Drivers who are licensed by Peterborough City Council must provide the documents listed below to be considered for driving on the Bolt platform. 

Please follow carefully the instructions to have your documents successfully reviewed for account activation:

• DVLA Driving Licence
• DVLA Check Code
• PHD or HC Driver Badge
• Private Hire / Hackney Carriage Driver's Licence
• Private Hire Vehicle Licence and Certificate of Compliance
• Hire and Reward Insurance Certificate
• Bank statement
• Profile picture

DVLA Driving licence

• Must be a photograph of the front of the current UK DVLA Plastic Driving Licence
• Must be a full licence, not provisional
• Address (including postcode) must match with your Private Hire Driver's licence

DVLA Check Code

• Must be generated on the government webpage ↗ or by calling the DVLA
• Must be a combination of letters and numbers exactly as shown on the webpage - the code is case-sensitive (please underline the capital letters if you are copying the code)

Private Hire / Hackney Carriage Driver's badge

• Must be a photograph of the front of the current Private Hire or Hackney Carriage badge
• Your image, PHL Number, Name and Expiry Date must be clearly shown
• Your Licence Number, Name and Expiry Date must match your paper PHL

Private Hire / Hackney Carriage Driver's Licence

• Must be issued by Peterborough City Council
• Can either be a Private Hire or a Hackney Carriage Driver's Licence
• Must be a clear photograph of the whole page
• Address (including postcode) must match with your UK Plastic Driving Licence

Private Hire Vehicle Licence and Certificate of Compliance

• Must be a clear photograph of the entire page
• Must be a valid Private Hire Vehicle Licence or Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence
• Note: Requirements differ depending on the start date of Private Hire Vehicle
  • Vehicles with a start date after the 1st of November have to submit both documents
  • Vehicles with a start date issued before 1st of November have to submit only one document

Hire and Reward Insurance Certificate

• The insurance policy must state for “Hire and Reward”
• Make sure that the Insurance policy does not have any typos in your name
• Insurance documents with time restrictions on coverage are not accepted

If you rent a car:

• Fleet insurance policy certification and any other supporting documents such as Policy Schedule (Driver and Vehicle schedule) or/and Permission letter

Bank statement

• Must be for the same account that you will receive your Bolt payments to
• The account must be in your name

• We accept only personal bank details (including joint personal accounts)

• The address, sort code and account number must be visible
• The statement must not be over 3 months old

• This can be shown as an issue date or as a date of a transaction

• The financial details of the transactions can be excluded from the statement (cropped or blurred out)

Profile picture

• Visible to clients on Bolt passenger App
• Matches the requirements.