Renewing your licence online

[DahDit]

What with all the horror stories of licences being sent off and being returned sans bike category, here's some links to allow you to get your replacement and NOT send the original off - your only proof

Might be of use to a few F@Z3R riders, BMBob and imminently TeeJayExc ;D

www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Motoringtransactions/BeforeyouapplyD/DG_066956

They even grab your photo from the passport office. Of course if you don't have a passport....

You don't have to wait until you are that age, you can now apply online if you have "lost" your original.
www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Motoringtransactions/BeforeyouapplyD/DG_067507

Or if you just want one of the newfangled photo licences,
www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/NeedANewOrUpdatedLicence/DG_4022084

[teejayexc]

Jul 30, 2008 18:11:12 GMT DahDit said:

What with all the horror stories of licences being sent off and being returned sans bike category, here's some links to allow you to get your replacement and NOT send the original off - your only proof

Might be of use to a few F@Z3R riders, BMBob and imminently TeeJayExc ;D

www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Motoringtransactions/BeforeyouapplyD/DG_066956

They even grab your photo from the passport office. Of course if you don't have a passport....

You don't have to wait until you are that age, you can now apply online if you have "lost" your original.
www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Motoringtransactions/BeforeyouapplyD/DG_067507

Or if you just want one of the newfangled photo licences,
www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/NeedANewOrUpdatedLicence/DG_4022084

Cheeky barsteward

[CD]

Classic Bike Mechanics magazine covered this recently. They say for anyone who passed the bike test before 1983 (IIRC) there is a good chance they goofed up the bike entitlements when the transferred the data to the computers. That said, I had my licence photo card thingy done about 10 years ago with no problems.

[Deleted]

1983 ? there's some knackered old gits here.

[CD]

Hey now - less of the old

[neilmud Lord Protector]

Looking at the DVLA site it seems they want to charge me £17.50 to get a photo card instead of my old paper one but I have heard this is a free service ? any one done it ,was there a charge and if so why change.
Took my test in 1975 my provisional was carved in stone and when I passed got one of the new fangled scroll on papyrus licences.

Neil

[CD]

So there's a good chance they'll have lost your bike entitlement. A dupe would make sense. Even at £17.50 its cheaper than a re-test,

[General Gman]

A photocard replacement is only free if you're changing address...

[CD]

Aren't we supposed to get a new photocard licence every 10 years? Mines a tad older than that, but until they complain...

[teejayexc]

Aug 16, 2008 17:10:47 GMT CD said:

Aren't we supposed to get a new photocard licence every 10 years? Mines a tad older than that, but until they complain...

Nope, only when you want to add something to it/duplicate issue in case of lost stolen etc..otherwise it lasts till your 70

[5watt]

Your licence lasts till you are 70

Unfortunately your photo only lasts 10 years.

www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/NeedANewOrUpdatedLicence/DG_078070

What a scam!

[teejayexc]

Aug 16, 2008 20:20:35 GMT 5watt said:

Your licence lasts till you are 70

Unfortunately your photo only lasts 10 years.

www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/NeedANewOrUpdatedLicence/DG_078070

What a scam!

Bollox, I didn't know that! More *bloody* stealth taxes

[m40man]

Aug 16, 2008 20:27:50 GMT teejayexc said:

Spherical Objects, I didn't know that! More *bloody* stealth taxes

It's not a stealth tax just because TEEJAYEXC doesn't pay attention .

............. anyway .... if you were a good road user like me you'd still just have the original paper licence you were first issued with .

[teejayexc]

............. anyway .... if you were a good road user like me you'd still just have the original paper licence you were first issued with, complete with endorsements!

Hmm, new thread idea here

[neilmud Lord Protector]

I've got a green one still.

Also have a pink one that I got when I thought I had lost my green one.

Neil

[suzukikidontheloose53]

Aug 11, 2008 19:23:09 GMT neilmud Lord Protector said:

Looking at the DVLA site it seems they want to charge me £17.50 to get a photo card instead of my old paper one but I have heard this is a free service ? any one done it ,was there a charge and if so why change.
Took my test in 1975 my provisional was carved in stone and when I passed got one of the new fangled scroll on papyrus licences.

Neil

I renewed my old paper license last year, or maybe the year before, simply because it was falling apart,and at the same time got a medical and enclosed that to keep my HGV license alive;having read the site I thought that I had to pay the DVLA for changing to card from paper,although if I was just updating the HGV there was no charge, and enclosed a cheque,but although they cashed the cheque they sent me a refund for the same amount so it never cost me anything in the end

[Dame judgejools44]

As GM says, its only free to replace your D/L when you have to change address.

Also note the codes on the far right at the back....101 means you can't drive that cat of vehicle for hire or reward even though most of ya are probably like me and have the 'old fart' licence which used to cover you for everything upto a 7.5t.


You can find the list of codes here:

www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/WhatCanYouDriveAndYourObligations/DG_10022623