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DVLA lost my passport - Need advice getting compensation
Apologies ... I post this issue here not as a motoring query, but as a query on a DVLA related issue
I am an Indian Citizen working in the UK on a Tier-1 General Migrant Visa.
Recently I applied for my provisional license with DVLA and have sent my Indian passport as the ID document. It has been nearly 2 months since I applied and looks like DVLA have lost my passport. They have sent me a letter explaining the situation.
On enquiry they say I will be compensated for the minimal cost (not premium/express costs) incurred to get a new passport and visa.
I have travel plans made for next month end and I will not be able to get a new passport and visa by paying the normal costs with in that time.
UK border agency quotes that "UK Visa Transfer-Of-Conditions" cost £169 by post and a premium £578 applying by person.
For transfer of conditions, if I take the premium route, I will get the visa on time before my travel date.
What are my rights here? How can I enforce DVLA to compensate the premium costs incurred?
Seeking advice on this issue.
I am an Indian Citizen working in the UK on a Tier-1 General Migrant Visa.
Recently I applied for my provisional license with DVLA and have sent my Indian passport as the ID document. It has been nearly 2 months since I applied and looks like DVLA have lost my passport. They have sent me a letter explaining the situation.
On enquiry they say I will be compensated for the minimal cost (not premium/express costs) incurred to get a new passport and visa.
I have travel plans made for next month end and I will not be able to get a new passport and visa by paying the normal costs with in that time.
UK border agency quotes that "UK Visa Transfer-Of-Conditions" cost £169 by post and a premium £578 applying by person.
For transfer of conditions, if I take the premium route, I will get the visa on time before my travel date.
What are my rights here? How can I enforce DVLA to compensate the premium costs incurred?
Seeking advice on this issue.
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To get them to pay out any more will probably only be the result of legal action. I would suggest that you detail to them what your movements are and the likely costs involved in the first instance.
Then at least you have that on record.0
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