{"id":10070,"date":"2019-05-05T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=10070"},"modified":"2023-03-25T23:53:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T23:53:00","slug":"dsa-alert-find-your-lost-theory-test-certificate-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=10070","title":{"rendered":"DVSA: Find Your Lost Theory Test Certificate Number"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I wrote this article way back in 2012. At the time, DVSA had just launched a new facility where you could find your Theory Test Certificate (TTC) number online if you\u2019d lost the paper sheet. Here\u2019s the link to the feature on GOV.UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You need the number if you\u2019re going to book your practical test \u2013 and note that I said the number,<\/strong> not the certificate itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of pupils get worried that they need to take the actual TTC to their practical test, though. By that time, many will have lost or misplaced it (quite a few of mine have, and we usually only find out the night before or on the day, which allows me to wind them up a little). Indeed, the booking confirmation you get when you book your practical says you should take your licence and TTC along with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In all the years I have been an instructor, I can think of only one or two occasions where the examiner has asked to see it \u2013 and those were at least ten years ago. More recently, when a pupil has offered the TTC along with their licence, the examiner isn\u2019t interested. They only want to see the licence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you think about it, you wouldn\u2019t be able to book your practical if you hadn\u2019t passed the theory, so it\u2019s obvious you have done when you turn up on test day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When any of my pupils starts to fret over not being able to find their TTC \u2013 and after I\u2019m finished winding them up \u2013 I tell them the examiner won\u2019t ask for it, and even if he or she does, just say that you didn\u2019t get one or that the printer at the testing station was broken when you were there. None of them have ever had to do that, though, because the examiners simply don\u2019t ask for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you still have your TTC, take it along with you by all means. But don\u2019t worry if you\u2019ve lost it, because unless there is some problem with your booking, I cannot see any reason why they would demand to see it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n