Driver's license question

[DavidB]

I had my license revoked due to a DVLA internal error years ago, I had my car seized and I reapplied for the photo license last week. Does anyone have any idea how long they take to arrive from experience? The site says within three weeks?

[adyc900]

Wait 3 weeks,then ring them to be told they haven't processed it yet.

[PandaSelecta]

Or get too many - i have three of the things (all the same, but two sent out for no reason at all)

[retrowagen1234]

Ive been looking into similar dvla curse word lately. I.E removing my 3 points from my licence. I have to pay £20 for the pleasure.. As obviously paying the £60 and the following insuarance hikes wasnt enough.

Thats not the bit that bothers me tho. They want me to send of both my licence and counterpart!! To that idiotic bunch or arseholes Ive read up on it and licences not coming back/ them claiming to have not recived it or even worse, Claiming you never had one!!! Is a common occurence Sending the paper bit doesnt bother me, As then i still have something on which to fall back, But sending the lot off

[PandaSelecta]

I still have the points on my licence* but don't want the dvla to lose my documents, so i havent sent them off.


*downhill in a Lada Samara with poor brakes ;D

[retrowagen1234]

Nov 15, 2010 18:02:20 GMT PandaSelecta said:

I still have the points on my licence* but don't want the dvla to lose my documents, so I havent sent them off.


*downhill in a Lada Samara with poor brakes ;D

Mine happened in my first polo.. 37 in a 30 , Caught me just as it changed to a 40 hidden behind a tree

[marksparks999]

I have three of the things

your licence always has and always will belong to dvla, the same as your vehicle registration mark, you should return the two older driving licences, easily ascertained by the issue number!

[retrowagen1234]

Nov 15, 2010 18:07:28 GMT marksparks999 said:

I have three of the things

your licence always has and always will belong to dvla, the same as your vehicle registration mark, you should return the two older driving licences, easily ascertained by the issue number!

hmmm If thats the case why do i have to pay to get 3 points taken off of their property

[alex77]

I still have the old paper Licence some time in the early ninties I sent it to them to have points removed the sent it back 5 weeks later with a biro line drawn though the points.

[fatbaldbloke]

If the points have expired, what's the big deal with getting them removed? Unless your licence is due for renewal or you're moving house, just ignore them.

[kenb]

Just do a change of address (to a relative or something), then a few months later change it back. points gone FOC if your that bothered.

As for losing it why don't you photocopy your licence before you send it off and send it by registered post. As long you have the proof of it being tracked, they cant deny it can they.

[DavidB]

I'm not paying any money to update it. I'd love it to arrive this week, that'd be ace.

[dirtyburty]

I've had varying results after having catagories updated on my licence.

Could be anywhere between a around 10days and best part of 6 months!!!!!!!!!!!!

[skinley]

Nov 15, 2010 20:16:47 GMT kenb said:

As for losing it why don't you photocopy your licence before you send it off and send it by registered post. As long you have the proof of it being tracked, they cant deny it can they.

Yes they can and probably will deny it. ALWAYS get a duplicate license (not a photocopy) before sending your original to the DVLA, they cannot be trusted. To quote a recent letter from the almighty DVLA, "proof of postage is not proof of reciept". Unsuprisngly this only works for them and not the "customer".

The problem is that they operate above the law and they are very much aware of this, in other words they have got you by the short and curlies and they know there is nothing you can do about it.

I recently served a 12 month driving ban then duly re-applied for my license, I then faced another 11 months of monumental incompetence, laziness, dishonesty and downright stupidity before I was allowed back on the roads. I probably spent the equivalent of a years worth of motoring in phone calls alone, sometimes they even bothered to answer! I sincerely hope that every single doovla bod who dealt with me suffers a similar fate at least once in their lives.

[fatbaldbloke]

Nov 15, 2010 23:16:04 GMT skinley said:

Nov 15, 2010 20:16:47 GMT kenb said:

As for losing it why don't you photocopy your licence before you send it off and send it by registered post. As long you have the proof of it being tracked, they cant deny it can they.

To quote a recent letter from the almighty DVLA, "proof of postage is not proof of reciept". Unsuprisngly this only works for them and not the "customer".

Recorded delivery is proof of receipt. Anything I send to the DVLA is copied beforehand and sent by recorded delivery having been bent over by them in the past.

Swansea should just be nuked, no one would miss it.

[Roobeh]

Nov 16, 2010 15:03:06 GMT fatbaldbloke said:

Swansea should just be nuked, no one would miss it.

Even I wouldn't miss it. As long as I'm not nearby at the time lol .

DVLA has been ok to me, but then I've never really had to deal with them

[DavidB]

They sent my application back because I missed 'Country where license was given' last week! Sent it back and got it yesterday! Thankfully after two months I can drive again.

[ray900tap]

Nov 15, 2010 18:43:16 GMT alex77 said:

I still have the old paper Licence some time in the early ninties I sent it to them to have points removed the sent it back 5 weeks later with a biro line drawn though the points.

got you beat there Alex..
my points are HAND writen on my licence in biro...
(well, they were.. cough cough )