All About Getting Driving License in UAE | Dubai | Sharjah
Are you looking to apply for a UAE Driving licence? Well if you are, you must know the basic details about how many types of licenses are there and to which you have to go for, and also the terms and conditions before you are stepping in to apply for a new Driving licence.
As you already know the importance of the UAE Driving license, one more important thing that you have to know is regardless of where you get the licence it would be treated as UAE driving license once if you pass the final road test.
Here we are going through details about types and categories, eligibility, documents required, the cost to apply, the tests you must go through and the centres where you can apply.
Varieties of licenses:
- Motorcycle – category 1
- Light motor vehicle – category 3
- Heavy truck category 4
- Minibus – category 5
- Heavy bus category 6
- Forklift- category7
- Shovel- category 8
Criteria and Eligibility:
The first criteria to apply for a driving license in UAE is one must be the citizen/resident of UAE, and also must be physically fit and of legal age 18.
The eligibility according to UAE Driving rules:
- 17 years old to apply for a motorcycle license
- 18 years old to apply for car and light Vehicle license
- 20 years old for heavy vehicles and tractors
- 21 years old for light and heavy buses.
Requirement:
One must submit the following documents
- Passport and valid residence visa
- Copy
- Original Emirates ID with a copy
- 2 white background photos
- Eye test report
- NOC from sponsor/company
Types of Classes and Tests:
- Eye test
- 8 theory classes
- Theory test
- Practical training (40 classes)
- Parking test
- Assessment test
- Highway classes at 120 km/h
- Final road test
Driving License Cost and Fee Structure:
The average fee to get LMV license is 5000 AED
- File opening: 948 AED
- Lecture fees: 840 AED
- Regular classes: 1260 AED (40
- classes)
- Preliminary test: 105 AED
- Signal test: 313 AED
- Yard test: 335 AED
- Assessment test: 157 AED
- Road test: 335 AED
- Administration charges: 210 AED
- License Issue Fees: 330 AED
Note: If you have a license for Manual gear light motor then you are allowed to drive automatic vehicle also but if you are a holder of automatic vehicle license then you are allowed to drive geared vehicles.
Here are a few licenses providing centres where you can apply.
For Dubai driving license:
- Galadari Motor Driving Center 04 2676166
- Belhasa Driving Center04 3243535
- Emirates Driving Institute04 2631100
- Dubai Driving Center 04 345585
For Abu Dhabi Driving License:
Emirates Driving Company 02 5510227
For Sharjah Driving License:
Sharjah Driving Institute 06 5382020
For Fujairah Driving License:
Fujairah National Driving Institute 09 2222333
Tip: You can save up to 300 AED if you have your own country’s Driving license which is at least 2 years old with you at the time of practical classes. If you have a license of more than 5 years old then you can get 20 classes for free out of your 40 classes and you can save around 600 AED.
The persons who are eligible to apply for the license are listed below:
Doctor
Nurse
General practitioner
Pharmacist
Specialist
Mufti
Speaker
Orator
Surgeon
Daiah
Adviser
Marriage official
Expert
Muezzin who call for prayer
Professor
Teacher
Lecturer
Historian
Instructor
Reciter
Journalist
Writer
Storekeeper
Treasurer
Judge
Shipmaster
Prosecutor
Noukhaza
Lawyer
Consultant
Legalist
Military personnel
Business owner
Hostess
Sports referee
Trainer
Sports player
Editor
Guide
Director
Producer
Anchor
Engineer
Commentator
Contractor
Investor
Program planner
Owner of land or property
Trader
Financial analyst/researcher
Businessman and Free businesses
Accountant
Auctioneer
Geologist
Broker
Tour guide
Commercial agent
Auditor
Manager
Computer programmer
Captain
Pilot
Researcher
Note: If you are applying on personal sponsorship, family member like father, mother, wife, son etc. you don’t need NOC.
The people or citizens of below-listed countries are no need to open a new file or registration they can simply convert their own country’s driving license and no need to go through road test also.
Serbia
Iceland
Slovakia
Cyprus
Romania
Italy
Germany
Poland
Switzerland
Spain
Finland
Sweden
Greece
Holland
Belgium
Greece
Sweden
Japan
South Korea
China
Hong Kong
New Zealand
Singapore
South Africa
Luxembourg
Austria
Turkey
Ireland
Denmark
Norway
France
Britain
Australia
Canada
Lithuania
Portugal
Hungary
Bulgaria
Latvia
The requirement to convert your country’s license:
- Your country’s original driving license and a copy of it.
- Valid residence visa copy.
- A form of license replacement.
- No Objection letter from the sponsor to replace the license.
- Optometry form accredited by UAE health authorities.
- You must pass the eye test conducted by any UAE authorized eye clinic.
Eye test for light motor vehicle drivers:
One eye 6/18 – Second eye 6/18
One eye 6/12 – Second 6/24
One eye 6/6 – Blind
Eye test for heavy vehicle drivers:
One eye 6/6 – Second eye 6/18 or 6/12 or 6/9
One eye 6/9 – Second eye 6/9
Eye test for motorcycle drivers:
One eye 6/18 – Second eye 6/18
One eye 6/12 – Second 6/24
One eye 6/6 – Blind
Eye test for light and heavy bus drivers:
Drivers who drive tractors, light and heavy buses, mechanical machines they must pass the eye test Either with or without spectacles with a test result of 6/6 for both eyes.
The applicants who are colour blind must go through the eye test and must pass the test before even applying for the driving license.
