Driving Licence

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Did they put the entitlement back on after Marlboro?

Also my photocard is due for renewal soon, who's it best to get the photocopy done with (signed and the like?)

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crap mines up next year and the center that i passed my test at is no longer there it was 26 years ago 

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I was one of those people. Had to re-sit my test and pay £500 again. I was not amused but at the time there was nowt I could do. Am afraid now even to change my adress 

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just got mine back and its ok . keep proof of the old one.

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Hello All,
              I've still got my old paper licence that I was given 25 years ago!!!!Do I need to get a new photo one? as my paper one say's it expires in another 25 years?

                                              John

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I dont think you have to change to a photcard unless you move address or your entitlemnet changes. If you do change to the photocard it needs to be renewed every 10 years so the pic is up to date. I hope to be moving later this year but not sure whether i want to risk sending mine off when i do, everthing i read seems to say the that the DVLA are a bunch of  who even when they have proof of your entitlement dont want to listen. 

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I am still on my paper licence,I will never change it,I know four people who had to resit the test.I passed my test in 1978!But done my Honda MAC course in 1999,my licence expires in 2032.Happy days.

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May sound a bit daft this..............But could you get proof by taking you document/license  to a solicitor and get them to photocopy or signed document, something along them lines. Then if any dispute with the DVLA you can call upon the solicitor. Just a thought.

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May sound a bit daft this..............But could you get proof by taking you document/license  to a solicitor and get them to photocopy or signed document, something along them lines. Then if any dispute with the DVLA you can call upon the solicitor. Just a thought.

Don't be daft Nero, that would be too easy,

There was an article in Classic Bike a couple of months ago were that approach had been used, and a couple of people still had to resit their test's DVLA would not back down , It's a serious problem, I'm 'angin onto my paper license even if it resembles a paper tissue after it's been through the wash , I been riding 30 odd years and I aint gonna loose it coz some office whaller can't do their job properly 

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go to do mine by september, we have to produce our license at work every 6 months so i have lots of copies of it, still a pita though.

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My photo licence runs out while we are away so I did it on line on Wednesday night - you can do on line if you have renewed your passport in the last 5 years and want to use the same photo (not a good photo but saved me getting more) still a £20 fee
instruction was to cut up my old photo licence and return...
i thought i would hang onto it until the new one arrived just in case, and Friday got the new one in the post - very impressed at how quick i got it back, basically it took 1 working day......

so being a good girl i Will cut up the old one and post it back - eventually 

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Don't you dare!!!

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My photo licence runs out while we are away so I did it on line on Wednesday night - you can do on line if you have renewed your passport in the last 5 years and want to use the same photo (not a good photo but saved me getting more) still a £20 fee
instruction was to cut up my old photo licence and return...
i thought i would hang onto it until the new one arrived just in case, and Friday got the new one in the post - very impressed at how quick i got it back, basically it took 1 working day......

so being a good girl i Will cut up the old one and post it back - eventually  






When hell freezes over   

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I got a replacement card last year or so, just noticed it hasn't got the provisional 125cc motorcycle catagory [cat A/A1?] Big problem? 

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I got a replacement card last year or so, just noticed it hasn't got the provisional 125cc motorcycle catagory [cat A/A1?] Big problem? 

Could be ,.......