DVLA has lost my license! - Page 2

mick c · 6th October 2008, 22:03

my wife sent her licence to the dvla over a month ago for a change of address complete with birth certificate, marriage certificate, wage slips
the dvla have lost everything she sent to them. we went to our registrar
office and the guy there told us that this is a regular occurence.
we purchased the new documents and now the dvla have informed my wife she must send the decree nisi from her previous marriage also.
this is another £40 just to stay legal. these people personify incompetence i find it incomprehensible that they can be so lax with our personal documents. we are currently waiting for someone to take a massive loan out in our name. anyone who needs me to lend my name
to any petitions, you got it. cheers.

patdavies · 6th October 2008, 23:48

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Originally Posted by Nikki2008

Licence as proof because you are unable to buy a car without a current licence.

This statement is just nonsense.

You do not need a driving licence to purchase a car.

mick c · 7th October 2008, 18:06

if you are buying a brand new car you are asked for your driving licence and they will photostat it for their records, after all they have to register the car to someone and i cannot see the dvla being impressed if they register it to someone who does not show up on their records.
i know this is true because this is exactly what is happening to us at this moment. our brand new car is sitting in a showroom while the dvla are
doing everything in their power to stop us from changing the address on my wifes licence . (she will be the registered keeper) mick c.

patdavies · 8th October 2008, 10:07

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Originally Posted by mick c

if you are buying a brand new car you are asked for your driving licence and they will photostat it for their records, after all they have to register the car to someone and i cannot see the dvla being impressed if they register it to someone who does not show up on their records.

Sorry, absolute rubbish. Copy for whose records? DVLA? Why - they already have a copy don't they; after all, they issued it?

There is no requirement for a registered keeper to even be able to drive. The DVLA only require a name and address, not a driver. For a new registration, a proof of address is required - but not a driving licence

How do you think company cars are registered?

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i know this is true because this is exactly what is happening to us at this moment. our brand new car is sitting in a showroom while the dvla are doing everything in their power to stop us from changing the address on my wifes licence . (she will be the registered keeper) mick c.

You are being spun a line. What possible motive would the DVLA have? Driver and vehicle records are entirely separate.

Please provide some evidence for your claims (ie letters/emails from garage or DVLA)

I know that you are wrong because in order to transfer a cherished number that my mother held on retention (my father's old number), I simply transferred the car into her name as registered keeper to have the number from her retention certificate and then she transferred the car back to me.

In fact, in order to put the number onto retention, she became RK of Dad's after he died.

She hasn't held a driving licence for 20 or so years!

mick c · 10th October 2008, 21:22

fair enough, i could be wrong on certain points all i have done is to relate what is happening to us at the moment, i never said that the photostat
was for the dvla,it is for the garages records, why ?, i do not know, maybe
it is for finance purposes. as for the change of address on my wifes licence they have had her birth and marriage certificates both of which have her fathers name on but this was not enough, they want her decree nisi from previous marriage (30years ago), why!!. you say they have records, how difficult can it be to change an address? and to compound it all they have admitted they have lost her documents. the last time i sent my licence for an address change it came back without my motor cycle
entitlement on it. i am fully aware that you do not need a licence to buy a car, hence the 1 million or so unlicenced people on the road. all we are trying to do is the right and legal thing and it seems as though we are hitting stumbling blocks all the way. maybe it would be cheaper to buy one off the local crook. cheers mick c

Warren1 · 12th October 2008, 05:59

I dont understand why you are having to send in marriage certificates for a change of address??????

Change of name i can understand.

patdavies · 12th October 2008, 10:52

Quite so. For an address change, all that is required is for the new address to be completed on the paper counterpart and both parts sent to DVLA.

Only if the address change also requires a transfer from paper licence to first photocard is it necessary to provide identity documents.

Warren1 · 12th October 2008, 19:53

Im still confused why they want wage slips! Is it the DVLA's way of deciding who to screw over???? earn over a certain limit and they will knock you back to provisional to make some more money out of you!!

Conniff · 12th October 2008, 20:10

There has to be some hidden cameras around here somewhere.

hachette · 27th October 2008, 23:53

Any update on this?

Belgarath_02 · 18th November 2008, 18:02

You do realise that in 1969 DVLA did not exsist?

callumsgran · 18th November 2008, 18:28

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Originally Posted by patdavies

This statement is just nonsense.

You do not need a driving licence to purchase a car.

You most certainly do!!
My daughter bought a brand new car last week and had to produce her licence, it was to prove her ID and address

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Rob S · 18th November 2008, 18:47

Pat is right, it is not necessary to produce a driving licence to buy a car. Dealers will ask for a driving licence as it is a form of ID (at least the photocards are), but other ID would be acceptable.

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Surfer01 · 18th November 2008, 19:14

My wife bought a car from a dealer but did nto have to produce any documentation on that occasion or on previous occasions as the finance was in my name. Driving licence is not a necessity just an option. If you produce a passport and council bills with your address, that would be fine. Considering that when i first purchased a car I had an overseas driving licence anyway so passport produced etc.

Anyway to get back to the orignal post, when we arrived here in 1993 soon afterwards when we moved into rented property. At the time we were still legally allowed to sdrive on our overseas licences. We then moved into a more permanent place and sent off all the documentation to revert to a British driving licence and also notiying them of oujr change of address. Weeks went by and nothing. Everytime we contacted the DVLA, it was being processed. eventually oen day they said that it had been posted out to us. Waited and after several days phone the plonkers again onlt to be told that they had sent it to our old address. On collecting it, the new tenant told us that they had received it about 3 weeks previous. On checking the licence the new address was on it although they posted it to the old address.
Seems this has been an ongoing thing for a numebr of years.

callumsgran · 18th November 2008, 22:31

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Originally Posted by Rob S

Pat is right, it is not necessary to produce a driving licence to buy a car. Dealers will ask for a driving licence as it is a form of ID (at least the photocards are), but other ID would be acceptable.

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My daughter was asked for her licence to prove who she was and where she lived as she was buying a brand new car from a dealership on finance

I have never bought a brand new car but wasnt asked for my licence other than for ID purposes at any time

Not everyone has a passport, but most drivers have a licence

crem · 18th November 2008, 23:13

callumsgran you are simply confusing the fact that she MAY have been asked to show her driving license as proof of ID/address rather than the SHE MUST produce her driving license to buy the car.

The driving license is a sensible and convenient proof of ID and, as you say, as she was buying a car it seems a reasonable proof of ID for the dealership to ask for.

callumsgran · 18th November 2008, 23:50

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Originally Posted by crem

callumsgran you are simply confusing the fact that she MAY have been asked to show her driving license as proof of ID/address rather than the SHE MUST produce her driving license to buy the car.

The driving license is a sensible and convenient proof of ID and, as you say, as she was buying a car it seems a reasonable proof of ID for the dealership to ask for.

Fair comment, i just dont like the way some people on this thread are talking to others like they are children
We're not all experts on everything, if we were we wouldnt need the forum would we?

42man · 19th November 2008, 08:19

My only experience of this is that when I bought a car 5 years ago, the dealer didn't ask to see my licence, and I didn't produce it, I did have a passport and a copy of child benefit forms and a utility bill...it seems to vary amongst dealers.

NYM · 28th November 2008, 12:12

10years ago, my husband bought a new motorbike. He was asked to produce a Drivers Licence but he argued that is was being purchased in a company name and the company didn't hold a drivers licence. It took some doing, but they finally sold it without a licence being produced.

Isiris · 15th January 2009, 01:16

You are only being asked for your Driving Licence as you are buying the car on finance. I bought a brand new car from a dealer in cash 8 months ago, no Driving Licence required, just the £50 notes

It is only required for the finance agreement, as are most financial loan applications.

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