licence again, you have to take a new road test. However, you will be exempted from taking the written test. Please visit the homepage of Transport Department for details.

 

You may call 1823 Call Centre whenever you have any enquiry about Application for Renewal of Full Driving Licence.

 

The acceptable formats for the image file are as follows:

Image type	[for HKID card and Government Driving Permit] JPEG, PDF, GIF or PNG [for documentary proof] JPEG, PDF, TIFF
File size	2 MB or below (PDF and PNG) 5 MB or below (JPEG, GIF and TIFF)
Filename length	maximum 40 allowed characters one Chinese character is counted as three English letters
Filename characters	A-Z; a-z; 0-9; Chinese characters
File extension	[for HKID card and Government Driving Permit] jpeg, jpg, pdf, gif or png [for documentary proof] jpeg, jpg, pdf, tiff or tif
Image size*	[for HKID card and Government Driving Permit] 8.5 cm(W) x 5.5 cm(H) [for documentary proof] 21cm (maximum width) x 29 cm (maximum height)
Image resolution*	from 150 dpi to 200 dpi

*Standards recommended for scanning of hard copies for uploading. Please ignore if you intend to upload JPEG or PDF digital files. Application will still be accepted even if these standards are not met but the uploaded images are clear and legible. The applicant may be required to provide the supporting document again if the contents of the uploaded image cannot be clearly read by Transport Department.

 

You can use Renewal Password issued by Transport Department for authentication to submit online application for renewal of full driving licence through browsers of mobile devices.

 

Mobile devices of different brands and models with different operating systems and browsers have their own features. They may not support all the functions of Application for Renewal of Full Driving Licence completely. If you encounter compatibility problems, please change to use a desktop or notebook computer.

 

The "Print" and "Save" buttons are tailor-made for desktop and notebook computers.