Drivers who are licensed as Taxi drivers in London must provide the documents listed below to be considered for driving on the Bolt platform.

Please follow the instructions carefully to have your documents successfully reviewed for account activation:

⚠️ Note: Before you go online for the first time, you will be required to complete the selfie verification in order to verify your identity. Please have your driving licence ready. Check what do to if you have issues with completing the selfie verification.

DVLA Driving Licence

Requirements

• Must be a full licence, not provisional
• Must be a good-quality scan or photo of your current UK DVLA Driving Licence document, with all four corners clearly visible
• Your licence must be valid, and it must be the most recently issued version of the document
• Your name, date of birth, full address (including postcode) and profile photo must match your other documents
• The image you provide must be of the original document. We cannot accept photos of printouts/scans/other photos or black and white images.

Taxi Driver Licence

Requirements

• Licenced to ply for hire in all London
• Must be a paper certificate
• Must be a good-quality color scan or photo of your current Taxi Driver Licence document, with all four corners clearly visible
• Your licence must be valid, and it must be the most recently issued version of the document
• The image you provide must be of the original document. We cannot accept photos of printouts/scans/other photos or black and white images.

Taxi Driver Badge

Requirements

• Must be a green badge
• The Badge number matches the Taxi Licence

Profile picture

Your profile picture will be visible to passengers in the app and must be a good likeness to you. Pictures must meet the following requirements:

• Your face is centred in the frame
• Nobody else is visible in the frame
• The image is not blurry
• You're not wearing a hat or sunglasses (eyeglasses and religious garments are accepted)
• The photo is taken in good lighting (try facing a light source, like a lamp or window)
• The image is taken against a solid background
• The photo is taken with the camera at eye level

Vehicle details

Requirements

• Vehicle registration number