Criteria for Application of Vocational Driving Licence

Mr Zaqy Mohamad asked the Minister for Transport whether there are plans to exclude PRs and foreign private car drivers from taking up vocational licences to ensure that such vocation remains only for Singaporeans, just like that for taxi driving.

From July this year, all private hire car drivers will be required to obtain a Private Hire Car Driver's Vocational Licence (PDVL). Non-Singapore citizens will be granted PDVLs only if they are employees of chauffeured services companies, which are also constrained by foreign worker quotas. Singaporeans, on the other hand, are eligible for PDVL even if they are self-employed. This is similar to the policy for taxi drivers.