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  • Holders of a valid vehicle/trailer licence
  • Vehicle owners may apply for renewal of a vehicle licence within 4 months prior to the expiry date of the current licence online via GovHK (by clicking on the button under “Quick Links”)
  • All goods vehicles, taxis, buses, light buses, special purpose vehicles trailers and private cars aged 6 years or more are required to pass an annual vehicle examination before renewing the licence. A passing examination result is valid for four months from the date of issue. When submitting the vehicle licence renewal application, the examination result must be valid, and it must also be valid on the date when the new licence is to become operative. For details, please click here
  • Applicants should present the following documents’ image files in JPEG or PDF format:
    • An iAM Smart+ account with digital signing function / a valid personal digital certificate issued by recognised Certification Authorities
    • Valid policy of insurance (including covering note) or security in respect of third party risks (Not applicable to trailer)
      (If the insurance company issuing the valid policy has already provided the relevant insurance record to the Motor Insurance Distributed Ledger Technology (“DLT”)-based Authentication System (“MIDAS”) of the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers in a timely manner, allowing the Transport Department to verify it online, there is no need for the registered owner to upload the policy of insurance. For enquiries regarding whether the above arrangement applies to a particular insurance company or policy, please contact the relevant insurance company or intermediary directly. The information of the motor policy provided by the insurer to the designated online platform developed by the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers generally takes 7 calendar days to be effective for online verification.)
    • Proof of present address which is issued not more than 3 months from the date of submitting application
  • Fee
    • Please click here for the fee table
  • Payment methods
    • A credit card (Visa, MasterCard, JCB or China UnionPay), FPS, a PPS account number and Internet password or Mainland China’s Licensed Digital Wallets (Alipay, WeChat Pay, UnionPay QuickPass)
  • Starting from 30 December 2024, the Transport Department (TD) will issue a notice showing the latest validity period of the vehicle licence (VL) to vehicle owners who have successfully renewed their VL, followed by a VL without the expiry date printed thereon, while other information printed on the vehicle licence remains unchanged. After obtaining such VL without a printed expiry date, registered owners are still required to renew the licence annually. If the vehicle particulars (e.g. registration mark, body colour, etc.) remain unchanged, the vehicle owner can continue to use the same VL after each subsequent renewal, and there is no need to replace the VL displayed on the windscreen of the vehicle.
  • If you do not have a VL without a printed expiry date, the TD will send a VL without a printed expiry date to your correspondence address by registered mail within 10 working days upon successful renewal. If you already have a VL without a printed expiry date, after the VL is successfully renewed, the TD will send a Vehicle Licensing Notice (“VLN”) to the email address you provided when submitting the online application within 10 working days. The issuance of the VLN means that the VL is successfully renewed and the latest licensed period of the vehicle will be shown on the VLN. Applicants could enquire the application status via the link below:
please click here to enquire application status
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