Requirements for Drivers Licensed by Edinburgh City Council

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

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

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 Car/Taxi Driver's Identity Certificate PCO Badge

Must be issued by Edinburgh City Council
Must be a photograph of the front of the current Private Hire Car/Taxi Driver's Identity Certificate
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

Private Hire Vehicle Licence

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

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)