Notes for Personalized Vehicle Registration Mark Application  

Notes for Personalized Vehicle Registration Mark Auction                                                                                             

(5) Guidance Notes for Auction of Personalized Vehicle Registration Marks (Bilingual Version) 

(6) Notes before attending for Physical Auction

(7) Procedure for registering a mark after auction

(8) Enquiries

Notes for Personalized Vehicle Registration Mark Application

(1) Application for Personalized Vehicle Registration Mark

The Department has to take time to process the reserved applications accumulated during the pandemic, the processing time of submitted applications and waiting time for auction will become longer. Thank you for your kind attention and understanding.                                   

In general, applications will be accepted within the determined period in January, May and September each year.

• The 58th Personalized Vehicle Registration Marks Scheme was closed on 30 September 2026.

  
  Before submitting applications, applicants should read the guidance notes carefully, and may also make reference to the auctioned marks under "Personalized Vehicle Registration Mark (Auction)" for the combinations and display arrangements of PVRMs.
  
  

(2) Guidance Notes for Personalized Vehicle Registration Mark Application

(3) Submission of Application

• To check whether the proposed personalized vehicle registration mark can comply with the basic combination requirements set out at Annex 1 of the "Guidance Notes for Application for Personalized Vehicle Registration Mark", you may enquire through online service by clicking here or call the Enquiry Hotline at 2804 2600.
• You can submit your application form (TD 569) in one of the following ways:

1. By post to the Vehicle Registration Marks Unit, Transport Department, 12/F, South Tower, West Kowloon Government Offices, 11 Hoi Ting Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. Applications received by post will be dated by the postmark.
2. Via the drop-in box at any of the TD's Licensing Offices at Admiralty, Cheung Sha Wan, Kwun Tong and Sha Tin. For easy identification, please mark "PVRM Application" on the envelope of the application.
3. Through the online application service at the GovHK website if the applicant possesses an "iAM Smart+" account with digital signing function (for Hong Kong residents only) or a digital certificate. You may also make general enquiries through a chatbot at the GovHK website.

• Each applicant can only submit one application.
• In accordance with Regulation 12B of the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations, Cap. 374E, the Commissioner shall not entertain any request to withdraw an application. In this regard, TD will not refund the deposit paid for the application.
• The processing of applications for personalized vehicle registration marks involves several stages and is taken by batches. As a general reference, it would normally take around 15-18 months or more for an application to complete the process and have the approved mark from the deadline for applications of each exercise to be put up for auction. The processing time would be even longer if the applied mark requires further examination during the vetting stage.
  Make enquiry /Make application (within the determined period in January, May and September only.)

(4) Change of correspondence address and contact details

All mails relating to application for personalized vehicle registration mark will be sent to the correspondence address provided by the applicant on the application form. If you would like to change the correspondence address or other contact details, please submit the completed application form (TD 640) by post or by fax to the Vehicle Registration Marks Unit of Transport Department (Address: 12/F, South Tower, West Kowloon Government Offices, 11 Hoi Ting Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon/ Fax no: 3101 5532).

You may also submit the change request through electronic form, or use GovHK's Access Change of Address Service to make application (After starting the application, click "Services by Organisation" in Step 2 and select "Vehicle Registration Marks Auction Applicant [TD03]" under "Transport Department", and then input and submit the required information).

Notes for Personalized Vehicle Registration Mark Auction

(5) Guidance Notes for Auction of Personalized Vehicle Registration Marks (Bilingual Version) 

Guidance Notes for Personalized Vehicle Registration Mark Auction

Guidance Notes - Auction of Personalized Vehicle Registration Marks (Bilingual Version)

How to Access to the Auction Venue?

Access Maps of Auction Venue (620 KB) [Meeting Room N101/N201, Phase 2, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre]

Access Maps of Auction Venue (503 KB) [Meeting Room S221/S421, Phase 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre]

Road Map (539 KB)

(Note: Bidders should read the Guidance Notes - Auction of Personalized Vehicle Registration Marks before attending the auction.)

Certificate of Allocation

The PVRM purchaser shall receive a "Certificate of Allocation of Personalized Registration Mark" after auction. Keep the certificate in a safe place. Report its loss at once to any Police Station, and apply in a specified form (TD 572) for a duplicate document on payment of the appropriate fee.

(6) Notes before attending for Physical Auction

Who is expected to attend an auction?

Any member of the public who is interested in bidding for the marks put up for auction can attend.

What to bring along on the date of auction?

Bidders are reminded to bring along the following documents with them for completion of registration and payment procedures immediately after the successful bidding:

• the identity document of the successful bidder;
  
  
• the identity document of the purchaser if it is different from the successful bidder;

• a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation (photocopy is acceptable) if the purchaser is a body corporate; and
  
  
• a crossed cheque made payable to 'The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region' or 'The Government of the HKSAR'. For auctioned mark paid by cheque, the first three working days after the date of auction will be required for cheque clearance confirmation before processing of the application for mark assignment can be completed. Successful bidders can also pay through Easy Pay System (EPS). However, payment by post-dated cheques, cash or other methods will not be accepted.

(7)Procedure for registering a mark after auction

What is the procedure for registering a mark bought at auction?

If successful in obtaining a mark at auction, the bidder has to complete a "Memorandum of Sale of Vehicle Registration Mark" to confirm acceptance of the mark. Within 12 months after the date of being allocated with the mark by auction, the purchaser has to get the mark assigned to a vehicle registered in his name, otherwise this allocation of the mark may be cancelled by the Transport Department and the mark may be reallocated.

(8) Enquiries

If you have any question concerning the application of reserving vehicle registration marks for auction, you may telephone 2804 2600 or email to Vehicle Registration Marks Unit (vrmu@td.gov.hk).