Now maybe I'm the thicko on this forum and everyone else already knows this , but just in case I thought I'd share it with you ...

Some time ago the DVLA started to issue photo driving licences (OK I know the system is crap in that you need the photo card AND the paper section for the licence to be valid). The photo part of the licence is only valid for 10 years, after which time it has to be renewed which includes having an updated photo.

As a result of a situation I've recently witnessed at work it would seem that there is some confusion about the expiry dates on the photo licence. On the rear of the licence there is an array of expiry dates for the different groups of vehicle you are entitled to drive. However the important date is on the front of the licence. Take a look at item 4b, this is the expiry date of your licence, this date overrides all the dates on the rear ...

So take a quick look at the front of your licence, section 4b .... hope the answer isn't ooops .... Stornoway Grey GS ... What a fine motor ... but not any more ... ... psst look at my gallery!
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DK driving licence information ...( There is one for the entire EU )
Expiry date of license
item 11 (from A to DE) and item 4b have the same date (my 70-year birthday).
On my license is nothing about the photo-renewal.
Item 13 (upper right corner on the back) is empty, and no description of what meaning the item 13 has.

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Thanks for the info Avtur, just checked my licence and mine expires in July this year not that I've aged any so could probably send them the original photo again

The wife is telling me that her boss received a letter from DVLA telling him that he needed to renew his photo licence so I guess that we will all get one when the time comes. ______________________
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i need a new paper part of my license as i can't find it  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

I have no photo driving license but two paper ones, I lost one applied for a new one then found the old one
one has 3 points on it the other is clean At work
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npinks wrote:

i need a new paper part of my license as i can't find it

thats one way to get rid of points ...  Stornoway Grey GS ... What a fine motor ... but not any more ... ... psst look at my gallery!
Company cars ... a thing of the past - May 2013.

Dave wrote:

Thanks for the info Avtur, just checked my licence and mine expires in July this year not that I've aged any so could probably send them the original photo again

The wife is telling me that her boss received a letter from DVLA telling him that he needed to renew his photo licence so I guess that we will all get one when the time comes.

When is a renewal not a renewal ? Holding LGV entitlement I have to have a medical and 'renew' every 5 years. I (and many others) had thought that this renewal kept us ahead of the 10 year cycle - ooops mistake - it doesn't!

At one of our work depots this week I found 2 out of the 23 drivers had renewals in the next 6 weeks (one was actually 3 weeks) neither had received a letter. There seem to be some inconsistencies with the reminder letter, hence this post. Stornoway Grey GS ... What a fine motor ... but not any more ... ... psst look at my gallery!
Company cars ... a thing of the past - May 2013.

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I lost one applied for a new one then found the old one Laughing
one has 3 points on it the other is clean

Ah that old chestnut.

I drive for stagecoach and they have just put up a notice explaining this. I have another four years before i have to renew