Before the day
Book your slot with your local driving licence testing centre (DLTC). Booking rules differ by province, so check how your centre takes bookings.
Bring your ID, and ask the centre which other documents and photographs they need. Requirements change, so confirm before you travel.
- Your official ID, or a valid passport
- Proof of address not older than three months, such as a utility bill
- If the bill is not in your name, an affidavit from the person named on it, with the bill attached
- If you live in an informal settlement, a dated letter from the ward councillor
- The booking receipt the centre gave you
- The test fee, already paid, and the issue fee ready if you pass
Photographs and the eye test
The national form asks for two identical ID photographs. Centres differ on colour and on the exact number, so ask yours before you pay for prints.
You do an eye test at the centre, or they send you to an optometrist and you bring the form back before they will book you. If you are 65 or older you also complete a medical certificate, form MC, at the centre.
At the centre
Arrive early. Queues move slowly, and rushing is how people miss a question they know.
Many centres use the computerised learner’s test. Some still use paper. Either way it is the same paper: 30 rules, 30 signs and 8 vehicle controls, 68 questions in 60 minutes.
- Rules of the road
- 22 of 30 to pass
- Signs, signals and markings
- 23 of 30 to pass
- Vehicle controls
- 6 of 8 to pass
- You must clear every section. Two passes do not carry a third.
- One short section means you rewrite the whole paper and pay the test fee again.
Your result
If you pass and pay the issue fee, the centre issues the learner’s licence the same day. It lasts 24 months and cannot be extended.
With it, a licensed driver has to be with you, except on a motorcycle. You may not carry a passenger on a motorcycle.
If you use Driver53, record the result so your plan moves to the section that was short, or on to the driving test if you cleared all three.
Short answers
- What do I take to the centre?
- Your ID, proof of address from the last three months, the booking receipt, and the photographs your centre asked for. Pay the test fee when you book. Take the issue fee as well if you are writing that day, because you pay it only if you pass.
- How long is a learner’s licence valid?
- 24 months from the day it is issued. It cannot be extended. If it expires before you pass the driving test, you book the learner’s test again.
- What happens if I fail one section?
- You rewrite the whole paper. A pass in rules and vehicle controls does not keep. You pay the test fee again, and the issue fee only when you pass all three.
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