Dont think you need to send your passport ,just the number as they can access that on line.
I didn't send my licence as it hadn't expired,it has now ,but believe they ask for it to be posted after renewal ,cut in half.
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I didn't send my licence as it hadn't expired,it has now ,but believe they ask for it to be posted after renewal ,cut in half.
Riverbankannie
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Well I am not prepared to send my passport or my licence.
I am going to try the online renewal ignoring that my photo is within 60 days of the date stamped on it - wish me luck. I will report back.
Riverbankannie
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First attempt has failed
Riverbankannie
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Second attempt has failed too, one condition reported same as last time and I passed the echocardiogram test.
I just sent old licence with application, after carefully copying both sides and laminating them back to back, wrote "COPY" on each side in red first just in case of any confusion.
Finally got licence back after 42 weeks,
Good luck
Finally got licence back after 42 weeks,
Good luck
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Riverbankannie
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It is more the passport I am worried about.I just sent old licence with application, after carefully copying both sides and laminating them back to back, wrote "COPY" on each side in red first just in case of any confusion.
Finally got licence back after 42 weeks,
Good luck
Didn't send mine, and no problems
I managed to get a call through again to the DVLA. (4th attempt and waiting 15 mins)I managed to contact the DVLA today,took 30 mins ,after advising my ref no, then name, any middle names?,dob, full address,they advised they were waiting for my treadmill test results that I did on the 13th Jan. They expected to receive the results usually within 10 days of the test.they would chase the hospital. I said I would also chase and was asked to request a resend to the DVLA if it had been posted more than 10 days ago.
Called the hospital ,records sent on the 26 th Jan to DVLA. To send more would require pulling out the records copying and resending,but they would check.
I did ask DVLA, if they recieved the records next week how long approx before my licence is renewed assuming all satisfactory?
Well what a silly question to ask, may as well have asked for the winning lottery numbers.
Another wasted hour plus.
Ps
Renewal submitted early August 2021
Advised them that treadmill records were posted to the dvla on the 26th Jan .I was advised that they are still not on my DVLA record but are probably still awaiting scanning into the system. Suggested I call again at the end of the month.
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It sounds like an escalation to your MP very shortly.I managed to get a call through again to the DVLA. (4th attempt and waiting 15 mins)
Advised them that treadmill records were posted to the dvla on the 26th Jan .I was advised that they are still not on my DVLA record but are probably still awaiting scanning into the system. Suggested I call again at the end of the month.
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Hi.
You Can't renew a C1 on line.
If renewing C1 then on the D2 form just quote the passport number.
If you already have a photo licence and passport there is no need to send anything other than properly filled in D2 & D4 forms to the medical assessment post coded DVLA.
Also if <56 days to expiry you'll need a new photo. Again if you have a photo licence no need to get it signed.
Prudent to send updated photo.
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Best to get it in before the 56 days, seems to make a difference to the DVLA processing time. I guess it cuts out some internal procedures like verifying your new photo against your passport and scanning the new picture into the system.
Riverbankannie
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I have been sent forms suggesting I can renew online with just one reported condition but the photo is the stumbling block. D4 not required it says but I must do by post.
Riverbankannie
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Thus 56 days thing ridiculous, I must have had the renewal notice before then but didn’t realise about it
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Chaser via our MP earlier this week. Unless DVLA sort themselves out sharpish, there's going to be a lot of snotty letters from MPs, hopefully leading to questions in Parliament. Do you think kidnapping and holding Mr Shapps for ransom would help?
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Riverbankannie,
You CAN NOT renew a C1 ON LINE (sorry to shout) Don't care who said, if you do an online renewal you will loose your C1.
(all assuming the requirements have not changed in the last 3 weeks) YOU need to have a completed a written D2 & D4 form.
Just apply for the D2 b& D4 forms get them filled in by your optician and doctor, attach a recent photo, passport and driver numbers, make sure optician/doctor company stamp included as per form.
Make sure you photo or Scan the forms and licence before ending in case of misplacement!!
Send in the post to be signed for.
When you get your licence back check it's for the right categories and nothing is left off or incorrect.
Edit : you normally get a renewal letter triggered at 90 days to expiry. if you apply for renewal <56 days from the renewal date you need a photo. Given the delays in processing why not include a photo to prevent a returned application.
So just work out whats 90 days before your licence expires and 56 days before, send you application in between the 2.
I did and got my licence back in 7 days from posting to receiving. Alas lost 3 months of the 36 renewal. Small price for piece of mind.
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Riverbankannie
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Well DVLA says I can, except I have not realised about the 60 day cut off so now I cannot .
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Hi, Sadly this HMG website says NOT
https://www.gov.uk/renew-driving-licence-at-70
If your read down the page a bit.
Sorry if misunderstood reasons for renewal and assumed we were talking C1 etc at a certain anniversary.
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Riverbankannie
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I don’t think that we are at cross purposes, but they have brought in the online thing for one condition with a self declaration form which they sent me. I assume this is as a result of the overstretched medical department. My renewal does include C1. However, I have written a covering letter surrendering my C1 as it is just too frustrating.
Not surprisingly the various sources of communication from DVLA do not always match up. For instance it says on the envelope provided that I must include original proof of identification, not a copy i.e. my passport, but then I did find online that writing the passport number on the application form ok, although it states on the form “do not alter this form in any way”
Anyway I have posted the forms special delivery, as advised by the post office, I included my licence as instructed after copying it but there is a special holograph thingy in it so copy wont be very good. I didn’t include my passport but wrote the number on the form, on the covering letter, included an updated photo as required (although my appearance not substantially altered so website said don’t need one), didn’t get photo certified as per website instructions as it is same as one in passport.
Copied all the forms and fingers crossed. Husband will drive, if up to it, in EU, and I can navigate so we should be ok even if I don’t get it back very soon.
Having had my LBBB diagnosed in 2009 after a routine ECG rather than any episode or event, after tests then which I opted for privately, I had had no further test, consultations or medication prescribed other than a precautionary statin. So in 2018 I though a good idea to apply to keep C1 and get further tests on the DVLA
what a big mistake in terms of delays and stress, both then and now, it came back to bite me in the bum !
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well ive now finished going through DVLA's (criminal) complaints procedure, and am now faced with paying another £25 to get the log book that never arrived in the first place. The irony being that without one I cant give them even more money in road fund tax each year..
Utter CROOKS.
They refused to shift from their laughable stance that it was my fault they failed to supply it because I didnt contact them to say it hadnt arrived within the first 6 weeks (when it clearly states on their own website NOT to contact them during the first 6 weeks).
Utter CROOKS.
They refused to shift from their laughable stance that it was my fault they failed to supply it because I didnt contact them to say it hadnt arrived within the first 6 weeks (when it clearly states on their own website NOT to contact them during the first 6 weeks).
Gov dept, accountable to no-one,
what else do you expect !!
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At the risk of censure for a mildly political observation:
What makes you think once elected/appointed, any of them are accountable in the same manner as the general public
?
I don't bl**dy beleeeve it. 
Checked on line and licence issued as of the 23rd Feb 2022 to 23 Feb 2025..
Not bad from applying early August 2021 and treadmill test mid Jan.,( D4 drivers medical)
3 phone calls and 2 e mails
Just trust it's got the C1 still on it ,but don't need it for my current van.
I do hope they change the system for over 70's C1 renewals before 2025.
Checked on line and licence issued as of the 23rd Feb 2022 to 23 Feb 2025..
Not bad from applying early August 2021 and treadmill test mid Jan.,( D4 drivers medical)
3 phone calls and 2 e mails
Just trust it's got the C1 still on it ,but don't need it for my current van.
I do hope they change the system for over 70's C1 renewals before 2025.
glenn2926
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This current system will affect me from 2030 but I hope they keep the medical requirement as is. It’s quite frightening how many decide to downsize because they are concerned about failing the medical. If it was removed these prospectively unfit drivers will continue to drive large heavy vehicles. That cannot be the best way to keep unsafe drivers off the road.I don't bl**dy beleeeve it.
Checked on line and licence issued as of the 23rd Feb 2022 to 23 Feb 2025..
Not bad from applying early August 2021 and treadmill test mid Jan.,( D4 drivers medical)
3 phone calls and 2 e mails
Just trust it's got the C1 still on it ,but don't need it for my current van.
I do hope they change the system for over 70's C1 renewals before 2025.
I don't think the medical checks are the issues,it's the time it takes is the main thing and the uncertainty of the DVLA not accepting medical professional results.
It's taken 6 months in my case and trying to contact someone at the DVLA is almost impossible.
glenn2926
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If that’s the main problem then I just might reinstate my C+E as they will treat it as a vocational licence. Hopefully this would speed up the time taken to renew.
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Emmit
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My C1 Clock started yesterday.
Tik Tok, Tik Tok.
As an aside, when I rang D4Drivers I was told that it wasn't necessary to visit an optician.
So I didn't.
On visiting the Dr. I was asked for my eyesight test.
When I told the Dr. of the information I had been given
she stated that the information I had been given was
incorrect.
She still did the eyesight test and filled out the D4.
For information.
Edit.
I was stupid enough to admit an incident that happened to me on one occasion only 22yrs ago.
The Dr. stopped the procedure and asked to see the letter I had received following
my treatment.
I returned yesterday to resume the appointment.
She told me, (and included the contents on the Form) to submit the letter to DVLA.
She stated, "That will be mitigation for you." I take that to mean that the letter points
out that my Consultant did not believe that my 'illness' was serious.
So, having considered her words, I included in my application, a copy of my Compostela
(Certificate) that I received after completing the Camino Santiago 3yrs ago.
It shows the distance and time taken. After all, it supersedes my illness by 19yrs and I
think it proves that if one is capable of walking 729kms in 29 continuous days, one can't really have
health issues.
Tik Tok, Tik Tok.
As an aside, when I rang D4Drivers I was told that it wasn't necessary to visit an optician.
So I didn't.
On visiting the Dr. I was asked for my eyesight test.
When I told the Dr. of the information I had been given
she stated that the information I had been given was
incorrect.
She still did the eyesight test and filled out the D4.
For information.
Edit.
I was stupid enough to admit an incident that happened to me on one occasion only 22yrs ago.
The Dr. stopped the procedure and asked to see the letter I had received following
my treatment.
I returned yesterday to resume the appointment.
She told me, (and included the contents on the Form) to submit the letter to DVLA.
She stated, "That will be mitigation for you." I take that to mean that the letter points
out that my Consultant did not believe that my 'illness' was serious.
So, having considered her words, I included in my application, a copy of my Compostela
(Certificate) that I received after completing the Camino Santiago 3yrs ago.
It shows the distance and time taken. After all, it supersedes my illness by 19yrs and I
think it proves that if one is capable of walking 729kms in 29 continuous days, one can't really have
health issues.
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I was surprised that my renewal has started,from Feb 23 and not from when I first applied in August..Additionally I was half expecting a 1 year licence, as has been advised by some, but I suppose that is down to previous history.
As i read it, you are not happy with allowing someone to drive a heavy 60mph vehicle without passing a medical, but you're OK with someone driving a lightweight supercar or motorcycle capable of 150mph plus and super quick acceleration with no checks at all at any age, !!
glenn2926
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You are reading what you want into my post. i meant that I am not really happy about people down sizing to under 3.5T because they think they will fail the medical for above this weight. In my opinion, if one is not fit to drive 3.6T then how can they think themselves fit enough to drive 3.5T?As i read it, you are not happy with allowing someone to drive a heavy 60mph vehicle without passing a medical, but you're OK with someone driving a lightweight supercar or motorcycle capable of 150mph plus and super quick acceleration with no checks at all at any age, !!
There is a reason that people need to take lessons and pass a test to drive larger and heavier vehicles. Part of which is being fit and healthy enough to do this.
Do you honestly think a motorcycle travelling at 150mph will cause as much damage as a 44T truck at 60 mph?
I know we all like to moan about dvla but thought I’d give them a well done.
Just renewed my digital tacho card online and received the new one through the post 43 hours later. Got to renew my hgv later this year so hope that goes as well.
Oozzie
Just renewed my digital tacho card online and received the new one through the post 43 hours later. Got to renew my hgv later this year so hope that goes as well.
Oozzie
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