Verify your licence

To apply for the verification of your licence, a certificate, or theoretical knowledge (TK) exam results issued by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), please complete the online Verification of licence and or exam issued by the UK CAA application form (SRG1160).

A single verification of a licence, certificate, or theoretical knowledge (TK) exam results issued by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is £55.

If you require the verification of both a licence and theoretical knowledge exam results, the applicable fee will be £110.

As part of your application you will need to provide the details of the National Aviation Authority (NAA) or organisations that require the verification.

Verifications to an NAA regulated by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) will require a copy of your licence or certificate to be uploaded as a supporting document.

Verifications to an organisation and/or a third-country International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) state will not require any additional supporting documents.

Supporting documents should be uploaded with a filename that clearly states the content of the file attachment (for example, ‘Licence copy’, ‘Certificate copy’ and so on).

There is a 50Mb size limit for files uploaded to this form. If your attachments exceed 50Mb, you will be required to send all supporting documentation to fclweb@caa.co.uk quoting your application reference number.

The licence verification process is divided into four stages:

Stage 1:

You submit your application using the online Verification of licence and or exam issued by the UK CAA application form (SRG1160).

Stage 2:

You will need to contact the National Aviation Authority (NAA)/company/airline who require your verification to advise that you have submitted your application to the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

Stage 3:

The NAA/company/airline who require your verification must contact us directly by email to pldverifications@caa.co.uk in order to request the verification.

Stage 4:

We will process the request within our current turnaround times (ten working days of receipt of a complete application) and provide the verification directly to the NAA/company/airline.

Further information

• Verify theoretical examination results issued by the UK CAA
• Verify your licence

Once we receive your application, it will undergo an assessment within ten working days which includes a check for the supporting documentation criteria being met (for European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) states only), and a check that the request from the National Aviation Authority (NAA)/company/airline has been received.

The full verification process can only be completed on receipt of the request and your application will be placed on hold if not received. The processing time will vary depending upon the time taken for the NAA and/or organisation to request your verification.

Where no correspondence is received within 30 working days, your application will be cancelled, with any original documents returned and a fee for the initial assessment applied (which is currently £138.00 as per the CAA Scheme of Charges). This is to recover the average costs of application review in respect of those applications that the CAA has rejected, or where the applicant has withdrawn their application.

Should the initial cost of the entire application be less than the assessment fee, the full fee will be considered as the cancellation charge, and you will not be entitled to a refund. Should the initial cost be more than the assessment fee a refund will be raised accordingly.

Subject to receipt of your full application and the request for verification from the National Aviation Authority (NAA)/company/airline, we will process the verification and send it in accordance with our current turnaround time.

For security reasons and to help prevent fraud, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will only verify your licence details directly to the NAA/company/airlines.

There is no validity date set by us for any verifications issued to an National Aviation Authority (NAA) or organisation.

Should your licence be updated after the verification has been completed and any further information is provided, a new application will need to be submitted.