To drive on the Bolt platform, drivers licensed by Sheffield City Council must provide the following documents. Please follow the instructions carefully to ensure your documents are successfully reviewed for account activation:
Required Documents
- DVLA Driving Licence
- DVLA Check Code
- Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Driver Badge
- Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Driver's Licence
- Certificate of Compliance
- Private Hire Vehicle Licence (PHV)
- V5C Logbook, New Keeper Slip or E-Logbook
- 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)
Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Driver Badge
- Must be issued by Sheffield City Council
- Must be a photograph of the front of the current Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Driver Badge
- Your image, PHL Number, Name and Expiry Date must be clearly shown
- Your Licence Number, Name and Expiry Date must match your PHL
Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Driver's Licence
- Must be issued by Sheffield City Council
- Must be a clear photograph of the entire page
- Must be a valid Private Hire Vehicle Licence
Certificate of Compliance
- Must be issued by Sheffield City Council
- Must be a clear photograph of the entire page
Private Hire Vehicle Licence (PHV)
- Must be issued by Sheffield City Council
- Must be a clear photograph of the entire page
V5C Logbook, New Keeper Slip or E-Logbook
- Vehicle registration and Vehicle Keeper details must be presented. Please upload the 2nd and 3rd pages of your V5C Logbook
- New Keeper Slips will be accepted for a period of 2 months since the day of transfer or sale
- Confirmation of Registration is accepted 1 year from the date of first registration
Insurance Certificate
- The insurance policy must cover Private Hire / Hire or 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.
