Well that’s a turn up for the books - DVLA

Tonybvi

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Driving licence (C1) due to expire 18th April having previously lost several weeks/months at renewal time as it was dated 3 years from date of issue rather than date of expiry of old licence and I always applied early. So sent it off with relevant D4 form late February. Just checked status on line and apparently it has been renewed but here’s the best bit - date of issue 19th March 2026, date of expiry 18th April 2029!

So it seems that DVLA have reverted to renewing it up to 3 years from date of expiry, rather than date of issue.
 
Not licence related but this does relate to the DVLA.

Recently changed vehicles and the new V5C took 3 weeks to come back after buying the vehicle from dealer and having to tax it at the post office who then sent it off for me because it was on " Disabled Tax " and needed changing back.

Once i got the V5C back i put our personal registration on it online and the new V5C arrived in 5 days :)
 
Wooie1958 said:
Father-in-law who is 85 does his licence online no problem every 3 years.
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OI, behave, It's changed this year, I normally do it online too.

The New app this year needs to take a picture of your passport or old licence to confirm it's you, you line it up and it's supposed to turn green and take the picture, no matter what I did it jsut didn't work, Liz tried it too, so I have to go to the damned post office, and there is only one locally that does it, I was going to do it yesterday but in too much pain.
 
I did mine 6 months ago on the ap to change address an it was a farce, then As im 70 at end of april had to do it again a couple of weeks ago...this time everything worked properly and licence arrived in a couple of days. When it works it's good. Wife not intending to drive again due to eye problem didn't bother to change address on hers.
 
Pudsey Bear said:
OI, behave, It's changed this year, I normally do it online too.

The New app this year needs to take a picture of your passport or old licence to confirm it's you, you line it up and it's supposed to turn green and take the picture, no matter what I did it jsut didn't work, Liz tried it too, so I have to go to the damned post office, and there is only one locally that does it, I was going to do it yesterday but in too much pain.
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Wifey just had that same problem trying to pay a cheque into the TSB using the app.

No matter how she tried it would not turn green and take the picture 🥵 i said ............. let me try dear ..... that made it worse o_O :eek:

RIGHT OK YOU TRY IT ....... she barked at me 🤬, i tried it and it worked first time for me :) which got me in even more trouble o_O
 
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