New system on the way -- Driving Tests -- If you pass

[Ian (GPX)]

Below is some info on what is to come when you take a driving test....

People who have applied for a provisional driving
licence after 1st March 2004 and paid the new fee,
people who already have a full photocard driving
licence and are applying for an upgrade (i.e. a new
category) and those applying for a vocational licence
will be eligible to use the ADLI service. After successfully
completing a practical test, the examiner will ask test
candidates if they wish to have their upgraded licence
sent out automatically. If they do, the examiner will
issue a pass certificate and retain the existing driving
licence. The candidate’s existing licence will be
destroyed at the test centre. A copy of the signed
Driving Test Report will then be sent to our Central
Functions department in Newcastle where it will be
scanned into our new database. At the end of each day
a file will be prepared in Newcastle, containing details of
pass candidates. The file will be electronically transferred
to the DVLA who will automatically issue an upgraded
licence. Customers can expect to receive their upgraded
licence within 3 weeks of passing their test. Those who
are not eligible for ADLI, or those who are but choose
not to, can apply for their upgraded licence in the
existing way. Full instructions will be on the reverse of
the new practical driving test pass certificate.

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Sounds ok

but also sounds like a lot of bother to save candidates the price of a stamp.

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I did it the old fashioned way.

[Kickstart]

Hi

Sounds like another way for the DVLA to loose your licence details.

If anyone does this (or indeed anyone sends their licence to the DVLA for any purpose at all) then make sure you keep a photocopy of your licence. They regularly loose people licence categories and then take years to admit their mistakes (quite nasty if they happen to loose your HGV category on your licence which your job depends on).

All the best

Keith
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[Ant]

Thanks,
My licence is in swansea as we speak
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[Davo]

I Sent mine back recently, had it back within 5 days (pretty good going i thought)

I always take a colour photocopy of it & test pass certificates when sending off to the DVLA, as when my dad sent off the V5C for his bike they managed to lose that (and made him pay £19 to replace it).