Late to Renew Your Driver's License? Here's How to Handle It, It's Easy!

Late renewal of a driver's license is not a new problem for the Indonesian people. The high daily mobility makes some people forget to renew it. In fact, a driver's license is important as a form of legality to drive on the roads. So how do we deal with it? Let's find out by paying attention to the following review.

How to Easily Overcome Late Renewal of a Driver's License

Before you learn how to overcome late renewal of a driver's license, you need to know about the driver's license regulations first. As is known, a driver's license is valid for up to five years. In the past, the expiration date of a driver's license was determined by a person's date of birth. Currently, the expiration date of a driver's license is five years from the date of issuance of the driver's license. 

If your driver's license has expired, it can be assured that your driver's license is no longer valid. However, usually, the Korlantas RI still provides a one-week grace period for someone whose driver's license has expired during Eid or national holidays. 

You can renew it when the leave from Korlantas RI is over. The process is very easy, you can visit the SIM Corner, then make a payment for health and psychological tests. After taking the tests, you just need to submit the proof to the SIM Corner officer. Next, you just fill out the driver's license renewal form and wait a moment for the photo and issuance of the driver's license. 

For those of you who are late in renewing your driver's license, but the expiration date does not coincide with national holidays, your driver's license cannot be renewed. You are required to apply for a new driver's license as if you were making a driver's license for the first time. This refers to Police Regulation Number 5 of 2021 Article 4 paragraph 3 which states that the use of a driver's license that has expired must apply for a new driver's license. 

How to Renew a Driver's License Online for Expired Licenses

Creating a driver's license can now be done online, here are the complete steps.

1. Complete the requirements for applying for a new driver's license

Before you apply for a new driver's license online, you need to prepare and complete the application requirements. Here are the requirements you need to prepare.

• Attach the original ID card along with a photocopy.
• Attach the printed document from the online driver's license site containing the registration number of the driver's license application.
• Attach a letter of physical and mental health. This letter can be obtained online by taking a test on the site https://erikkes.id or by downloading the application.
• Attach proof that you have taken a psychological test online through the site https://eppsi.id.
• Attach a letter stating that you have passed the driver's license simulator skills test.
• Attach the driver's license renewal application form that you have filled out completely beforehand.

2. Follow the procedure for renewing an expired driver's license

After you have completed the requirements. You must follow the procedure for renewing an expired driver's license as follows.

• Visit the Samsat to verify the application requirements data. Even if you are renewing an expired driver's license online, you still need to visit the Samsat in person because that is the mechanism. 
• Next, you need to go to the photo and fingerprint recording section.
• Take a series of tests for issuing a driver's license such as theory and practical tests.
• If you pass the theory and practical tests, you can go to the driver's license printing section. For renewing an expired car driver's license (SIM A), you need to pay a fee of IDR 80,000.

Thus, the way to overcome the late renewal of a driver's license that you can follow. How easy is that?