How Many Years After a Driver's License Downgrade Can You Apply for an Upgrade?

[PatrickAnn]

Depending on the vehicle type, there are three scenarios: To apply for an upgrade to a medium-sized bus driving qualification, you must have held a driving license for city buses, large trucks, small cars, small automatic transmission cars, low-speed trucks, or three-wheeled vehicles for at least three years, with no record of accumulating 12 penalty points in the three most recent consecutive scoring cycles before the application. To apply for an upgrade to a tractor driving qualification, you must have held a medium-sized bus or large truck driving qualification for at least three years, or a large bus driving qualification for at least one year, with no record of accumulating 12 penalty points in the three most recent consecutive scoring cycles before the application. To apply for an upgrade to a large bus driving qualification, you must have held a medium-sized bus or large truck driving qualification for at least five years, or a tractor driving qualification for at least two years, with no record of accumulating 12 penalty points in the five most recent consecutive scoring cycles before the application. For drivers holding licenses for large buses, tractors, city buses, medium-sized buses, or large trucks, the vehicle management office will revoke their highest driving qualification under the following circumstances and notify the driver to complete the downgrade and license replacement within 30 days: Being involved in a traffic accident resulting in death, bearing equal or greater responsibility, without constituting a crime. Accumulating 12 penalty points in a single scoring cycle. Failing to undergo inspection for three consecutive scoring cycles. If the driver fails to complete the downgrade and license replacement within the specified time, the vehicle management office will announce the revocation of the driving qualification. After completing the downgrade and license replacement, to apply for reinstatement of the revoked driving qualification, the driver must have no record of accumulating 12 penalty points in the current and the most recent scoring cycle before the application, and must not have been involved in a traffic accident resulting in death with equal or greater responsibility. Procedure for downgrading the highest driving qualification: After passing the relevant exams, receive the "Motor Vehicle Driver’s Illegal Full-Point Exam Information Feedback Notice" (for Class A and B licenses, the downgrade information will be noted on the notice). After the suspension period ends, bring your ID card and the "Motor Vehicle Driver’s Illegal Full-Point Exam Information Feedback Notice" to the traffic police department where the license was suspended to retrieve your driver's license. Submit the following materials to the issuing vehicle management office to complete the downgrade and license replacement (processed within one working day if there are no pending traffic violations): Original "Motor Vehicle Driver's License Application Form." Original and copy of the driver's identity proof. Original motor vehicle driver's license. Three recent front-facing, bareheaded, white-background color ID photos (submit the digital photo collection receipt if required locally).