Vehicle Licensing & Registration Applications
| Types of Application | Application Form |
Original Vehicle Registration document | Certificate of Incorporation/ Identity document | Photocopy of Valid Third Party Risk Insurance Certificate/ Cover Note | Fee | Other Documents Required (remarks) | Service Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renewal of Vehicle Licence | ✔ | Photocopy is acceptable. | ✔ | ✔ | (A) | Postal Application (PST); or Licensing Offices (L); or Online application (GovHK) | |
| Duplicate Vehicle Registration Document | - |
Individual as registered vehicle owner – Original document (Identity document) – Photocopy is acceptable (Certificate of Incorporation) |
- | ✔ | (B) | Licensing Offices (L) | |
| Duplicate Vehicle Licence | TD 151 | ✔ | Photocopy is acceptable. | - | ✔ | (C) | Licensing Offices (L) |
| Cancellation of Vehicle Registration | TD 184 | ✔ | Photocopy is acceptable. | - |
- |
(D) | Postal Application (P); or Licensing Offices (L) |
| Change of Particulars of Motor Vehicle | TD 559 | ✔ | Photocopy is acceptable. | - |
- |
(E) | Postal Application (P); or Licensing Offices (L) |
| Certificate of Particulars of Motor Vehicle | TD 318 | - | Photocopy is acceptable. | - | ✔ | - | Postal Application (P); or Licensing Offices (L); or Online application (GovHK) |
| Notice of Transfer of Ownership of a Vehicle (Except Taxi) |
TD 25 | ✔ | Photocopy is not acceptable. | ✔ | ✔ | - | Licensing Offices (L) |
| Application to Transfer or Retain a Vehicle Registration Mark | TD 129 | ✔ | Photocopy is acceptable. | - | ✔ | (F) | Hong Kong Licensing Office; or Kowloon Licensing Office (L) |
| Application to Assign a Registration Mark to a Vehicle already Registered in HK | TD 148 | ✔ | Photocopy is acceptable | - |
- |
(F) | Hong Kong Licensing Office; or Kowloon Licensing Office (L) |
| Notice of Transfer of Ownership of a Taxi | TD 25A | - | Certificate of Incorporation: photocopy with certified copy is acceptable Identity Document: Original document |
- | ✔ | - | Public Vehicles Unit (PV) |
| Application for Transfer of Ownership of Taxi | TD 336A | ✔ | Certified true copy | - |
- |
- | Public Vehicles Unit (PV) |
| Application for Transfer of Ownership of Public Light Bus | TD 336B | ✔ | Certified true copy | - | ✔ | - | Public Vehicles Unit (PV) |
Remarks:
| (A) | The Certificate of Fitness or Certificate of Roadworthiness is required in case the vehicle is subject to inspection. |
| (B) | The defaced registration document. |
| (C) | The defaced licence is required. |
| (D) | The unexpired licence and scrap certificate or shipping document is required. |
| (E) | The licence, vehicle registration document and any documents certifying the change are required. |
| (F) | The unexpired licence. |
| (L) | Addresses of the Licensing Offices |
| (P) | Postal applications may be submitted by mail to the Kwun Tong Licensing Office, P.O. Box 68115, Kowloon East Post Office, Kowloon. If your application is in order, the licensing document for which you have applied will be sent to you by registered post within 10 working days upon receipt of application. |
| (PST) | Postal applications may be submitted by mail to the Shatin Licensing Office, P.O. Box 79, Shatin Post Office. If your application is in order, the renewed vehicle licence will be sent to you by registered post within 10 working days upon receipt of application. |
| (PV) | The address of the Public Vehicles Unit: 3/F., United Centre, 95 Queensway, Hong Kong. |
| (GovHK) | Online applications can be submitted through the GovHK web site. |
Notes for Attention
| (1) | Vehicle registration document must contain signature of the registered vehicle owner, and the signature on the application form should match with that in the vehicle registration document (or the signature of an authorized representative together with a company chop if the vehicle is owned by a company, and the company chop on the application form should be identical with that on the vehicle registration document), otherwise this department will not process the related licensing application; | |
| (2) | If a change occurs in the name, address or identity document of a driving licence holder/registered owner previously provided by the driving licence holder/registered owner to the Commissioner for Transport, the driving licence holder/registered owner shall, within 72 hours of the change, notify the Commissioner for Transport in writing or by submitting the completed Transport Department Form (TD559) with the proof of change. Any person who without reasonable excuse contravenes such requirement commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000. For cases of change of name or change of identity document, the driving licence holder/registered owner shall also deliver to the Commissioner for Transport the existing original driving licence (if applicable), original driving instructor's licence (if applicable), original vehicle registration document (if applicable), vehicle licence (if applicable) and Certification of Allocation of Personalized Registration Mark (if applicable) for amendment; | |
| (3) | Applicants are required to produce proof of present address (residential address and correspondence address). Transport Department may suspend the processing of licensing applications until the production of address proof; | |
| (4) | For any change of address notified under any Transport Deparment application form, all vehicle/driving licence records of the applicant under the same identity document held by this Department will also be changed; | |
| (5) | If you have not received the licence concerned 4 weeks after the submission of your application via post, drop boxes or through GovHK, please inform us at 2804 2600 for follow up action; and | |
| (6) | Underpaid mail items will be rejected. For proper delivery of your mail items to the department, please ensure your mail items bear sufficient postage with return address. (Details) | |