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TheBard wrote:Just to stick the ex-pat oar in, I contacted the DVLA two months before I moved Stateside and told them of my intended departure. I asked what I needed to do to update my address, because although I still own the property I've rented it and I didn't want my tenants being pestered with my mail. More importantly, as I explained on the phone, I wanted to keep my UK licence and keep it legal! DVLA pondered, wondered, and then told me they couldn't handle overseas addresses, and so my existing UK address would be okay just as long as I keep the licence up to date and contact them if I change my address in the UK anytime.
Sounded crazy to me, but I rang again and got the same answer!!!
So now I'm betting if I go to renew my licence, pay the stealthy-stealthy tax and get all the paperwork right, they'll mail my brand spanking new licence to the wrong bloody address!!!
Oh, and how I laughed when the DMV in Virginia offered to "exchange" my UK licence for a US one if I surrendered the British licence! The test was so damn easy I took it without even realising they had their own driver's handbook (a la Highway Code) and so now hold both.
Any thoughts on how to make the renewal process easier for the Brit one? Also has anyone else experienced this strange logic from DVLA? How can updating the photo be of that much help if they can't get my address right???
Bolsom wrote:OOPS I thought the first one had not gone!
paulwatkins said in an earlier post wrote:I think I'll be coughing up my £17.50 (or however much it is next year!)
Nobby wrote:Shaun, when was the last time your renewed your passport mate. They are now £72 for a renewal
FabricatorsFriend wrote:Pretty sure I have one of the newer ones so I'm ok.
GeoffSmith wrote:And to go with the well publicised loss of the paper counterpart to the plastic license, another well publicised, well thought out initiative if you want to rent cars...
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