Do you really need to make a booking to renew your driver license in Gauteng?

[Boerseun2000]

Is it really necessary to make a booking for your drivers license renewal.

Some people say they just rocked up at the testing stations and was helped, if they had a booking or not.

 

[Sinbad]

Yes it is

 

[dews]

Yup. There will be a rude lady there that will yell at you if you have not made an online booking.

 

[Sinbad]

Yup. There will be a rude lady there that will yell at you if you have not made an online booking.

She'll probably yell at you anyway, though.

 

[dlevine]

absolute rubbish, you get preference if you book but you can just arrive. Did mine last week in edenvale and just walked in. The later on in the morning that you go the quieter it becomes. When i left at 11h30, there was literally 3 ppl in the queue.

 

[RedViking]

Is it really necessary to make a booking for your drivers license renewal.

Some people say they just rocked up at the testing stations and was helped, if they had a booking or not.

Why would you not want to?

 

[PsyWulf]

absolute rubbish, you get preference if you book but you can just arrive. Did mine last week in edenvale and just walked in. The later on in the morning that you go the quieter it becomes. When i left at 11h30, there was literally 3 ppl in the queue.

Correction,some stations(and some on specific days) allow walk-ins
But why not just book it and get it done,unless there's an urgent need

 

[Hamster]

Why would you not want to?

Came here to ask the exact same question.

 

[RedViking]

Came here to ask the exact same question.

Stuff like this why most of goverment systems stay in the past.

 

[Smokey888]

On Tuesday and Thursday you can walk in - don't need a booking.

 

[MaximusZA]

Why would you not want to?

first i would like to agree and say the booking system is great and for it made my experience really easy, was in and out in 40 mins.

but to be a devils advocate. To get a booking can be a pain. when i was looking for one most of the departments around me kept saying no bookings available check again in a month. i kept going further and further away from me to find a booking that was actually available. so if you need to urgently renew and you can only get a booking for a month or more later it could be a problem

 

[Stokstert]

You will be lucky to get a booking in PTA.

 

[jman]

I was at Marlboro on Monday. There are signs all over the place saying applications only, as well as people asking you the same thing

 

[template]

I tried several times to make an online booking. All stations have zero slots available and in all cases the site responds with: "No test appointments are available for the licence code ". The same for my wife.

 

[e4et]

I tried several times to make an online booking. All stations have zero slots available and in all cases the site responds with: "No test appointments are available for the licence code ". The same for my wife.
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Yep.
I also tried just now.
I get exactly the same.

So what now ?

 

[Luke7777]

Tswane release slots every Monday morning around 7:45, as it says on the tip Check when your area opens up slots... it's easy

 

[phoneJunky]

You don't need to but you definitely want to.

On the difficult part, they literally tell you when to come look for an appointment on the website. Bookings are normally all taken after an hour of opening up the slots. Then you will have to look at the next Monday or allocated day.

Also your booking will only be two weeks after the week that you book in, so keep that in mind.

 

[Luke7777]

Just another tip.... don't go for the first slots available. Everyone does that and you might end up with a slot that's just been taken, and have to start again. Pick one 2 days or so later...

 

[e4et]

Anxiously waiting for 7:45 so i can try to book a slot.

 

[rodga]

Anxiously waiting for 7:45 so i can try to book a slot.

And did you get one? 7:45 worked for me a few months ago...