Individual customers, citizens, and residents, who are above the legal age and medically fit, are eligible to get a driving learning permit and apply for a new driving license. The minimum age requirement to obtain a driving license depends on the vehicle, for which you are obtaining the license.
The minimum age requirement is as follows:
• 17 years for motorcycles and for vehicles for people with special needs
• 18 years for cars and light vehicles
• 20 years for heavy vehicles and tractors
• 21 years for buses.
Documents required to open a traffic file include:
1. Copy of passport and residence visa page
2. Copy and original emirates ID card
3. 2 photographs
4. Eye test report
5. No objection letter from the sponsor (if required by the related traffic department).
Procedures followed to learn car driving includes:
1. Opening a traffic file in one of the registered driving centers in the related emirate
2. Conducting an eye test at any center approved by the traffic department
3. Completing all required driving classes
4. Passing all tests set by the related traffic department
5. Obtaining a driving license from the traffic authority.