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Your name on a CPC card, tachograph card or taxi licence

Start with your driving licence: a lorry or bus licence goes to DVLA on form D2, and it is free. Your Driver CPC card, the DQC, uses the photo and signature from that licence, and GOV.UK publishes no separate form for a new name on it, so ask DVSA. A digital tachograph card changes by post on form D777B, which lists a change of name as free. A taxi or private hire licence belongs to the council that issued it, or to TfL in London.

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  • Checked with GOV.UK, October 2026
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Four things in your name

Who changes each one, and what it costs

Two come from DVLA, one from DVSA and one from your licensing authority, and only the first two have a published form for a new name.

  • Do this first

    Driving licence

    Who
    DVLA
    Form
    D2, from most Post Offices (D1 for a car licence)
    Fee
    Free
    Send
    Your licence, original Deed Poll and one document in your new name

    You can keep driving while DVLA has it, according to GOV.UK.

  • By post only

    Digital tachograph card

    Who
    DVLA
    Form
    D777B(DL), box d
    Fee
    Free for a change of name
    Old card
    Keep it: the form says not to send it back

    The new card carries the photo and signature from your photocard licence.

  • Ask first

    Driver CPC card (DQC)

    Who
    DVSA
    Form
    None published for a new name
    Fee
    Not published
    Ask
    DVSA Driver CPC enquiries, by email

    It is built from your licence record and posted to the address on your licence.

  • Ask first

    Taxi or private hire licence

    Who
    Your council, or TfL in London
    Form
    The authority’s own
    Fee
    Set by the authority
    Ask
    What proof it wants, and whether a new badge follows

    In London, TfL takes a change of name by email.

The order that works

Licence and tachograph card together, then the rest

  1. Sign your Deed PollWith your two witnesses watching. Order certified copies with it for the employer, the council and anyone else who keeps one.
  2. One envelope to DVLAHold a tachograph card? DVLA’s form D777B(DL) asks you to put your driving licence application in the same envelope, and gives DVLA, Swansea, SA99 1ST for a change of name. No tachograph card? Send form D2 on its own to DVLA, Swansea, SA99 1BR.
  3. Keep driving while you waitGOV.UK says you can drive while the licence is being changed, and the tachograph form tells you to keep your current card rather than return it.
  4. When the new tachograph card comesA confirmation of receipt letter comes with it. Fill it in and send it back to DVLA, as the form asks.
  5. Your Driver CPC cardWith the new licence in hand, email DVSA and ask how it issues a card in your new name. What to ask.
  6. Your taxi licence, then everyone elseTell your licensing authority, your employer and your agency. For the car at home: the driver’s tick list.
Licence and tachograph card
DVLA
Swansea
SA99 1STThe address form D777B(DL) gives for a change of name

Freeboth changes

  • Form D777B(DL), with box d ticked“To change my name on my digital tachograph card”, with sections 2 and 3 filled in and signed.
  • Your driving licence applicationThe tachograph form names form D1. GOV.UK’s licence page gives D2 for a lorry or bus licence, so ask DVLA which it wants if you are unsure.
  • Your photocard licenceThe one in your old name.
  • Your original Deed PollNot a photocopy or a certified copy. DVLA posts your documents back separately from the licence.
  • One document in your new nameIssued in the last 12 months and after your Deed Poll, such as a UK bank statement or a letter from your employer. The number of a new UK passport, written on the form, also counts.
  • Not in the envelope: your tachograph cardThe form asks you not to send it with a change of name. A confirmation of receipt letter comes with the new card, for you to fill in and return.
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Your Driver CPC card

Changing the name on a CPC card (DQC)

The Driver CPC card, which GOV.UK also calls the driver qualification card or DQC, is made from your driving licence: it uses the photo and signature from your photocard licence, it is posted to the address on that licence, and it carries no address of its own. GOV.UK sets out no form or fee for a new name on it.

So change the licence first, then email DVSA Driver CPC enquiries at cpcre@dvsa.gov.uk with your driving licence number. Ask three things: how it issues a card in your new name, whether there is a fee, and what to carry in the meantime. You must carry the card whenever you drive a lorry, bus or coach professionally, and GOV.UK puts the fixed penalty for not having it at £50.

Once the new licence arrives, sign in to DVSA’s training record service with its licence number and check your hours are all there.

Taxi and private hire drivers

Your taxi or private hire licence

It belongs to the licensing authority that issued it, not to DVLA, so the rules are local. GOV.UK names the authority: your council outside London, and Transport for London in it.

Licensed by a council

Contact the licensing team that issued your badge. Ask what proof it takes, whether a certified copy will do, and whether a new licence or badge in your new name follows, at what fee.

GOV.UK’s find your council service gives the right one.

Scotland and Northern Ireland

GOV.UK points to different processes for taxi and private hire licences in both. Ask the authority that licensed you in the same way.

A Northern Ireland licence, CPC card and tachograph card are the DVA’s, not DVLA’s.

Still qualifying?

A Driver CPC test booked in your old name

For the part 1 theory test and the part 2 case studies test, GOV.UK says to bring proof of your change of name, such as your Deed Poll, along with the licence you take to every test.

Without that proof, cancel the test and book it again in your new name, using your new licence number. Turn up without the right documents and the test is cancelled and the fee lost.

On the day of a part 1 or part 2 test

  • Your photocard licenceBring
  • Proof of your new name, such as your Deed PollBring
  • Arrive without themFee lost

From GOV.UK’s lorry and bus driver guidance, checked October 2026.

Questions & answers

Professional drivers, answered

How do I change my name on my CPC card?

Change your driving licence first: form D2 to DVLA for a lorry or bus licence, which is free. The Driver CPC card, also called the DQC, uses your licence photo and signature and is posted to the address on your licence, and GOV.UK publishes no separate form for a new name. Then email DVSA Driver CPC enquiries at cpcre@dvsa.gov.uk and ask how it issues a card in your new name. What to ask DVSA.

Does it cost anything to change the name on a tachograph card?

No. DVLA's form D777B(DL) lists a change of name as free, sent to DVLA, Swansea, SA99 1ST. It is a postal application only, and the form asks you to put your driving licence application in the same envelope.

Do I send my old tachograph card back when I change my name?

No. The form tells you not to return your card with a change of name application. Your new card comes with a confirmation of receipt letter, which you fill in and send back to DVLA.

I have a Driver CPC test booked in my old name. What do I do?

For the part 1 theory test or the part 2 case studies test, take proof of your change of name, such as your Deed Poll, with your licence. Without it, GOV.UK says to cancel and book again in your new name with your new licence number, because a test taken without the right documents is cancelled and the fee is lost.

Who changes the name on my taxi or private hire licence?

The authority that issued it: your local council outside London, or Transport for London in London. TfL takes a change of name by email at drivers@tph.tfl.gov.uk. A council sets its own process and any fee, so ask its licensing team what proof it wants. Taxi and private hire licences.

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Your car after a name changeEverything a driver updates, in order, with a tick list that remembers your place.Read this Changing your driving licenceForm D1 by post, free and never online, plus Northern Ireland.Read this What DVLA accepts as proof of a new nameAn unenrolled Deed Poll, the original only, with one document in your new name.Read this

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