How to Apply for Cab Licence

Becoming a Taxi Driver in Chicago

Below we have compiled the necessary information and applications to help you become a Chicago taxi cabbie. Simply browse and dowload the below mentioned applications and send them personally to the following address: Drivers who do not have an appointed date should arrive at the Helpdesk before 14:00 hrs. Medallion / Public Vehicle Licensees without an appointed date should arrive at the Helpdesk before 15:00 hrs. For those who have an appointed date, they can join the Helpdesk at any point before the appointed date.

You can only find the front doors closed for reasons of security if the system is full of persons according to the permissible occupancy of the buildings. Below you will find fast hyperlinks from which you can apply for a new taxi rider, renew your driving licence and get other important information:

Taxis | District office Tendring

Our license agency is only open for business calls on Tuesdays and wednesdays between 10 and 12 and Fridays between 13 and 16. Beyond these hours, an arrangement must be made with a member of the license agreement group. There is a statutory duty on the approval authority to prohibit individuals from requesting and obtaining taxi and car rental licences and operators if they do not have the right or authority to work in the UK.

Guideline in the following paper "Guidance To Prevent Illegal Working In The Taxi And Private Hire Sector" has been sent from the Home Office to the licensing authorities, but clearly specifies for the applicant which documentation he or she must submit from the licensing authority when filing an allowance for a taxi or personal hire driver or an operator's license.

Specifically, you are encouraged to consult the documentation listed in Appendix A, page 25 of the guide above, as you will be asked to supply the originals of one of these documentation in order to assist your right to work in the United Kingdom and to enable the licensing authority to handle and issue your taxi or personal driver or business application.

In order to operate a Hackney Carriage Vehicles (usually known as "Taxi") or a Personal Hire Vehicles (sometimes known as "Minicab"), you will need to apply for a driver's license for that particular type of car. Driving both car models can be done under the double Hackney Carriage Driver Licence, but you must have an Operator's Licence.

When you have a driver's license for a personal driver, you cannot work as a Hackney carrier driver. Please think twice before applying for your license as the licenses are not exchangeable. To find out more about what is needed to obtain a driving licence for the Tendring County of Hackney Carriage/Private Ireland and what procedure is needed for all new candidates, please click on the following links.

Within the framework of the procedure for issuing a new driving licence for HKP in Tendring County, all candidates for a new driving licence are obliged to successfully complete an aptitude test and a driving test. You will find information on both in the information sheet for new driving licence candidates, which, as you have seen, is also displayed as a shortcut on this website.

Question for both exams are multiple-choice and the test is built up modularly. Failure to pass part of the test will allow you to use the parts you missed at a later date. Please click on the link below for more information on the new Drivers Aptitude Test and the new Drivers Knowledgebase Test.

A driver who is in possession of a Hackney or Privatfahrer licence from the District Administrator can apply for a licence for a particular use. The Council does not allow "double licences", therefore a car can only be approved for use as a Hackney Carriage or Hire Car.

Prolongation Form will be sent to the Licensee together with an Prolongation Charge bill one and a half months in advance of the license expiration date. Note that applications sent before invoicing will not be considered. To find out more about registering a car and to obtain the necessary information to apply, please click on the link below.

You will need a five-year permit that allows you to use a car if you plan to use your own car for rent and work fully independently. When you decide to label another car, an additional charge will be made for that car.

Should you wish to mark your own car and run it under the licence of a third party landlord, you may do so if the landlord so agrees and makes the appropriate payment if necessary. Licensing renewals are not available on-line because they are sent to the licensee along with a renew fees bill one and a half months in advance of the license expiration date.

Note that claim documents sent before invoicing will not be considered. This is a guidebook for taxi riders and rental car riders that has been developed by Essex Safeguarding Children Board, Southend and Thurrock Safeguarding Children Boards and Essex Police. There are no on-line renewals request form available as they are sent to the licence owner together with an extension charge bill one calendar months before the actual expiration date of the licence.

Note that applications sent prior to invoicing will not be considered.