Driving Licence Abroad - paper counterpart obsolete 8th June

[schmalex]

Maybe I've been living under a rock, but I didn't realise that the paper counterpart piece of the UK driving licence becomes obsolete on 8th June.

As a consequence, when hiring a car abroad after this date, it is necessary to log on to the View My Driving Licence page of the DVLA website and download a code that confirms how many endorsements are on your licence. However, not all hire companies will request this info (in the same way that not all hire companies request the paper counterpart currently)

News linky below...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32481382

[schmalex]

I wasn't grumbling - merely pointing out that I wasn't aware of the change.

However, I logged on to the site, but can't see where this supposed code is located...

[schmalex]

What gets me is that when you log on to the site to retrieve the code that you need, there is no obvious code anywhere to be seen!

[schmalex]

... But there doesn't appear to be a code when you log in!