How To Renew A Driving License In Kerala Online & Offline

If it takes 20 years after you receive your driving license from Kerala MVD, it is mandatory to renew it as soon as possible to make it valuable and eligible to drive in India. Carrying an expired driving license is no use and you should get a penalty when you get by the police or MVD during their day patroling. May go to jail when any accident occurs without a valid DL.

Many people usually forget to renew their license but it becomes a complicated issue when you are caught by police in the case of an accident or violating the traffic rules. It is the era of AI cameras and it is easy for you to be caught by the AI cameras and get a penalty if you violate any traffic rules like overspeed, no use of helmets, etc. When it comes to penalties, they may also check the validity of the driving license which may cause additional penalties.

In this post, I am going to show you how to renew your Lerala driving license online and offline. If you are in your native, you can make use of any of the two methods, but if you are abroad and your driving license expired, you can renew it online.

Many NRI do not make an effort to renew the licenses while residing abroad. But when they come to India, They can’t drive legally because their driving license expires. It causes many complications. So, if you are abroad, do the renewal at the correct time.

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When you should renew your driving license?

You should renew your driving license on or after the expiry date. Usually, a driver’s license’s validity is 20 years from the date of the issued date or till you turn 50 years old, which happens first.

If you own a commercial license, it must be renewed every 3 years. a small period of 30 days which is known as a grace period will be granted for renewing. But if you exceed the grace period, it may cause a fine while you go for renewal thereafter.

You won’t need a driving test for renewal of the DL within 5 years from the expiry date. If exceeds 5 years, you need to attend the driving and road test again.

Renewal procedures

Required documents

Keep all these belongings to apply for the renewal.

No.9 application form (can be downloaded from the official website/mParivaahan app)
Recent passport size photographs (2 Nos)
Your original DL
Proof of age (SSLC/birth certificates/Aadhaar card)
Proof of residence/address (Ration card/voter ID) (Both proofs should be self-attested)
A fee of 50 Rs along with a smart card fee of 200 Rs to be paid

Special requirements for those aged more than 50 and commercial license holders

No.1A form to be filled with a valid medical certificate
Driver refresher training certificate

Note:- NOC should be presented if you have a driving license from another state in India.

Offline method

Download the DL renewal form from the official website or the mParivaahan mobile application
Fill out the form carefully with the details of your old driving license, Aadhaar card, or any other government-issued documents.
Visit the nearest RT office (Road transport office) and submit the form with all the required documents.
Pay the fee for the application and get a receipt.
Your application will go through validation procedures, and once verified and validated, they’ll issue a new driving license.
The new DL will be delivered to you through postal at the registered address.

That’s all. You need not visit a broker to carry out the procedures since it only requires less simple steps. It’s recommended to visit the RTO of your location.

Online application procedures

Visit Parivaahan’s official website at https://parivahan.gov.in/parivahan/

Go to the Online Services tab in the top menu and select the Driving license-related services option.

Then select the state “Kerala” from the drop-down menu.

Next, select the option Apply for DL renewal.

Important:- scanned copies of the documents are required for the online application.

A brief of the application procedures can be found on the next page. Read all of them carefully. For simplicity, I’ll share the screenshot of the stages here below.

Then after reading all the guidelines, click the Continue button on the bottom of the page.

You’ll land on a page where you need to enter basic details like your driving license number and date of birth. Then, enter the captcha correctly and click the proceed button.

Directions are provided for filling out the driving license number.

The format of entering the current driving license number is dented in the bottom portion. Enter the number in any of the given formats.

Give the number as mentioned in the driving license
Number and the characters without space
state code and the number separated with a forward slash (/)
state code, a hyphen, and the number

Accept all the terms and services and proceed with the next step.

Upload scanned copies

The next stage is the upload of the scanned copies of the documents. The scanned files should be in clear format and can read all the details. The photographs and the signature copies are also needed.

Upload the scanned copies in each step. Make sure to upload the correct files. That means, for the portion to upload the signature, should upload but not the photograph. The copies are preferred in the jpeg format.

Once you have completed uploading the documents, you’ll redirected to a page where you need to check all the filled values. Recheck all of them whether any errors are made. If you find any error, you can edit and modify it.

After that, click the submit button to submit your application.

You can download and keep the soft copy of your application in a PDF file format.