Drivers who are licensed by the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead (RBWM) 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
- PHD or Combined Driver Badge
- Private Hire Driver Licence
- Private Hire Vehicle Licence
- MOT Test Certificate
- V5C Logbook, New Keeper Slip or E-Logbook
- 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
PHD or Combined Driver Badge
- Must be a photograph of the front of current PHD or Combined Driver Badge
- Your image, Licence Number, Name, and Expiry Date must be clearly shown
- Your Licence Number, Name, and Expiry Date must match your paper PHL
Private Hire Driver Licence
- Must be issued by RBWM
- Can either be a PHD Licence or a Combined HC/PH 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
- Must be issued by RBWM
- Must be a clear photograph of the entire page
- The vehicle registration must match your vehicle's V5C Logbook registration
- The vehicle make and model must match the vehicle make and model on the V5C Logbook
MOT Test Certificate
- No older than 28 days from the issue of the Private Hire Vehicle Licence
- For vehicles less than 1 year old, not needed
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 Slip 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.
Hire and Reward Insurance Certificate
- The insurance policy must state “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 in the Bolt passenger app
- Matches the requirements.
