Drivers who are licensed by Edinburgh City Council must provide the documents listed below to be considered for driving on the Bolt platform.
Please follow the instructions carefully to have your documents successfully reviewed for account activation:
Required Documents
- DVLA Driving Licence
- DVLA Check Code
- Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver's Licence (PHL)
- Private Hire Vehicle Licence (PHV)
- 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)
Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver's Licence (PHL)
- Must be issued by Edinburgh City Council
- Must be a clear photograph of the full, original document
- Address (including postcode) must match your Driving Licence
- Must be a valid document
Private Hire Vehicle Licence (PHV)
- Must be issued by Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh City Council
- Must be a clear photograph of the entire page
Hire and Reward 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, or the insurance document does not state your name:
- 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 sort code and account number must be visible
- 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.
