Keeping old drivers licence when renewing at post office?

My drivers licence is currently my only form of valid ID and I would struggle without it for 3 weeks. Would the post office allow me to keep hold of it until I receive my new one?

On my reminder letter it does say to take my driving licence or tell them why it can't be provided. If they can't let you keep it, would I still be able to renew it at the post office if I were to say I lost it?
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  • AndyMc.....
    AndyMc..... Posts: 3,248 Forumite
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    The post office return them to the dvla.
  • Alter_ego
    Alter_ego Posts: 3,842 Forumite
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    I always renew online. You have to say you have/will destroy it. Then I destroy when new one arrives.
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  • AndyMc.....
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    Alter_ego wrote: »
    I always renew online. You have to say you have/will destroy it. Then I destroy when new one arrives.

    I thought they asked you to return it.
  • Foxborn
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    The post office return them to the dvla.
    What if I tell them I no longer have it? Would they still let me renew it at the post office?
    Alter_ego wrote: »
    I always renew online. You have to say you have/will destroy it. Then I destroy when new one arrives.
    Sadly my passport has expired otherwise I would do it online
  • MovingForwards
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    Take it to a solicitors and ask them to do a certified copy for you. Costs £5.
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  • Car_54
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    Take it to a solicitors and ask them to do a certified copy for you. Costs £5.

    A certified copy proves that the original was valid when certified.

    Not the next day, or the day after.
  • MovingForwards
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    Car 54 I apppreciate what you are saying and was only trying to offer a temp solution to OPs temp problem while waiting for the replacement.
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • AndyMc.....
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    Foxborn wrote: »
    What if I tell them I no longer have it? Would they still let me renew it at the post office?

    How you going to prove who you are at the Post Office without it?
  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
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    Take a photocopy of the licence which you should be able to get by with in the interim.
  • I renewed mine at the post office last year, was only about 4 days between handing it in and getting the new one back
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