Last updated: January 1, 2026
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According to the Motor Vehicles Act , having a driving license is mandatory for all individuals who are driving a vehicle. Despite the importance of owning a driving license, sometimes you may misplace it or lose it. In such a situation of lost original driving licence, you can apply for a duplicate driving license in Mumbai .
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You should apply for duplicate driving licence and change of address in DL together in case your address has changed. The duplicate DL issued will have current address on it.
Yes, its possible to get soft copy of driving licence through Parivahan portal. You need to apply for driving licence extract to get soft copy of driving licence . You can also download it through digilocker app.
Duplicate driving licence will have the same validity as your original Driving Licence. All the information on duplicate Driving Licence will be the same as the original, If you haven’t applied for correction or renewal of your DL.
You need to undergo through driving test again, if your driving licence has expired more than one before. You don’t have to go through a driving test again while applying for a duplicate licence if its still valid.
If you have lost driving licence in Mumbai, first you should report loss of driving licence to the local police station. After that you should apply for duplicate driving licence in the RTO from where DL was issued. Process will take approx. 1 month time and you will get duplicate DL.
The process of duplicate DL takes approx. 30 days in Mumbai if its smart card driving licence.
If its paper DL, first there will be process for backlog entry of DL data on Parivahan portal. This process takes approx. 1 month time. So the total process for backlog entry and duplicate DL will take approx. 60 days time.
Yes, your digilocker driving licence valid in Mumbai.
You have to apply for a duplicate driving license at the RTO office in Mumbai that has issued your original driving license.
The driving licence data of old paper licence is not available on parivahan portal. First you will have to apply to Mumbai RTO for online entry of your DL data on parivahan portal. This process of online entry of old data on parivahan portal is called backlog entry. Once data is available online, you can apply for duplicate driving licence in Mumbai online.
Yes, you can apply for driving licence renewal and duplicate driving licence together. The validity of the driving licence will be extended as per the rule of motor vehicle act depending upon the age of you.
Generally, a duplicate driving licence will be issued under the following circumstances.
Yes, you can drive while your duplicate driving licence application is still pending. However, you need to carry the application receipt with you while you're driving.
Yes, you can apply for duplicate DL in Mumbai, even if your original DL was issued from Kolkata RTO. The only condition to apply for duplicate driving licence in Mumbai is , your DL data should be available on Parivahan portal.
Yes, Police FIR is mandatory document to apply for duplicate driving licence. Along with other documents you need to submit FIR copy to the RTO for duplicate DL process.