so my name is kigran? cheers dvla.

kiers · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Karma :

just got my provisional in the post and they've misspelled my name. what the hell kind of a name is kigran? its a bit mad considering they had my passport, shouldnt that be the sort of thing that shoud be checked?

so what hould i do now? do i have to send it off to have it changed, or doesnt it matter too much since it's only the 3rd letter of my first name?

everything else is correct btw
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lilredmachine · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Karma :

Dude, it's the DVLA.

They didn't send my licence back for 6 weeks because another 'Ben Glover' sent his in at the same time. His was going to the special needs department and they got them mixed up.

Lady was very apologetic on the phone, i just said that it was lucky they weren't a large governmental department and put the phone down.
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lilredmachine · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Karma :

2-3 weeks i believe, worst case scenario.
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kiers · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Karma :

yeah that sounds about right, mine only took a week. which is lucky, because there's a postal strike tomorrow.

bit worried that theres a £1000 fine if the dvla have the wrong name, i expect thats in the post already. Mad

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kiers · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Karma :

will it really make much difference? it has my digital passport number on the paper counterpart anywho, and its only my first name so my initials are correct etc.

ill ring up in a bit anyway, and much shouting will occur.
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st3v3 · Super Spammer Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Karma :

I wouldn't settle for that, you just paid forit, and it's wrong. Take it back Wink

Mine is all correct Cool

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kiers · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Karma :

yeah but id rather be kigran and have a cbt booked, than be kieran and have to wait 3 weeks for them to change the name. can always send it back when me cbt's over and done with
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Trip · Brolly Dolly Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Karma :

But then surely your CBT will be in the wrong name?
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kiers · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Karma :

yeah but people are allowed to chaznge their names on their licences after they have done the test, so it can be corrected after ive donre the cbt... i think.

has anything like this happened to anyone else?
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Trip · Brolly Dolly Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Karma :

The test is just on your license the CBT is a piece of paper as far as im aware it doesnt ever get put on your license...
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kiers · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Karma :

so will i be ok to go ahead and do the cbt?
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Trip · Brolly Dolly Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Karma :

Id get it changed first mate...

Phone them though and see what they say
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spooney · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Karma :

sounds like one of their computer monkeys was watching Highlander the night before, MUPPETS

personally id just do the cbt its only a bit of paper that lasts 2 years then change it after that. the change will be on record so it cannot invalidate the cbt certificate just say you did not notice until the cbt guy mentioned it.

Chriss · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 May 2005 Karma :

I would have thought, if the CBT guy has half a wit about him, then he'll realise it's a DVLA fuck up, and let you carry on.

Not as bad as my friend, who had his car test, did the bike test, and the license came back with just the bike test. Phoned DVLA, and they had no record of him ever passing his car test.

Had to retake his car test in the end. Laughing

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Trip · Brolly Dolly Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Karma :

And thats why you photocopy your license before you send it to these monkeys.

Surely he still had his pass certificate?
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Chriss · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 May 2005 Karma :

No, all the evidence had been destroyed along with the DVLA's records.

To be fair to him though, if you asked where my car test certificate was (only passed about two years ago) I wouldn't be able to tell you.
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kiers · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Karma :

i phoned up and i just got a voice recording... no use to me, there wasnt an option for ' if the dvla fucked up and printed a ridiculous name on your license, press 1'
so its either get it changed and wait a month to do the cbt, or ring up the cbt guys and ask if theyll let me do it with the wrong name, then change it after.

added a bit of a poll on there, feel free to vote Very Happy

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kiers · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Karma :

just phoned up cbt place and they don't care about the name being wrong, cbt in a few weeks! yaaaaaayayy!
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Andy C · Tree Seeking Missile Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Karma :

press random numbers and you get to advisors. I tried this another day when calling a big company and all options led to recorded messages. Presses 432856#4295#74*28075 and soon got a person to talk to. Was great!!
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kiers · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Karma :

yeah thats what i expected when i called dvla, but when i clicked 2 for help on issues regarding name changes, i just got a prerecorded message telling me to get a D1 form and change my name, wouldnt have been much fun shouting at that Sad

edit: ahh i see what you mean, didnt think of trying that haha, very sneaky Thumbs Up

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CortezTheKill... · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Karma :

Or if there is no option zero offered, then just press '0'. Works on most of the automated systems I use for banking, utilities etc.
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Chriss · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 May 2005 Karma :

Even better than that, don't press anything, the system will assume you have a pulse phone rather than touch tone and just get you to a switch board.

This does backfire though, in the case of Nationwide, when it asks you to 'say' the department. It's not very good.
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