DVLA Licence renewal fee £20

fabbman

Just been instructed that unless I submit £20 with a new photo to DVLA for my licence I could be liable to a £1000 fine - charming!

Apparently after 10 years this is mandatory, my wife has the same letter so £40 for the pair of us, really reluctant to pay in these difficult financial times.

Can they really prosecute us for not sending our licences back?

HappyMJ

Only if you drive and it'll be the police who will recommend that you be charged with "driving otherwise in accordance with a licence".

Dave101t

£20 for 10 years driving sounds like a bargain to me.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

fabbman wrote: »

Just been instructed that unless I submit £20 with a new photo to DVLA for my licence I could be liable to a £1000 fine - charming!

Apparently after 10 years this is mandatory, my wife has the same letter so £40 for the pair of us, really reluctant to pay in these difficult financial times.

Can they really prosecute us for not sending our licences back?

no they CAN revoke it.

just get a £20.00 postal order with new photo's put it in the envelope and send recorded delivery. we are all having to do it theres no way out of it unless you have points/endorsments that have expired and wish to have them removed at same price then the photo renewal becomes free.

pitkin2020

WAIT!!!!!!
Don't waste your time going to one of those passport photo booths, they can and will reject the photo if its not perfect. It costs a couple of quid extra to have the post office do it, they make sure the photo is accepted there and then and will retake the picture as many times needed. Our local booth was a fiver so it was actually cheaper to do it through the post office and know 100% it is accepted. I actually got my license back before the end of the week doing it that way too.

It is annoying having to pay for a new photo but it could be worse, it is just a new photo.

scheming_gypsy

Think yourself lucky it's not your passport.

pitkin2020

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

Think yourself lucky it's not your passport.

Thats why I don't have one, forever renewing and never going anywhere lol, hardly money saving.

Paradigm

HappyMJ wrote: »

it'll be the police who will recommend that you be charged with "driving otherwise in accordance with a licence".

Then that would be strange as it's not a criminal offence! "Driving otherwise" is a totally seperate, criminal, issue.

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

no they CAN revoke it.

For an expired photo? Are you sure?

dzug1

pitkin2020 wrote: »

WAIT!!!!!!
Don't waste your time going to one of those passport photo booths, they can and will reject the photo if its not perfect. It costs a couple of quid extra to have the post office do it, they make sure the photo is accepted there and then and will retake the picture as many times needed. Our local booth was a fiver so it was actually cheaper to do it through the post office and know 100% it is accepted. I actually got my license back before the end of the week doing it that way too.

It is annoying having to pay for a new photo but it could be worse, it is just a new photo.

Puzzled by this advice

I don't know of any post office that does photos - other than a few that have the booths you despise

A local photographic shop can be cheaper (and better) than the booths.

pitkin2020

Paradigm wrote: »

Then that would be strange as it's not a criminal offence! "Driving otherwise" is a totally seperate, criminal, issue.



For an expired photo? Are you sure?

Your license has expired if your photo has expired so unless you update they can revoke it.

scheming_gypsy

dzug1 wrote: »

Puzzled by this advice

I don't know of any post office that does photos - other than a few that have the booths you despise

A local photographic shop can be cheaper (and better) than the booths.

http://www2.postoffice.co.uk/counter-services/licences-vehicle-tax/dvla-photocard-renewal?campaignid=PR0303