# Verification record — `za/rtmc/driving-licence-application` v1.0.0 This file is the **source-review record** for this document version, per the [`manual-source-review-v1`](../../../../../practices/manual-source-review-v1.md) practice. It documents the provenance of the published fields and flow and states the current verification claim honestly. ## Current claim - **`status`:** `draft` - **`verification.method`:** `manual-source-review-v1` - **`verification.lastVerifiedAt`:** `2026-07-05` Every field and document was read directly from the text layer of the official Form DL1 PDF, cross-checked against a second independent mirror of the identical form, and corroborated by the South African Government's own `gov.za` process-description pages for eligibility, prerequisite, and required- document facts not restated on the form itself. It remains `draft`, not `verified`, because the live DLTC intake process and the `online.natis.gov.za` booking portal could not be walked interactively — see "What is NOT yet independently verified" below. **Review-gate correction (GOV-1196):** the review pass for this PR independently re-extracted Form DL1's text layer with `pdfjs-dist` and found one Section A contact-detail field, "Facsimile number" (between "Contact telephone number during day" and "Cellphone number"), present on the form but missing from the initially authored field set. Added as `facsimileNumber` (optional, same treatment as the other contact-detail fields) prior to merge. ## Access notes - `https://www.natis.gov.za/index.php/downloads/forms/road-traffic-related-forms` and `http://www.enatis.com/index.php/downloads/cat_view/12-public/4-forms/8-road-traffic-related-forms` (the NaTIS system's own forms pages) both return HTTP 403 to direct fetch and to this review's fetch tooling — the same class of edge/WAF block seen on other `natis.gov.za`-family domains in prior GovSchema cycles (e.g. `i-kfz.de`, `mca.gov.in`). - The actual Form DL1 PDF was retrieved instead from `https://nelsonmandelabay.gov.za/datarepository/documents/dl1application-for-driving-licence-form-dl1.pdf` (Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality's own `.gov.za` domain), HTTP 200, with a genuine bilingual English/Afrikaans text layer — extracted in full with `pdfjs-dist` (`getTextContent`, position-sorted), not OCR. - That copy's content and its `DL1(18)(2005/11)` print code were cross-checked against a second, independent mirror, `https://weq4u.co.za/download/form-dl1-application-for-driving-licence/` (a private vehicle-licencing service that republishes the identical form), and found to match verbatim on every section examined. - `https://www.gov.za/services/driving-licence/apply-driving-licence` and `https://www.gov.za/services/driving-licence/renew-driving-licence` (the national government portal, `.gov.za` domain) were fetched directly (HTTP 200) and used for facts the form itself does not state: the learner's- licence prerequisite, minimum ages per vehicle code, the required-documents list (proof of residential address, photograph count), the process steps, and the fee guidance ("Contact your local licensing office for current rates"). - A web search for a fixed national driving-licence-application fee schedule (as distinct from the separately gazetted motor-vehicle-*licence* renewal fee) returned no single authoritative number; South African driving-licence test/application fees are set and published per province/DLTC, not nationally. `applicationFee` is modeled without a fixed `amount` for this reason (see §9.1 of the spec — `amount` is OPTIONAL). ## Sources examined - **Document `(id, version)`:** `za/rtmc/driving-licence-application` / `1.0.0` - **Spec version:** GovSchema `0.3.0` - **Authority:** Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), Republic of South Africa - **Primary source (directly retrieved, HTTP 200, text layer extracted verbatim with pdfjs-dist):** — Form DL1(18)(2005/11), "Application for Driving Licence" - **Cross-check mirror (directly retrieved, HTTP 200):** - **Cross-check (directly retrieved):** — eligibility, learner's-licence prerequisite, required documents, process steps - **Cross-check (directly retrieved):** — Form DL1 confirmed as the current form for both a new application and a renewal - **Retrieved / reviewed:** 2026-07-05 - **Reviewer:** GovSchema Engineering (initial authoring source-review) ## What was confirmed against the source | Source element | Field(s) / document(s) | |---|---| | Form DL1 "LIST OF POSSIBLE TRANSACTIONS" / "APPLICATION FOR:" tick-box list | `transactionType` | | Form DL1 Section A, "Type of identification" / "Identification number" / "Country of issue if foreign ID" | `typeOfIdentification`, `identificationNumber`, `countryOfIssueIfForeignId` | | Form DL1 Section A, "Nationality" / "Gender" / "Surname" / "Initials and first names" / "Date of birth" / "Official language of preference" | `nationality`, `gender`, `surname`, `initialsAndFirstNames`, `dateOfBirth`, `officialLanguagePreference` | | Form DL1 Section A, contact-detail fields (e-mail, home/day telephone, facsimile, cellphone) | `emailAddress`, `homeTelephoneNumber`, `daytimeContactTelephoneNumber`, `facsimileNumber`, `cellphoneNumber` | | Form DL1 Section A, postal-address and street-address blocks and "Address where notices must be served" | `postalAddressLine`, `postalSuburb`, `postalCityTown`, `postalCode`, `streetAddressLine`, `streetSuburb`, `streetCityTown`, `streetPostalCode`, `addressForNotices` | | Form DL1 Section B, "CLASS OF MOTOR VEHICLE" code table (a-h) and the prior-refusal question | `classOfMotorVehicle`, `hasBeenRefusedLearnersOrDrivingLicenceBefore`, `previousRefusalDetails` | | Form DL1 Section D, Declaration items (a)-(c) (disqualification/medical fitness) | `medicalFitnessDeclaration` | | Form DL1 Section D, Declaration item (d) (photograph count) | `photographsSubmittedCount` | | Form DL1 Section D, Declaration items (e)-(f) and signature/place/date lines | `declarationInformationTrueAndCorrect`, `declarationPlace`, `declarationDate`, `declarationSignature` | | gov.za "Apply for a driving licence" — required documents and learner's-licence prerequisite | `identityDocument`, `existingLearnersLicence`, `applicantPhotographs`, `proofOfResidentialAddress` | | gov.za "Apply for a driving licence" — "Contact your local licensing office for current rates" | `applicationFee` | ## What is NOT yet independently verified - Whether **proof of residential address** (named on the gov.za guidance page but not shown as a field on the DL1 form itself) is required at every DLTC nationwide, or varies by province/municipality. - Whether **cellphone number**, or any of the other Section A contact-detail fields (including facsimile number), is mandatory in practice at DLTC intake — the form itself carries no asterisk or other required/optional marking on any contact field, so this document conservatively models them as optional and models only the identity/address/declaration fields the form's own structure makes unambiguously required. - The exact, current **driving-licence application/test fee** — no single national fee schedule was found (distinct from the separately gazetted motor-vehicle *licence-renewal* fee); `applicationFee` is modeled without a fixed `amount`, consistent with `gb/dvla/vehicle-tax`'s precedent for a locally-varying fee. - The live `online.natis.gov.za` booking flow (confirmed reachable only for Gauteng residents, per gov.za's own guidance) is a session-based scheduling tool, not a field-collection form for DL1 itself, and was not walked screen by screen this cycle. - This document covers the **new driving licence, Code B** pathway only. `transactionType`'s other enum values (licence held by virtue of a government-department licence; replacement of a foreign licence or of a licence in an ID document/on a paper card; a temporary licence; a new card/duplicate; and the two notice-of-change transactions), and vehicle codes other than B, appear on the same form but their own document/fee requirements are out of scope, per `description`. ## Path to a `verified` claim (next step) To advance to `status: verified`, a reviewer applies `manual-source-review-v1` (Procedure step 2) by confirming the field set directly against a live DLTC intake visit, the `online.natis.gov.za` booking flow (for a Gauteng applicant), or an authoritative RTMC/provincial-transport-department field- level checklist; resolves any discrepancy by shipping a **new schema version** (immutability — VERSIONING §3, practice Procedure step 5); and records the outcome here plus sets `status: verified` with a current `verification.lastVerifiedAt`/`nextReviewBy`. ## Re-verification Per the practice's **Cadence**, `nextReviewBy` is set to **2027-01-05** (6 months). Re-check the sources on or before that date and on any `source.url` change.