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i recieved a letter from the dvla sat,informing me to renew my photo card driveing license.whats i'm worried about after recent press reports that the dvla in some cases have lost records of rider entitlement and that photo copying your old license is'nt prove of me passing my test.is there any thing i can do or am i worrying over nothing.

Last time I changed mine I kept my old licence and just reapplied for a new one, didnt lose anything in the way of entitlement.

Saying that I have to renew mine again as the pic has run out..

Did mine last week.
Haven't got it back yet.

I'll probably get a fine as the bloody thing was out of date when i got done for speeding last year.. didnt notice, neither did they.. only noticed the other day...

Oops..

Wasn't there something in MCN about this.
You need to send in a self addressed return envelope and a note requesting return of your old licence.
You can apparently do it at the Post Office now too! Might be safer. doesn't look like you send the old one in this way if you don't present it

That's a useful link, I'll share it around!

I did mine at the P.O.
Both parts of the licence still get sent off.
I asked specifically about the stories of lost entitlements.
It was fully accepted that it happens, and the only suggestion forthcoming was that I photocopied the original, which we all know is a worthless exercise.
Tims suggestion seems to be the safest.

report license as lost and apply for new one

I believe that that is fool proof - that way if you lose entitlement, then you can suddenly find the old one

Never had a photocard license - still using old my old paper one.

Don't like the photo ones - ID cards by the back door

Not that I'm paranoid, you understand, but you never know who's watching . . .

I don't have this problem as I don't have one of these new-fangled picture licenses.
However I do have proof of my entitlements.

As I sometimes drive vehicles for work, my employer has an obligation to check my status as a driver. They used to photocopy our licenses each year but apparently that is no longer good enough to demonstrate that they have done what they must - so they have to check with the DVLA. We have to fill out a mandate authorising the DVLA to divulge the info, they apply, pay the fee and the DVLA send an official reply showing driving entitlements and (for those that collect them) any points.
I asked my employer for a copy.

So if work can request this information from the DVLA then, for the fee, you must be able to too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/201 ... _dock.html

knew i had seen it somewhere

Got mine back OK earlier this year. Did the photo myself as well.

Five days later and mine arrived in the post this morning with all categories intact and including a couple of "category now deprecated" that I didn't recognise. 'Electric vehicles' and 'Vehicles used for very short distances on public roads'.

Samray wrote:Five days later and mine arrived in the post this morning with all categories intact and including a couple of "category now deprecated" that I didn't recognise. 'Electric vehicles' and 'Vehicles used for very short distances on public roads'.

Yeah I heard they went out a few years ago....

Aladinsaneuk wrote:report license as lost and apply for new one

I believe that that is fool proof - that way if you lose entitlement, then you can suddenly find the old one

My licence is due for renewal next March and this is the approach I will be taking about late January time

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