Watford document requirements

Drivers who are licensed by Watford Borough 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:

Requirements

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

dvladrivinglicence

We require the check code to retrieve the PDF of the driving summary, which will be used as validation for your DVLA Driving Licence.

Requirements

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)

Important: Each code is valid for 21 days and can only be used once.

dvlacheckcode

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hackneyphl

Must be issued by Watford Borough Council
Must be a photograph of the front of the current Private Hire or Dual Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver's Licence
Your Name, Badge Number, Address and Expiry Date must be clearly shown

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hackneyphv

Note: Vehicles that are less than 1 year old do not need this document.

Vehicle registration and Vehicle Keeper details must be visible
New Keeper Slip will be accepted for a period of 2 months from the day of transfer or sale — the document must show the document reference number and the car registration number

Requirements

If you have a Private Hire Vehicle Licence then the insurance policy must state for Private Hire or Hire and Reward.
For Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence the insurance policy must cover Public Hire/Hackney Carriage use
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 a Permission letter

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)
- Sole trader business accounts (where the account holder name matches your legal name / sole trader name)
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)