Change address on licence

[Rockhopper]

I need to send my licence back to the DVLA to change the address (can't do it online as they don't recognise my address yet).
I remember a while back there were stories of licences coming back with missing entitlements. Is that still going on and is there anything I can do to protect myself from it?

[Fizzoid]

Take a picture of your current entitlements?

[grr666]

Are you sure you haven't just'lost' your current licence and simply need a replacement?
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[Rogerborg]

That. Never, ever surrender a license card. Just tick the "lost" box.

However, the actual plastic bit is largely irrelevant now, it's just ID. The point of truth is the online portal.

https://www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence

You can screenshot that all you like, but if DVLA decide to remove categories, there's not much that you can do.
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[waffles]

"Lose" your licence or wait until they recognise your new address.

You still have your pass certificates, right?
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[carvell]

What people are neglecting to mention is that "losing" a licence will cost you £20, whereas changing the address is free.

If they want to remove entitlements, they'll remove entitlements. Having a photo of the old one isn't going to do much, they'll just say it's photoshopped or something.

I'd just go for it and change the address. It'll be fine.
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[Rogerborg]

I seem to recall there being a checkbox for lost when you changed address. Not?

Anyway, we're living in the far flung future now, it seems like you can do it online free and gratis:

https://www.gov.uk/change-address-driving-licence

Go for it, see if it insists on you returning your "licence" for no good reason at all.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

At my last change of address, they didn't want the old licence back, but I had to promise to destroy it when the new one turned up.
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[Kentol750]

+1 for what Nobby said. They ask you to destroy old one when new one arrives. (Twice in last 3 years.)
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[Rogerborg]

I use it for tax stuff.

Don't ever lose your details, is all.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Rockhopper]

Online would be great but like I said they don't recognise my address yet (I'm registered with the gateway for other reasons). I think I might just hang on till they update their info rather than send it in by post.

[iooi]

[M.C]

[decade]

[Commuter_Tim]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

I just started registration for the Government Gateway but then quit. They want too much information about me. I want a driving licence, not an identity card.

[Rogerborg]

Your driving license is an identity card.

But yes, it is a total faff to sign up. That's why I said don't lose your details if you do.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

[Marclev]

[Rogerborg]

[Marclev]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

For a moment there I thought a block was going to be knocked off.

Anyhow, turns out you can't get a change of address form at a local Post Office, you have to go to the main PO in town. Faff is the word.