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MSE car insurance comparison tool won't accept driving licence number

When adding my partner's driving licence details the text box won't let me input the last 2 letters (not the last 2 numbers, I know about that!) and then tells me the number is too short with only 14 characters instead of 16.
Never had this issue before, help!

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  • Rich_Tribe
    Rich_Tribe Posts: 6 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary First Post

    I have problems with this part of form too.

    I guess you know that you have to enter the 4 chunks separately?

    This year (2026) there was a new problem. My partner uses both her maiden Japanese surname & my surname for most UK things. Her UK driving licence came from her Japanese licence so has her Japanese surname. Starting this year the Surname must match the 5 letters in the 2nd chunk of the licence number.

    (The error is unhelpful!)

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