DVLA - Anyone know how long a renewal is taking?
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Had my licence back within a week as I took form and required stuff down to post office where they had a photo booth and a direct connection to DVLA that way renewal was fast tracked. 
Hi. My recent renewal was returned within a week - amazing. I didn't need a photo as I use the Gov Gateway online stuff so my photo is already available to the DVLA.
Their website claims a 3 week turn around unless medical inquiries have to be made then it's 90 days so they say.
I have just posted my renewal back so await with interest. Last time it was almost by return of post but as I had to tell them I had a neurology apt., I suspect it will be longer if they enquire further.
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@Omnipod, if you don't hear anything within 3-4 weeks then chase it up.
Last time I renewed it took 6-7 weeks as they were carrying out medical checks, if your licence is due to expire and the DVLA haven't told you that you can't drive then your still allowed to drive beyond the expiry date, I was told this when I rang the DVLA helpline up worrying as my licence was soon to run out.
Last time I renewed it took 6-7 weeks as they were carrying out medical checks, if your licence is due to expire and the DVLA haven't told you that you can't drive then your still allowed to drive beyond the expiry date, I was told this when I rang the DVLA helpline up worrying as my licence was soon to run out.
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Sorry regard my previous post as totally irrelevant my only excuse is the lack of glucose getting to what I loosely call my brain during my first real hypo.
I should re phrase...lol. How long is a medical renewal taking for a type 1 insulin dependant driver? I returned my forms. I have not required the help of anyone for a hypo. I also sent a follow up letter after my last hospital visit where the consultant wrote to my GP saying that I had excellent hypo awarenes and that my HBA1C was good and that I was stable. I also was advised that I no longer have any retinopathy or Maculopathy. It seems that with my tighter control and use of the Freestyle Libre and low carbing, these complictions have been reversed. (Took about 2-3 years)
I sent mine off last week and the form actually said for medical enquiries they aim to complete within 90 days.
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I renewed my provisional licence February 2014. I went to the post office as I needed to change the address too. By September 2014 I had my licence sorted. They kept messing up between departments. Aparently I had no photo taken. Which the post office sent. Gave them my receipt number to find my photo was on another filed. Took them months to finally select information from both files and put them back together. Plus loads of sodding letters asking the same questions I had already answered. Got sick of them so spent time ringing them. So much quicker dealing with a person. Probably still be waiting now with more forms asking if I am still diabetic :-D
i think it just ridiculous having to renew every 1 -3 years. If they are so busy with a backlog of work, I dont know why they dont extend the medical to every 5-10 years with a clause that we and our gp should sign stating that if there is any major change in our condition, that its up to us and our GP to report.
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There's changes coming but when they will be introduced is anyone's guess:
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2014...-years-for-diabetics-on-insulin-95703653.html
Well I assume so as I have type 1 diabetes and declared I had been seen in neurology outpatients for a neurological condition. Doubt they ever wrote to any consultant though as that would take a month of Sunday's for a reply.
you are lucky. this is the fastest renewal I have heard of. I am hoping mine is as fast. I completed the forms, attached a letter and a hospital report stating that I had excellent hypo awareness. There will be no need for them to contact my consultant. Maybe they request reports by email thesedays and your consultant replied as soon as he got the email.
I don't actually have a consultant so he couldn't reply lol. In 37 or 38 years of driving no GP has ever been contacted regarding my fitness to drive. So looks as if it was done by return of post.
Good news. My medical renewal took just 1 week. I do not think they requested a report from my consultant or Gp. They must have accepted the report I sent with my application.
