im getting very very annoyed

[Upatdawn]

My driving licence used to say "expires 2025" but now it seems i have to renew it, it wants a new photo (but i havent changed) i have logged onto the website 6 times and trawled through to the last page only to get an "error" message

why me lord? why me?.......

[Grenoble]

There are quite a few post offices that can do it - takes 2 mins, licence arrived 3 days later.

Also I think if you have a passport from the last few years it can reuse that photo, but I can't remember how you access that online service.

[Upatdawn]

its found my passport photo OK, its just the last click/page that comes up as error

we are 4 miles from a post office....

[stevesingo]

Upatdawn said:

we are 4 miles from a post office....

Blimey, that IS far!

[illmonkey]

stevesingo said:

Blimey, that IS far!

Must be at least 5 minutes in a car to get there!

[danjama]

you can cycle 4 miles in about 15mins.

[MagicalTrevor]

stevesingo said:

Upatdawn said:

we are 4 miles from a post office....

Blimey, that IS far!

Pack a bag, brush up on your Bear Grylls techniques and don't forget your map and compass. If you don't report back within 3 days, we'll call Mountain Rescue.

[Big Fat Fatty]

danjama said:

you can cycle 4 miles in about 15mins.

Roger Bannister could do it in 16, on foot!

[Matt UK]

Upatdawn said:

we are 4 miles from a post office....

ahh, bless..

[Little Dave]

I have just had to do mine and also got error messages. I re-entered all the details exactly as they appear on my licence (inc CAPITALS) and it worked fine.

[dapearson]

MagicalTrevor said:

Pack a bag, brush up on your Bear Grylls techniques and don't forget your map and compass. If you don't report back within 3 days, we'll call Mountain Rescue.

[Jasandjules]

Upatdawn said:

we are 4 miles from a post office....

Believe it or not it is a lot easier to just go in there and get it done. They can do the photo for you as well (which helps given they reject a few of them).

[AdeTuono]

Upatdawn said:

we are 4 miles from a post office....

Thank God for SatNav!

[Upatdawn]

The point is why has HMG/DVLA setup a website that wont flipping well work, just to waste my (and others) time.....

they take enough in taxes, VED and fuel duty/VAT but cant make a website work....

I bet they get my income tax/VAT, etc bills to me

[aw51 121565]

Upatdawn said:

The point is why has HMG/DVLA setup a website that wont flipping well work, just to waste my (and others) time.....

they take enough in taxes, VED and fuel duty/VAT but cant make a website work....

Private Eye can answer this, I'd strongly recommend a subscription...

Upatdawn said:

I bet they get my income tax/VAT, etc bills to me

Well, yes - but are they right?

[Upatdawn]

it seems our nearest (4 mile) post orifice isnt "enabled" so its 9 miles to the next one

might be easier to drive to Swansea and hand it in

[illmonkey]

Upatdawn said:

it seems our nearest (4 mile) post orifice isnt "enabled" so its 9 miles to the next one

might be easier to drive to Swansea and hand it in

That'd be practical, so you probably aren't allowed to do that. You know, in case you decide to rob off all the blank passports!

[Upatdawn]

aw51 121565 said:

Well, yes - but are they right?

who cares

I can buy a prayer robe from Tibet and pay by paypal with no problem but cant sort a DVLA licence out when its THEM who demand a new photo and im the same good looking guy I was 5 years ago

[The Nur]

illmonkey said:

Upatdawn said:

it seems our nearest (4 mile) post orifice isnt "enabled" so its 9 miles to the next one

might be easier to drive to Swansea and hand it in

That'd be practical, so you probably aren't allowed to do that. You know, in case you decide to rob off all the blank passports!

Surprisingly, you can do it! In an astounding turn of events if you go to the DVLA in person you can do pretty much everything that you might expect to do there with your very own government employed motoring womble to guide you through it. It can be a bit of a wait though. And you have to go to Morriston, which is st.

[Alfa numeric]

If you've got a biometric passport you can do it all online- it takes the photo from that. All you need are your passport and driving licence numbers IIRC. It took me about 5 minutes and the new licence arrived in the post a couple of days later.