Bad luck, I got mine renewed online no problem and expect to be getting a second set of reminders next spring.

So presumably all that information they want has nothing to do with actual licence renewal but is simply to establish you are who you say you are online for security reasons.

But that means they have to have that info stored against your id for cross-checking purposes. If they don't …. 'Sorry you can't renew your licence online'

I would have thought they knew who you are, especially if you tax your vehicle with them.

However it does not bode well for me as I will have to jump through the same hoops next May. For a start I do not have a valid passport. Then there is the paper driving license that I hold, they have probably not even logged those numbers into the computer.

Regards

Gray,

Hit back!

If Ur quack wants to sting you £120, make sure Inland Revenue know how much!

Currently feeling anti doc/chemist. Chemist not got repeat prescription, says ring doc. Ring doc and after listening to a lot of old twaddle, get told Ur no. 11 in que, cancel call. No 11 × say 5 mins = nearly an hour. Phone verbiage says use website, do that and b4 I can focus eyes on options, whole lot obliterated by full page of COVID rubbish. Get nowhere in any direction. Tried another visit to chemist and success! I ask them why it's so difficult to get repeats each month and they shrug. I will soon resort to order by phone and insist on delivery, just 2 b awkward like they are.

Feel better now!

At age 70 it all changes ! As my above post states ! If you passed your test of recent times, then there are numerous classes you will NOT get, eg trailer above 375Kg(I think ) Noel.

Never had had problem with either on line or old fashioned fill the form in and as for passport number etc whats the problem they need to know who is filling the on line form in !

H

I am about 18 months away from being 70, if I understand this correctly I will loose some categories on my new licence. I at present enjoy caravanning so obviously tow a caravan, will I loose any entitlement to do this. As for proof of identity I find this very hard to comply with, passport expired about ten years ago and as I have no desire to travel abroad anymore plus I can no longer afford the travel insurance I don’t see the point in paying for a current passport. My driving license is an old green paper one, no photo on it the only photo Id I have is my buss pass. I find it very difficult proving who I am to banks and building societies etc.

I don't know if its the same, but when I renew my HGV license (has to be done every 5 years if you're over 45), the fact of returning the old license, along with the application form and medical, seems to be sufficient proof that I am who I say I am.

By the way, £120 seems to be standard for GP-issued medicals. I use one of the meet-in-a-layby medics, they're usually about £50 – £60, including the eye-test.

Which reminds me, the wretched thing is due again this July.

I had a paper licence when my age 70 renewal came up and I chose to go the online route, at that time I had a valid passport and they used the photo held by the passport office. When my next renewal came at age 73 my passport was expired and I chose not to renew as my globe trotting days were over, however they still used the expired photo held by the passport office and issued the renewed licence. I wonder if it will work the same when my renewal at 76 comes round ? I must say that renewing online was easy and the licence appeared within days, all painless. Dave W

A bit like Dave W. Do it on-line. If possible. Sent mine off in the post (on-line would not work the second time I tried) nearly a month ago. Phoning them is useless. I just hope they actually received the application as I didn’t get a certificate of posting….

Yes all above correct. You will loose your 7.5 tonne limit if you apply online. To retain it you have to do it in writing with a medical declaration. Cousin just did his. No doctors note though. Just a declaration & then wait months for the licence to come back. His took over 2 1/2 months, but he now still has his 7.5 tonne limit on his. I won't bother as i have only ever driven a large commercial once many yrs ago. How many 70 year olds want to drive Heavy goods.

Steve.

Not many 70 year old want to drive HGV but there are a lot who drive motorhomes exceeding 3500kg maximum gross weight.

Emgee

Edited By Emgee on 01/12/2021 02:21:27