Driving instructions
A citizen or resident must apply to a licensed driving school in the relevant emirate, take driving lessons, and pass all examinations to get a new driver’s license (if required). The applicant may call a special driving license valid for citizens, GCC nationals, and other nationalities for two years after completing all lessons and passing all exams. The following are some of the authorized driving institutions where applicants may begin the whole process:
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Company Emirates Driving
Driving institutes in Dubai
The Emirates Driving School
Driving Center in Dubai
Center for Galadari Motor Driving
Driving School of Belhasa
Driving Center Al Ahli
Dubai Transport Driving School
Driving Institutes in Sharjah
Sharjah Driving Academy
Driving institute in Ras Al Khaimah
Driving School of Ras Al Khaimah
Driving institute in Fujairah
National Driving School of Fujairah
Notes:
Without taking a driving test, citizens of several nations may convert their home country’s driving license to a UAE one. For information on the potential of transforming your license into a UAE driving license, visit the Markhoos service page on the Ministry of Interior website.
Verify if it is possible to convert an international driver’s license into a Dubai driver’s license on the RTA website.
Driving license rules-related websites
the Abu Dhabi Police’s traffic services
RTA Dubai: Apply for a Learning Permit
Traffic and licenses – Interior Ministry
Age restrictions & other rules to get a driving license in UAE
Customers, residents, and citizens older than the legal age and in good health are entitled to apply for a new driver’s license and a driving instruction permit. Depending on the vehicle for which you are applying for a license, there may be a minimum age restriction. The required minimum age is as follows:
Motorcycles and special needs vehicles must be 17 years old.
18 years for automobiles and light trucks
20 years for tractors and large vehicles
Buses for 21 years.
The following papers are needed to open a traffic file:
A copy of the visa page and the passport
Original Emirates ID card with a copy
A pair of passport-size images
Report on eye exam
No letter of protest from the sponsor (if required by the related traffic department).
The steps used to learn to drive an automobile are as follows:
Creating a traffic file at a licensed driving facility in the relevant emirate
Taking an eye exam at any location that the traffic department has authorized
completing all driving school requirements
Passing every test that the relevant traffic agency has set
Renewing a driver’s license
The renewal period for a driver’s license is ten years for nationals of the UAE and the GCCC and five years for residents. In the majority of emirates, driving license renewals may be completed online. You must pay all outstanding traffic penalties to renew your driver’s license. Customers who put off renewing their driving license for more than one month will be fined 10 AED each month.
Related websites
Light vehicle driving license renewal – Ministry of the Interior
Abu Dhabi Police and TAMM Traffic Services for driving license renewal
RTA Dubai: Renewal of a driving license.
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