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DVLA Licence renewal fee £20

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  • pitkin2020
    pitkin2020 Posts: 4,029 Forumite
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    edited 23 June 2011 at 8:44PM
    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.

    Most of the main post offices do it. they have their own photo booth which they control from the counter. They take the picture and it gets uploaded directly to the DVLA from what I can gather. the photo is either approved and you sign the forms, or its not approved and they retake the picture.

    Just to add a local photographic shop isn't likely to be cheaper at all, plus the photos they take could still be rejected.
    Everyones opinion is the most important.....no wonder nothing is ever agreed on.
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    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?

    Then don't pay an give up driving; saves loads of money.
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »
    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.

    Points are not recorded on the photocard.
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • Paradigm
    Paradigm Posts: 3,656 Forumite
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    pitkin2020 wrote: »
    Your license has expired if your photo has expired so unless you update they can revoke it.

    No they can't & we've been through this a few weeks ago! Your licence is valid until your 70th birthday... that's law!
    Always try to be at least half the person your dog thinks you are!
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    pitkin2020 wrote: »
    Your license has expired if your photo has expired so unless you update they can revoke it.

    It doesn't get revoked, it just expires and you are no longer licensed to drive. ;)
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • pitkin2020
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    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    It doesn't get revoked, it just expires and you are no longer licensed to drive. ;)

    revoked, expired same thing at the end of the day then :beer:
    Everyones opinion is the most important.....no wonder nothing is ever agreed on.
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    Paradigm wrote: »
    No they can't & we've been through this a few weeks ago! Your licence is valid until your 70th birthday... that's law!

    No, your entitlemnet to drive is valid until you are seventy years old. Your licence can be withrawn at any tiime.
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    pitkin2020 wrote: »
    revoked, expired same thing at the end of the day then :beer:
    Pedant hat on.

    If your licence expires, it means it has come to the end of its natural life. If it is revoked, it has done so because someone has decided that you should no longer be entitled to have it. ;)
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • pitkin2020
    pitkin2020 Posts: 4,029 Forumite
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    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    Pedant hat on.

    If your licence expires, it means it has come to the end of its natural life. If it is revoked, it has done so because someone has decided that you should no longer be entitled to have it. ;)

    agreed but the outcome is still the same!
    Everyones opinion is the most important.....no wonder nothing is ever agreed on.
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    It's the DVLA, they're the freakin m4fia (lol I can't believe that's a restricted word), they can do what they like, they could !!!!!! in the Queens bed and then fine her for it...... Bunch of legalised crooks.
    “I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”

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