Paper Driving licences will no longer be required with the Photo-Card after June!

Hooray!!

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/driving-licence-changes

Thanks for that Graham. It did always seem a bit pointless to me.

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I do not have a photocard, but there is no mention of cost if I do need to update anything.

 

Better be free, mine was referred to as an 'historic document' by Enterprise last time I used them.

No photo for me either, I've still got my original green paper one.

No photo for me either, I've still got my original green paper one.

Mine's Pink!

Photo one sucks have to be renewed every 10 years

Money con! Costs £17 to renew!

Mines is due in may! Grrrrrr

I thought it became an offence not to have a photo-DL in 2010.

 

I cant think of any other reason why I finally got one that year.

Mine's Pink!

Me too

Photo one sucks have to be renewed every 10 years

Money con! Costs £17 to renew!

Mines is due in may! Grrrrrr

 

Wow!! The expense!!

£1:70 a year, or 3p a week!!

Wow!! The expense!!

£1:70 a year, or 3p a week!!

Compared to £0.00 for you old codgers.....

I wish to abolish this grandfather rights nonsense

Compared to £0.00 for you old codgers.....

I wish to abolish this grandfather rights nonsense

Too late. I'm a grandfather and I'm never right....

Compared to £0.00 for you old codgers.....

 

Wrong!

I had to pay to renew mine last year!

The last time I hired a car they preferred the paper licence and said from this year it would be the only one the accepted as the plastic one could be faked ,also a company I worked for required to see your Paper licence every year.still if 15 year girl can get through customs is anybody checking any more.

I thought it became an offence not to have a photo-DL in 2010.

 

I cant think of any other reason why I finally got one that year.

No old paper licences are still valid, and even after changes in June still are according to DVLA website. You only need to change to photo licence if you change your name, or address.

Mine was £20 to renew last year and now the price has gone down.

You may find that you will need to keep your National Insurance number about your person from June, as the only way a third party can check whether you are currently licenced will be to go on line with both the Driver number and the NI number.

 

Alternatively you may be required to call the DVLA on YOUR phone to allow the check to be made.  The call costs about £1.50 per minute (which is why you will be paying for the call).

 

The whole business has not been fully thought through, but that's politicians for you.

Photo one sucks have to be renewed every 10 years

Money con! Costs £17 to renew!

Mines is due in may! Grrrrrr

 

Could be worse, price didn't go down in NI and I have to renew the stupid thing every 5 years :( Also we are not loosing the counterpart 

Wrong!

I had to pay to renew mine last year!

 

Almost 2 years ago now is it not? 

Photo one sucks have to be renewed every 10 years.

And on reaching 70 then every 3 years thereafter.

Photo one sucks have to be renewed every 10 years

Money con! Costs £17 to renew!

Mines is due in may! Grrrrrr

 

Exactly. I've got a card printer here and could do one for about 80p!

Edited 11 March, 201511 yr by StevesTruck

And on reaching 70 then every 3 years thereafter.

The card has to be renewed every 3 years, subject to completing a medical declaration, but there is no need to change the photo and there is no charge.