Dvla Recenzje 1702

Had to do a medical
For my licence. Cannot drive till this is done. I have done everything they have asked. Paid the cost. DVLA quick to take the money. But not quick to process anything, blood test result where sat waiting to be reviewed for well over a month.and after passing the medical test and blood test they sent me letters I had to fill out letters that I had already done to get to the stage I’m at. They said I could email them… they failed to tell me it needed to be PDF. So now sat waiting for the hard copies to be looked at.. this is still ongoing after 3 months.
Absolutely shocking work ethic from these guys. No wonder so many people drive without a licence, takes far too long to get anything done by the DVLA

I am 82 & have sent 2 license renewal forms to DVLA. They replied to the 2nd one asking me to complete a form authorising my medical people to give them information.Weeks have passed & no reply. Tried phoning them 3 times-always a paying queue of at least 40 mins. Tried emailing-no reply HELP

In-branch verification (done) selected post office branch (done) documents driving licence (done) face capture (done).
Lets begin at 14.44pm on 23/03/2026, I applied at my selected post office to renew my driving licence before
22/04/2026 so to this day 1st may 2026 nothing has arrived from DVLA. Why not? what going on, they have
computers on hand. Its so wrong we are being treated subhuman.

Why is that on the website it says you are open until 7pm and when you call after 4pm nobody ever answers the phone. I have wasted 2 days calling you and waiting for approx. 30 - 45 mins to speak to the Vehicle section and kept waiting and waiting. I guess you are working from home NOT!!!

I have had a problem taxing a vehicle.
It is impossible to contact DVLA and they just refer you to the online site which does not help me. On one occasion I given the option to choose a ring back but no-one called back.

Prehistoric. Sent my Adult Disability Award letter, V10 Form, V5, MOT, in order to get my 50% road tax reduction. All got sent back to me with a letter saying they can't do discount as I'm 'paying monthly' and that I have to pay a year, or even 6 months, up front and then apply. So, yesterday, 30th April, I SORN'd my car so I could re-apply for road tax for 6 months. Only after doing that, it said I couldn't reapply for road tax for 5 days!! Why in God's name do they make it so flipping difficult??? I'm driving on a short trip in 4 days, on Bank Holiday Monday!! So then I went to the Post Office to reapply, and they said the system showed I'm duplicating my road tax (at £300 a year)!! It's increased hugely since 1st April. I'm a Pensioner with a Disability. It's absolutely disgraceful.
SORT YOURSELVES OUT DVLA!!!!

While the man on the phone sorted my problem, why send things recorded just for it to be signed for by royal mail, then they have to to deliver it again, he told me recorded slows down the service, so if I send it with out how can I prove it got their, DVLA needs a shake up like most government departments ☹️☹️☹️☹️

Where did it all go wrong.
Been waiting for almost 3 weeks now on V5.
Shocking unhelpful service

The DVLA are an absolute disgrace. I applied for an HGV provisional licence and the process, as stated by the DVLA should take three weeks. I rang today as the three weeks was up to be told that they had received the application on Monday. This is an absolute lie as I sent it by recorded delivery and was actually received 18 days ago. I explained that I needed it within the next five days or I would lose my government funded HGV training course. The guy I spoke to really couldn't give a toss and responded by saying it will take as long as it takes. Really helpful. This is the problem with an organisation that has no accountability and is in a monopoly situation. Funny thing is that if you are caught speeding, the fine and points on your licence are immediate so they do excel in this respect :)

If I could give them less than a star I would. I'm a type 1 diabetic and I've been waiting for my provisional license nearly 4 months now. Everytime I call they say they do not have a deadline and proceed to say that they will get around to it. They also sent me the completely wrong form where I had to go out of my way and spend my money to get my photograph taken (which overall was totally unnecessary as they had sent me the wrong form). Completely useless incompetent government agency. Needs very serious changes!

Sent my licence back to change my home address. Every detail was correct, crossed the box referencing address change. 2 weeks later recieve my licence back with a cheeky letter telling me I can't change my name without the correct documents! Im not chaning my ffing name! Honestly thick as mince!

I applied for a new over 70 license on 1/1/26 I informed dvla I had a sight problem I have still not heard from medical team I have called numerous times but they tell me I have to wait for them to contact me I have not driven since very poor service from dvla

One of the worst customer support in the world totally waisted tax payers money to dvla. Also very rude some of them
Look at those other reviewed why not government doing something about it
TOTAL DISASTER!!!!!!!!!!

I can sympathise with some of the poor reviews but my experience was positive ... my dyslexia led to me sending off (on line) an incorrect form and spending £80...i spoke to them to raise my case and yes it took a long time to answer but the person noted my error but said i will have to wait a min of 10 days...i pleaded my case and i received a call from a very helpful chap who sorted it so thank you all...credit where credit is due!

I have spent 9 hrs over two days trying to log a medical condition. I tried online but it doesn't recognise my driving license - nothing wrong with it and I have been trying to start a chat. I've waited for an advisor on two occassions, today I was waiting for two hours and then they closed the chat and i haven't even spoken to anyone. Dreadful service.

What a waste of space the phone line is.
Looking for advice but all the auto service did was send me through numerous sections and at the end said they couldn't give advice over the phone. Disgusting !!

Held my license for 3 years revoked for suspect missuse of substances. Never missused substances, nothing I can seem to do about it either, I pay for there test, pass it and get bs saying they think I may miss use substances. Just feeding them my money and getting nowhere. MP couldnt even help or nothing. They speak to drs I have never met or dont know me and even when told they support me having my lovense back they say the same thing, make me pay for a drug test, I pass and revoked for suspect missuse of substances. This has happened for refusing a drug test I believe from the police and they reported me for not providing so these then revoke for suspect missuse even though they have no evidence to prove it. Disgusting 3 years they been eating my money with same story.

YOU SHOULD REFUND THE DRUG TEST MONEY TO, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE PASS AND YOU USE A LAME EXCUSE LIKE THIS TO HOLD LICENSES. I JUST DRIVE WITH OUT ONE AND GO TO JAIL NOW FOR NO INSURANCE AND BANNED DRIVING.

What you expect when you call DVLA licence medical dept well they did not let me down .
Spoke to Alfie I think his work no was 15
He was not interested in what I was asking ,he was no help even when I explained my medical situation they have had my licence for 5 weeks ,
Alfie obviously had a late night Sunday night he spent more time yawning than listening to my situation
Well thank you DVLA you are truly a waste of time and totally shit to deal with.

When I bought an aovopro ap20 750w off road ebike I was kitting it up to have a motorcycle single vehicle assessment and apply for a new provisional licence so I could do my cbt to ride legally the dvla really wound me up. Basically my first provisional was when I was 18, I am now 33 and came out as trans 4 years ago. I lost that provisional when I was 20 or 21 and never notified them. I have also changed my name a few times since I was 23. I sent off the D1 form gauranteed next day before 1pm tracked, £20 postal order included and one deed poll and other items to identify me. Even a senior practitioner for the assessment and referral team for gmmh put his details on the form and saying I am who I say I am. When the dvla sent everything back to me I was fuming, but still tried. The senior practitioner even printed off legitimate deep polls with all my dead names on and he signed as one witness and my neighbour did who I have known for 2 and a half years. I even signed the name that was on my old provisional exactly the same. Even when I filled in the previous addresses on the D1 form I put the address that was on my old provisional on it. I sent everything back including the confusing medical forms they sent me cutting out 2 large letter 1st class stamps from an envelope becasue I couldn't wait till I next got paid. A few weeks passed and then once again they sent everything back and said I still need to prove who I am. There is literally nothing else I can do!!. They seriously need to stop living in the 1960s 😒 and sending things back using second class. How much money they get, oh are motorists second class citizens? Atleast when I apply for my first adult passport I can go Liverpool and have a face to face interview. Luckily though I did end up breaking the controller wires on my ebike so when I tried to fix it but couldn't I took it apart then paid for the 250w Hidoes b6 mini. I could still be pulled over by police on that as I can use the throttle but it only goes maximum 15.5mph. The DVLA need to sort themselves out. Or they just lied to me because they didn't want to give me a new provisional cz I am autistic, have anxiety and depression and schizoaffective disorder. Well done 👏 Just as bad as the government

Had a stroke 23/10/23 , had my licence revoked , before the stroke I was a fully qualified motorcycle instructor , I reapplied for my licence after I had my meds sorted out around Oct 24 , I have jumped thru hoops for these people who thought , I was blind in one eye after 6 opticians oppnthments I had to get a letter off my doctor , then my stroke specialist , I then had to sit another test , all this was passed , by Oct 25, I was getting sick , I have submitted all paperwork , then they lost my photo , I had to reapply again , on Feb 10th this year they received my application , I AM STILL WAITING , I am having to sell my home. With no licence I can’t work. , phoning them is a waste of time , IF they answer , they don’t call you back , something needs done about this , I’m tens of thousands of pounds out of pocket , I have lost all my no claims discounts on my vehicles , the whole department are not fit for purpose , only in the uk !!!!!