The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) says the migration of vehicles’ manual data to the digital platform will qualify vehicle owners for a title certificate and electronic registration card when the new licence plate policy is rolled out.
The Director of Driver Training, Testing, and Licensing (DTTL) at the DVLA, Prosper Kafui Semevo, said the onboarding process was also meant to verify the ownership of manually registered vehicles, and help block uncustomed vehicles from the system.
He, therefore, urged owners of vehicles registered before 2023 to take steps to onboard to the digital platform.
At a media briefing in Accra yesterday, Mr Semevo explained that the onboarding process would require customers to personally visit DVLA offices and other designated centres with their vehicles, registration documents, customs declaration forms, and Ghana Card to be verified.
The DVLA had earlier directed all vehicles registered before 2023 to go through the onboarding process prior to the rollout of the new licence plate policy.
However, Mr Semevo advised owners of vehicles that were registered between January 2022 and December 2023 to wait until they were asked to onboard.
Seamless procedure
The DVLA director said while the onboarding was free, customers would have to pay GH¢25 for the verification of their biodata.
He said during the data verification process, the DVLA officials would inspect the vehicle to ensure all information captured in the manual registration was correct.
“We can scan the manual data and get it so that we can issue a title certificate and electronic card,” he said.
Mr Semevo said a help desk would be set up at the DVLA to assist persons who faced genuine challenges in the onboarding process.
He said some DVLA offices would do extended service delivery to ensure there was no pressure on members of the public during the onboarding exercise.
Again, he said as part of measures to ease access to the onboarding process, a mobile van will be deployed by the DVLA to offer services to interested clients at a cost.
He stressed that owners of manually registered vehicles who failed to go through the onboarding exercise would not be able to register when the new licence plate policy commences.
“We encourage all customers to try and visit our offices to be onboarded.
If you do not onboard, you cannot obtain a title certificate and electronic card when the new licence plate policy starts.
And this means that you cannot register your vehicle.
“Again, if you fail to do it, you will be violating the road traffic law, and you will be dealt with by the law,” he added.