The Student Room Group
Reply 1
http://www.dvla.gov.uk/drivers/applydl.htm#cost


Provisional to full
Car, Motorcycle, Moped



* If first provisional licence issued before 1.3.2004*

£9.00

* If first provisional licence issued from 1.3.2004

FREE

* After disqualified till test pass



FREE

* Bus or Lorry

FREE


Is that what you mean? According to that its either £9 or free to upgrade your provisional to full. Not sure about the test certificate though, when i passed he just took my provisional and my full one came in the post a few days later.
Reply 2
Darn, I can't remember when I got my prov license...
Dowe have to send in a photo?
Reply 3
I got my license before March '04, so I had to post off my provisional + counterpart, the test pass certificate and £9.
Reply 4
Acually, I probably got it after march 2004 as I took my theory test on feb 2004, so I'll have to pay the £9. Why didn't they make it free earlier!!! So, I send off the provisional +counterpart+test certificate and cheque. Do Ineed to send off the theory test certificate?
Reply 5
Xenon
Darn, I can't remember when I got my prov license...
Dowe have to send in a photo?


I didnt and they managed to print another one on my full licence. They must have it on their computers.
Reply 6
Xenon
Acually, I probably got it after march 2004 as I took my theory test on feb 2004, so I'll have to pay the £9. Why didn't they make it free earlier!!! So, I send off the provisional +counterpart+test certificate and cheque. Do Ineed to send off the theory test certificate?


No because you would have needed that to pass the practical. At least i think thats right, i dont see why they would need to see it again.
Reply 7
Thanks guys! I'm finally off to send for my license (has taken me 3 months) :smile:

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Oh and where do we send this all to? Which address?
Edit: Sorry, I dound it-DVLA Swansea. Why in swansea?
Reply 8
It was on that link i gave you. Scroll down a bit and it should be there.

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/drivers/applydl.htm#send
Reply 9
Xenon
Thanks guys! I'm finally off to send for my license (has taken me 3 months) :smile:

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Oh and where do we send this all to? Which address?
Edit: Sorry, I dound it-DVLA Swansea. Why in swansea?


Because thats where they are based :wink:

Make sure you get the right postcode off that site.
Reply 10
Xenon
Acually, I probably got it after march 2004 as I took my theory test on feb 2004, so I'll have to pay the £9. Why didn't they make it free earlier!!!


They didn't make it free - they increased the cost of a provisional license by £9
Reply 11
thomasp
They didn't make it free - they increased the cost of a provisional license by £9


Oh, not fair! :frown:

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This one right?
First full licence for cars and motorbikes = SA99 1BJ
Reply 12
Yep thats the one i would choose.
Or use the postcode on the back of the test pass certificate - I believe it gives you all the instructions on the back of there. I'd make a photocopy of it before trusting it to Royal Mail as well. :smile: :rolleyes:

It will have the date of issue on your provisional licence as well, so you'll know whether you're entitled to a free upgrade or not. You don't need to put a new photo in, as all they do is enter the date you passed into the computer and press a button and it changes your existing licence and prints out a new copy of it.
Reply 14
Kingspharm
Or use the postcode on the back of the test pass certificate - I believe it gives you all the instructions on the back of there. I'd make a photocopy of it before trusting it to Royal Mail as well. :smile: :rolleyes:


Now you tell me that! :smile: Oh well, fingers crossed they look after my stuff.
I'm sure it will get there, but beware that you don't get your certificate back when they send your licence!

I still have a copy of mine scanned into my computer from 5 years ago :smile:
Reply 16
hehe. 3 months? i waited 19 months before sending it off. lol.