address on driving licence
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an old work colleague called me out of the blue and asked if he could use my address as a delivery address for his new style driving licence, as he now lives abroad and presumably wanted his passport and new licence to be delivered into safe hands.
To my surprise the DL arrived a few days ago and it has his name but MY address on it.
I dont have a forwarding address for him as he explained he would call to see me to collect them. So far he has not done so.
Obviously a DL with his name and my address is not right. Clearly the most logical thing for me to do is to return the new licence and his (Irish) passport to the DVLA with a covering letter. My only concern is that without a forwarding address I imagine this course of action may result in his Passport going astray.
Observations and any advice would be appreciated.
To my surprise the DL arrived a few days ago and it has his name but MY address on it.
I dont have a forwarding address for him as he explained he would call to see me to collect them. So far he has not done so.
Obviously a DL with his name and my address is not right. Clearly the most logical thing for me to do is to return the new licence and his (Irish) passport to the DVLA with a covering letter. My only concern is that without a forwarding address I imagine this course of action may result in his Passport going astray.
Observations and any advice would be appreciated.
nick francis said:
an old work colleague called me out of the blue and asked if he could use my address as a delivery address for his new style driving licence, as he now lives abroad and presumably wanted his passport and new licence to be delivered into safe hands.
To my surprise the DL arrived a few days ago and it has his name but MY address on it.
I dont have a forwarding address for him as he explained he would call to see me to collect them. So far he has not done so.
Obviously a DL with his name and my address is not right. Clearly the most logical thing for me to do is to return the new licence and his (Irish) passport to the DVLA with a covering letter. My only concern is that without a forwarding address I imagine this course of action may result in his Passport going astray.
Observations and any advice would be appreciated.
So now he is listed as living at your address with the DVLA. So that should make the credit card applications easy. And when he doesn't pay, your house gets blacklisted.To my surprise the DL arrived a few days ago and it has his name but MY address on it.
I dont have a forwarding address for him as he explained he would call to see me to collect them. So far he has not done so.
Obviously a DL with his name and my address is not right. Clearly the most logical thing for me to do is to return the new licence and his (Irish) passport to the DVLA with a covering letter. My only concern is that without a forwarding address I imagine this course of action may result in his Passport going astray.
Observations and any advice would be appreciated.
Perfect.
Vesuvius 996 said:
nick francis said:
an old work colleague called me out of the blue and asked if he could use my address as a delivery address for his new style driving licence, as he now lives abroad and presumably wanted his passport and new licence to be delivered into safe hands.
To my surprise the DL arrived a few days ago and it has his name but MY address on it.
I dont have a forwarding address for him as he explained he would call to see me to collect them. So far he has not done so.
Obviously a DL with his name and my address is not right. Clearly the most logical thing for me to do is to return the new licence and his (Irish) passport to the DVLA with a covering letter. My only concern is that without a forwarding address I imagine this course of action may result in his Passport going astray.
Observations and any advice would be appreciated.
So now he is listed as living at your address with the DVLA. So that should make the credit card applications easy. And when he doesn't pay, your house gets blacklisted.To my surprise the DL arrived a few days ago and it has his name but MY address on it.
I dont have a forwarding address for him as he explained he would call to see me to collect them. So far he has not done so.
Obviously a DL with his name and my address is not right. Clearly the most logical thing for me to do is to return the new licence and his (Irish) passport to the DVLA with a covering letter. My only concern is that without a forwarding address I imagine this course of action may result in his Passport going astray.
Observations and any advice would be appreciated.
Perfect.
I assume he is in Ireland or the UK, since he can't travel internationally (except UK-Ireland) without his passport.
Unless he is a good friend (and it doesn't sound like it) you should act in your own interests here. You are the one in the UK, and may be on the receiving end of all kinds of sh1t if you mishandle this.
Make efforts to contact him before you do anything but don't wait too long. Even if he does contact you quickly, I'm not sure how he can sort this out.
In Ireland, it is legal to drive on an EU license, but an offence to have an incorrect address. Since you can't have a foreign address on a UK license, the only way I can see this is practical is if the address is a second home or very close family residence where he can be plausibly resident some of the time.
You should probably return the drivers licence and passport to the DVLA as "return to sender, not at this address". They will either hold on to the passport, or report it missing to the passport service. I'm not sure whether the passports service hold addresses for people - they may be able to get it back to him. Otherwise they'll probably destroy it and he can apply for a replacement. This involves costs and explanations as to where it went (been there).
He may have committed some offence in the UK. He will certainly have a lot of explaining to do.
John
Unless he is a good friend (and it doesn't sound like it) you should act in your own interests here. You are the one in the UK, and may be on the receiving end of all kinds of sh1t if you mishandle this.
Make efforts to contact him before you do anything but don't wait too long. Even if he does contact you quickly, I'm not sure how he can sort this out.
In Ireland, it is legal to drive on an EU license, but an offence to have an incorrect address. Since you can't have a foreign address on a UK license, the only way I can see this is practical is if the address is a second home or very close family residence where he can be plausibly resident some of the time.
You should probably return the drivers licence and passport to the DVLA as "return to sender, not at this address". They will either hold on to the passport, or report it missing to the passport service. I'm not sure whether the passports service hold addresses for people - they may be able to get it back to him. Otherwise they'll probably destroy it and he can apply for a replacement. This involves costs and explanations as to where it went (been there).
He may have committed some offence in the UK. He will certainly have a lot of explaining to do.
John
LathamJohnP said:
I assume he is in Ireland or the UK, since he can't travel internationally (except UK-Ireland) without his passport.
Unless he is a good friend (and it doesn't sound like it) you should act in your own interests here. You are the one in the UK, and may be on the receiving end of all kinds of sh1t if you mishandle this.
Make efforts to contact him before you do anything but don't wait too long. Even if he does contact you quickly, I'm not sure how he can sort this out.
In Ireland, it is legal to drive on an EU license, but an offence to have an incorrect address. Since you can't have a foreign address on a UK license, the only way I can see this is practical is if the address is a second home or very close family residence where he can be plausibly resident some of the time.
You should probably return the drivers licence and passport to the DVLA as "return to sender, not at this address". They will either hold on to the passport, or report it missing to the passport service. I'm not sure whether the passports service hold addresses for people - they may be able to get it back to him. Otherwise they'll probably destroy it and he can apply for a replacement. This involves costs and explanations as to where it went (been there).
He may have committed some offence in the UK. He will certainly have a lot of explaining to do.
John
It is an offence not to put your correct details on your licence.Unless he is a good friend (and it doesn't sound like it) you should act in your own interests here. You are the one in the UK, and may be on the receiving end of all kinds of sh1t if you mishandle this.
Make efforts to contact him before you do anything but don't wait too long. Even if he does contact you quickly, I'm not sure how he can sort this out.
In Ireland, it is legal to drive on an EU license, but an offence to have an incorrect address. Since you can't have a foreign address on a UK license, the only way I can see this is practical is if the address is a second home or very close family residence where he can be plausibly resident some of the time.
You should probably return the drivers licence and passport to the DVLA as "return to sender, not at this address". They will either hold on to the passport, or report it missing to the passport service. I'm not sure whether the passports service hold addresses for people - they may be able to get it back to him. Otherwise they'll probably destroy it and he can apply for a replacement. This involves costs and explanations as to where it went (been there).
He may have committed some offence in the UK. He will certainly have a lot of explaining to do.
John
The DVLA will not accept a foreign address for either a driving licence or on a V5 for a car.
My son has recently moved to live in France for a while and is working in Germany for a F1 team. He does not want to keep on changing for different licences.
He has had to use my address for both his DL and for the V5 for the car he keeps here, his rally car, which he does not want to take to France or to Germany.
If you give an address to which correspondence may be sent for either collection or forwarding at regular intervals, surely that meets the legal obligations. After all, that is, for practical purposes, your UK address.
The problem arises due to 'grey' area in the EU legislation. Under that legislation we are all entitled to live and work anywhere in the EU without any barriers to that. We are entitled to continue to use our DL's from our country of origin, but we cannot put any European address on the DL, it must be a UK one. The expression 'A Buggers Muddle' comes to mind.
My son has recently moved to live in France for a while and is working in Germany for a F1 team. He does not want to keep on changing for different licences.
He has had to use my address for both his DL and for the V5 for the car he keeps here, his rally car, which he does not want to take to France or to Germany.
If you give an address to which correspondence may be sent for either collection or forwarding at regular intervals, surely that meets the legal obligations. After all, that is, for practical purposes, your UK address.
The problem arises due to 'grey' area in the EU legislation. Under that legislation we are all entitled to live and work anywhere in the EU without any barriers to that. We are entitled to continue to use our DL's from our country of origin, but we cannot put any European address on the DL, it must be a UK one. The expression 'A Buggers Muddle' comes to mind.
Vesuvius 996 said:
So now he is listed as living at your address with the DVLA. So that should make the credit card applications easy. And when he doesn't pay, your house gets blacklisted.
Perfect.
No it doesn't. That name & the address will be flagged. Unless you share the same last name then you will be fine. If you do share a last name then you need to sign a disassociation notice.Perfect.
nick francis said:
apparently this bloke lost his UK driving licence, he used to live here in UK but moved back to ireland. in order for him to get an irish DL he needs to have a uk licence first, he assures me that as soon as he gets the UK DL he will set about to change it for an Irish one!
Is that 'lost' as in mislaid or 'lost' as in disqualified?It makes a big difference. If he is living in Eire, why would he not want to keep his UK licence as a safety measure against Irish 'points'? I know I would always like to drive on a foreign licence given the chance.
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