Apply for a driver digital tachograph card

Apply for a digital driver tachograph card to store information about your daily work as a driver.

There’s a different way to apply for a company tachograph card if you’re an operator.

How to apply

You can apply online or by post to:

  • get your first GB (Great Britain) driver digital tachograph card if you currently live in England, Scotland or Wales (you cannot apply online if you’re exchanging a foreign tachograph card - apply by post instead)
  • renew a card if it’s expiring within 90 days
  • replace a lost or stolen card

You can only apply by post for the following:

  • to replace a damaged or faulty card
  • to change the name or address on your card
  • to get your first GB driver digital tachograph card if you currently live abroad/outside Great Britain
  • if you have a paper driving licence

If you need to change an EU, EEA or Northern Ireland tachograph card to a GB tachograph card, you must apply by post. You must have lived in the UK for more than 6 months in the past year.

Report a lost, stolen, damaged or faulty card

You must tell the DVLA immediately if your card is lost, stolen, damaged or not working properly.

DVLA
Telephone: 0300 790 6109
Monday to Friday, 8am to 7pm
Find out about call charges

You must also apply for a replacement card within 7 days.

Fees

It costs:

  • £32 for your first GB driver digital tachograph card
  • £19 to renew an expired card
  • £19 to replace a lost or stolen card
  • £32 to change an EU, EEA or Northern Ireland tachograph card to a GB tachograph card

Apply online

You’ll need:

  • a GB photocard driving licence (England, Wales and Scotland)
  • your driving licence number
  • a credit or debit card

Your tachograph card will be sent to the address that’s on your driving licence. If it’s incorrect, you’ll need to change the address on your driving licence before you apply.

Apply online

Northern Ireland

There’s a different way to apply for a Northern Ireland digital tachograph card.

Apply by post

You can fill in a paper form to apply for, renew or replace a driver digital tachograph card.

Either:

If you have a paper driving licence, call DVLA and ask for form D777B (ST1A) instead.

DVLA
Telephone: 0300 790 6109
Monday to Friday, 8am to 7pm
Find out about call charges

Post your completed application form to DVLA. The address is on the form.

Do not use this form if your driver tachograph card has no address on it - you only need to change the address on your driving licence.

Photograph ID

Your driver tachograph card will have a photograph and a digital copy of your signature on it. DVLA will use the photograph and signature from your photocard driving licence if you have one.

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