Driving Licence Renewal

Same with me, prior to going away on our latest trip. I had expected not to have received it till our return, but was most pleasantly surprised just how quickly it came. It was my second renewal, so I wonder if that made any difference.

MOH thought it was a bit of a messy site, too much unnecessary verbiage around the edges which got in the way of the vital flow of info.

Having said that, the license came back within two days but she wasn't happy with the photo!

Paid £14? You were scammed. Its free if you use the DVLA website.

It’s not a scam. The poster isn’t 70 so the cost is as quoted, online renewal £14. It cost me that for a year and a half as my last one expired at 68 and a half.😀

Thats not to say there aren’t scams about. It pays to check you are on the government website.

If you can apply online, then it’s quick, but sending stuff to them through the post is a different matter. They have many staff working from home, and there is industrial action by a Union that is deliberately targeting areas most likely to inconvenience the public.  They receive 60,000 envelopes a day!  I sent my D4 medical, and C2 application form to them on 2nd August to have C1 and CE put back on my licence (removed at 70) in anticipation of purchasing a 4250kg motorhome. Luckily, delivery not until March 1st 2022, so hope to have something back by then🤪 A miserable effort by the DVLA all round I’m afraid, though they do have problems to overcome internally.