My Pune RTO Experience Of Changing Address In My Driving License

TL:DR - I was in and out of the RTO in just 5 minutes. I wanted to change my address on my driving license after I moved to Pune. Needless to say, I dreaded thinking about going to the RTO office. But I didn't want to go via an agent who were quoting 1.5K-3K rupees for the same. Changing the address on your driving license requires 2 steps: First Online and then Offline. I followed the instructions on the Parivahan website and it took me quite a lot of effort to just fill a form, upload the documents and pay the fees (Rs. 450). The entire experience reminded me of pre-2010 govt website era and it took almost an hour. After finishing the online process, the website told me that it's under "scrutiny" at the RTO. But it's misleading. The reality is that you have to go to the RTO with your pre-filed form, application acknowledgement and fee receipt. This is the offline stage of the process. Otherwise, the Parivahan portal will keep it in "scrutiny" mode till eternity. I mustered courage and went to the RTO office and a the person at helpdesk asked me to go to C-Block. A lady there took the documents, my aadhar copy and driving license. She stapled them together and stamped it. That's it. She said I'll get my license delivered at home in a month. And just like that I was in and out of the RTO in 5 minutes! The total cost was 1050! 450 for the RTO fees and 600 for Uber (to and from). Overall, the offline experience was much superior to the online experience.