Driver licences
This page has information on drivers licences in the Northern Territory.
Renew, change or update your licence
- Apply for your driver licence history
How to apply for a search of your driver licence or address history details. - Change your name and contact details: driver licence
How to change your name and contact details on your driver licence. - Renew your driver licence
How to renew your driver licence in the Northern Territory. - Replace your driver licence if lost, stolen or damaged
If your licence is lost, stolen, misplaced or damaged, you must contact the MVR to organise a replacement licence. - NT residents: apply for long term traveller licence
How to apply for a long term traveller licence if you are a Northern Territory resident. - Evidence of identity and residency: licence and registration
How to prove your identity and residency when you apply for or change your driver licence or vehicle registration.
Get your licence
- Get your driver licence
Step-by-step guide on how to get your learner driver licence, provisional driver licence and open driver licence. - Get your motorbike licence
Step-by-step guide to getting your rider licence in the Northern Territory. - Driver licences for remote residents
Step-by-step guide on how to get your driver licence if you live in a remote community. - NT Motorcycle Riders' Handbook
Learn the motorcycle road rules in the Northern Territory. - Licence classes and conditions
Information on licence conditions for driver licences and rider licences, including learned approved motorcycles (LAMS). - Apply for an international driving permit
How to apply for an overseas driver licence. - NT Road Users' Handbook
Read The NT Road Users' Handbook, containing road rules and driving skills for all drivers. - Medical fitness to drive
Guide to driving with a disability or medical condition. - Apply for NT evidence of age card
How to apply for a NT evidence of age card. - Driver licence suspension and disqualification
What happens when your driver licence is suspended due to unpaid fines.
New drivers
- NT Learner Drivers' Guide
Read the road rules before applying for your learner driver licence. - DriveSafe NT instructors and theory classes
Contact details for driving instructors registered with DriveSafe NT in Darwin, Katherine and Alice Springs.
New to the Northern Territory
- Driver licence rules for new NT residents and visiting drivers
Driver and rider licence rules for new residents and visiting drivers to the Northern Territory. - Transfer your interstate or overseas licence
How to transfer your interstate or overseas licence to a Northern Territory licence.
Senior drivers
- Introduction
- Should I be driving: things to look for
Checklist to test your ability to drive. - Eyesight tests
Eyesight test requirements due to deteriorating vision or health conditions affecting vision. - Medical fitness to drive
Information on driving skills, national fitness to drive guidelines and medical assessments for drivers with health problems. - Staying safe on the roads
Road users' handbook and driving safety checklist. - Senior discounts and concessions
Financial assistance on licence and registry fees for senior concession card holders and free driver licence renewal. - Renew your driver licence and registration
How seniors can renew their driver licence or vehicle registration. - Transport for people with disability
Accessible parking, taxi subsidy scheme and getting around with a disability.
Motor Vehicle Registry (MVR)
- Find a Motor Vehicle Registry (MVR) office
Contact details for MVR offices in the Northern Territory, including the vehicle test shed. - Concession cards you can use at MVR
What subsidies you can receive at the MVR with your concession card.