dvla delays v5
It’s a crazy situation that needs to be resolved.”. I’m the same my husband died suddenly on 29th May sent the V5 to change registered keeper on 02.06.20 still waiting for new V5 to come back. As an update to my previous comment. Unfortunately, we've spoke to them a few times and there are no updates we're aware of. I bought a used car on 8 June. Your queries related to driving license such as license lost, want to change address on license, or change name, track the application etc. So now my car has to stay, ‘ off road ‘, until someone at the DVLA deals with my paperwork. They both had replacements immediately, whilst I am still waiting for mine despite having lived in the UK for 50 yrs and a driver here for 40 yrs just because I was not born here n had to complete a form to send back. Frustrating to say the least. They couldn’t give a time scale for this happening, I’m getting more than a bit pissed off now! Hi Gilly, thanks for your note. I did hound my mp but I am not sure if he did anything to speed it up or not. Is anyone at work at DVLA?! I have applied for a provisional but after inputting my card details for payment, the DVLA website kicked me out and told me to start all over again. Result no driving license!!!! If DVLA is hitting their self-imposed targets, the customer should have the replacement V5 and V778 Retention Document within three to four weeks. They are costing me an additional £25 a month for the tax, utterly p****d off with the whole system its diabolical. No idea if they have received my application or not and completely unable to get hold of them via phone, email or webchat to find out!! Nothing! Soooo frustrating as you send the form back for us to fill in the day after we applied online. Same here! The 2 metre social distancing measures in Wales have resulted in a reduced number of staff on site. It is now 2 months gone in and still have not received the log book. NONE of the contact phone numbers are working, can not do web chat because that too is NOT working. Hi DVLA. It will be 7 weeks since I sent paperwork. j watson. Why is it impossible to apply online for replacement provisional licence. Since Guardian Money wrote about the case of a driver struggling to get hold of a car logbook, readers have swamped our Consumer Champions’ inbox with reports of long delays and how impossible it has become to contact the UK government agency. She had no idea how long this would take to process but that it would be months rather than weeks. Others have suffered even more serious consequences. I had to amend my home address on my van V5 and I waited a month. On April 2nd I applied to renew my licence as I will be 70 on 16th June, by post as I do not have a passport or photo driving licence, I have not heard anything from DVLA, I cannot contact them, their leaflet says I can continue to drive while they are dealing with my application, the Police say it will illegal for me to drive. Failing to do so carries the risk of a £1,000 fine. If I’d have known I wouldn’t have bothered sending them anything. Neil Thomas, who needed a UK driving licence, sent the DVLA his South African licence, along with his biometric residence permit, back in April – and that was the last he saw of it. I am having a problem understanding this. Their website this can take up to 6 weeks to process. I was told to send in a paper application to reapply for my driving licence following a medical issue now resolved. I’ve sent them everything I have I.D wise. Hi all, I moved house at the start of the year and my wife sent off the v5 log books for both of our cars to the DVLA, notifying them of our change of address. “Paper applications sent to our office in Swansea will take longer to process as they must be dealt with in person on site, where we are working with reduced numbers to meet social distancing requirements,” a spokesperson told Motoring Research. A spokesperson at the DVLA told Motoring Research that some drivers applying to renew “may be able to drive while the DVLA is considering their application, providing they have a current driving licence and they have not been told by their doctor or optician that they should not drive”. Is there any update when V5 departament in DVLA will be opening? At this rate my new car will become a classic before its time. I have therefore been unable to drive my Classic Car which has remained in the garage during lockdown and remains so because of the threat of a fine or worse the car being taken and crushed. They could not confirm to me that they had actually received the V5 from the garage though so I just have to wait. In the meantime the dealer cannot sell my old motorhome that I part-exchanged so they are not happy. He cares for his disabled wife and they need the car to take her to hospital appointments. I just got told that they had received my application form on their web chat service but it still hadn’t been processed and they could not give any indication of a time frame as to when I would receive them back. Although the gov.uk website warns: “It may take longer than usual for you to get your licence because of coronavirus”, the DVLA says online applications are being processed within normal timescales and it is encouraging as many people to renew this way. hi,How long dose it takes to renew driving licence? While simpler online applications have been less affected, more complicated changes, which require sending documents such as medical assessments by post, have been caught up in the chaos. His car remains untaxed, he says. This has led to anxiety and distress among thousands of drivers,” he says. Retention certificate and new V5 for the old car came in about five days, but no sign of the V5 for the new car after three weeks. Post office have confirmed delivery but DVLA have no knowledge. Have no idea how much longer this will take. Two months later the new V5C still hasn't arrived with me. I have tried ringing and emailing repeatedly to no avail. Follow DVLA on Twitter, ... You need this for the v62 form as well. 30 April 2021. Contact with DVLA via web chat who will not discuss anything to do with delays and will not even give an indication as to the dates they are currently processing. So,shortly after Christmas i appled for my license back – i also included a letter from my current GP stating that that i am fit to drive. but I received my new passport surprisingly quickly. An update for anyone waiting. I did manage to get through to the DVLA on the phone a couple of weeks ago and was told yes we have your old V5 here but You’re just going to wait for the new one to be sent out. I am the same as Derek but had a photo license. Due to strict 2 metre Social Distancing requirements the site has suffered issues of short staff since March 2020 and continues to deal with significant delays in dealing with drivers’ applications and queries. Martin. Statistics released by the Department for Transport show the number of licensed vehicles declined for the first time in 30 years. I need to book ferries and am stuck as I don’t know which number plate will be on the vehicle when I travel. Do not have any document at the moment. Motorists should remain patient, says the DVLA, even if the delay is stretching into weeks. Try to contact DVLA several times unsuccessfully.. i tried to send an email but it bounced back I phoned a month later as have not even received a confirmation email to say they had my documents (£9 for a landline call). Hi Anthony, Apparently I’m not on the system. Here’s how to do it: https://www.motoringresearch.com/advice/declare-sorn-during-lockdown/. I’m in the same position. just before lockdown I bought a new Golf, the on line registration was completed whilst we sat in the showroom and we drove it away immediately and received the V5 some days later. This may take longer because of coronavirus. I have emailed and twice written to DVLA Swansea but nothing has been acknowledged. I had a car delivered to me from a garage miles out of my area on the 3rd August 2020 and I still haven’t received my V5. Sketch of the new 2021 Polo hot hatchback is released before what would have been the annual Worthersee GTI event. I have also completed a V80 form and sent it alongside the the green slip which I had been given by the dealer to yourselves in order to get the tax refunded but not heard anything back yet. DVLA aims to send out a new V5C to you as soon as possible, usually 4 weeks after getting the old V5C from the seller. Seven weeks later I still have no response. However, a spokesperson stressed to Motoring Research that this is only for paper services and applications: DVLA online services are working as normal. I’ve no idea if they have my application or they’ve lost them? I’m pretty sure that there are now countless others the length and breadth of the country that have been forced to do similar. Why cant an on line process can be devised. This is going to snowball into a major disaster when cars and drivers all over the UK don’t have the right documents and the Police will have a field day…. Still waiting for V5 for a car I brought on March 19th .Dealer doesn’t want to know and can’t get a reply from DVLA.NOT HAPPY, I know we are in difficult times but couldn’t they at least update their website to tell you how long the delays are likely to be. Unfortunately, we've spoke to them a few times and there are no updates we're aware of. Edmund King, the president of the motoring organisation the AA, says he has raised the issue of the severe backlogs with the transport minister and officials over the past few months. As required, the selling dealer sent off the old V5C to the DVLA (I've double-checked with him and he assures me this was done) and he gave me the new keeper slip. I’ve been checking the online car tax checking system which states my car is untaxed & no money taken from my account, in the drop-down bar it says to wait five days and if still not taxed to get in touch with the DVLA ♀️ Number of cars on UK roads falls for first time... AA to provide 24/7 support to Instavolt EV charger users, https://www.motoringresearch.com/advice/declare-sorn-during-lockdown/, New Volkswagen Polo GTI teased ahead of June reveal. “If you’ve already made an application, we will process this and return any documentation as quickly as possible.”. Has been a month now getting well knarked as DVLA are doing the civil service,provide no service. The DVLA contact centre is open Monday to Friday from 8am to 1pm, and 2pm to 7pm. so i was sent to robot….it couldn’t tax me When we had regional offices the whole thing could be done at the counter in less an hour. Full information is available online to see if you can drive while your application is with the DVLA. Its an absolute joke, I tried to reassign a private plate to a new motorhome I have bought during lockdown. Back in June, the DVLA said drivers with a pink plastic photocard driving licence, set to expire between 1 February 2020 and 31 August 2020, would automatically have them extended by seven months. I have now written to my MP and received a standard automated reply. I need my I.D for work and it’s gone for the foreseeable, so what do we do? I am a utility worker so have been working all through. Others have suffered even more serious consequences. I just need it gone. Those sending off their driving licence or V5C document for routine changes of address report waiting months. Cant tax or sell it. Meanwhile other government departments such as Probate were able to provide Death Certificates and Grant of Probate for my mother’s death in this lockdown period of time, but the DVLA seem to be able to do nothing or even have the decency to escalate my application which is linked to a bereavement. I could not even challenge their incorrect decision to revoke my license in the county court because the courts have also been closed for many months due to covid-19. If I knew, it would take that long, I would put my buyer’s details instead of mine. “I waited until mid-May before getting anxious and tried to get in contact by phone and email but was unable to make contact. As required, I sent paper V5C with covering letter explaining the circumstances to Sensitive Casework Team on 3rd June. Driving in the EU: UK licence holders living in the EU. Normally, drivers are required to renew their photocard licence every 10 years and bus and lorry drivers every five years. Hi, I can’t understand why you haven’t even updated your progress of application paperwork even if you can’t complete them yet. Category A, B, S and N: What do the car insurance write-off categories mean? I had expected to wait maybe a month, or six weeks, but four months is a disgrace.”. King explains that sction 88 of the Road Traffic Act says you can continue to drive with an expired licence if your application is in with the DVLA and you are simply renewing. Since then, all V5 documents are red, due to the theft of a number of blank certificates in 2006. I have send my documents 2 weeks ago, driving licence plus passport to change my address. shame on you DVLA. how is it that during lockdown they come faster? I have looked online at the MOT status and get a red warning of no MOT and the threat od a £1000 fine if caught without a valid MOT although the car is exempt. I’m glad I’m not a car dealership, they must be suffering big time.Can you state exactly how many staff are working to address the back log? Owns 15 vehicles of varying degrees of terribleness. This time frame would normally fit in with the supply of a new car. Surly it’s illegal to hold on to someone’s personal identification documents for as long as you like to without any time scale of returning them? Bought a vehicle last week of March & decided it wasn’t the right car for me. Please can you tell me when you are planning on re opening now that car showrooms are open from the first of June. might have been helpful for the online computer to be updated to flash up when i tried to take a private reg off a car it says fill in a V whatever and send it in ….thats what i did now sat waiting for a V5 that might not ever arrive in 6 weeks or more . Been trying for months to get the v5. It has been 4 weeks already. Absolutely no sympathy from the DVLA or any attempt to try and escalate the issue for me. DfT and DVLA. The organisation says its most popular online services are: All the DVLA online services are available and a spokesperson assured Motoring Research that “online applications will be processed quicker than paper applications”. My new Sunlight PVC should arrive at the dealer this week but when we spoke last week he warned of delays (possibly weeks) in V5s being issued. Im afraid, I need my passport back! Mine is now showing as taxed on DVLA, and V5 issued yesterday, so it should arrive Monday. The delay was because I'd overpaid for the road tax (which was done by the garage) and I could expect to receive a refund and a replacement tax disc showing the correct amount. How much longer do i need to wait as it seems that I am making a loss here. disgusting. Other government agencies including HMRC have been working from home so why not these layabouts!!! I read the info on DVLA website how to inform when someone died and I got confirmation from online advisor. Seems as though DVLA has shut down. someone told me it will be 12 weeks? Unlike Anthony July 16th. However, the delays are thought to have stopped many. The customer gives the dealer the V5 and the reprinted tax disc showing the age-related registration for the part exchange vehicle. To make matters worse for me heart disease is not even a condition on the list of conditions that DVLA say one must notify them of so legally i believe they did not have the authority or grounds to revoke my license. People with medical conditions who are more at risk than others cannot get their licences because of this. So, the DVLA recommends owners update to the red version, and that’s the version now automatically issued. I sent off the V5 for change of owner on my new car on 20th May and still no new V5 has arrived, I still have the green slip but I’m reluctant to send it off with form V62 as that will leave me with nothing. The car is tax exempt but the delays and lack of communication is totall. In the meantime the car is breaking down, it now needs a new battery and who knows what else. Advice was to apply online to renew without C1 ( I can apply for reinstatement later when I can get a medical ). I was told to stop driving in October 2019 by DVLA because my GP had concerns that i may not be fully complient with my heart meds, which i was and still am. Motorists who are aged 70 and over need to renew their driving licence every three years. Maybe it’s full of employees that don’t care but for enjoying themselves on furlough. I rang Tesla, they said all the info had been sent to DVLA as normal. I have given up hope of contacting the DVLA, and everyone on here should be contacting their local MPs. I enclosed with my application a letter from my GP stating that i am fit to drive. In the past few months, licence renewals and changes to vehicle registration (V5C) documents have been backing up at the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency’s Swansea offices, leaving thousands of people waiting months to get them back. DVLA states it can take up to ten weeks to get a new V5, and while it’s normally much quicker, the ongoing pandemic means there are delays to delivery and postal services. Getting A V5 From The Dvla - posted in Mini Chat: Bit of a random one and not necessarily Mini-specific, but has anyone had any recent experience of wait times to receive a V5 document from the DVLA? I am an independent dealer and have been waiting for two V5 documents since around the 14Th of March I am now waiting on a v5 so I can get a vehicle on the road Get a replacement log book (V5C) if the original has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, or you have not received one for your new vehicle. As I have exhausted every other platform of communication with you and receive no response. Trending Yes, this is getting ridiculous. 11 May 2021 Collection DVLA DVLA spending over £500 on an ePCS from April 2021. i need this back urgently but can not get in touch have sent an email last week had no reply these were sent in to be signed for on the 6th of june. https://www.motoringresearch.com/car-news/dvla-significant-delays-motorists Same here. The DVLA is in crisis, they will never clear the backlog with things as they are. Applied for V5 by filling V62 in as the previous owner lost the V5… That was 13 weeks ago. When will I receive it please? Good luck with the ticket. We will get around to it but can give you no timescale for how long this will take”. I have been waiting for a V5 since 23rd July, the DVLA can see I have taxed the car , just waiting paperwork, I wonder if they have run out of V5 forms, the car was my husbands who died in June 2020, in comparison the grant of probate my husbands will executor applied for in July arrived on 12th October. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) maintains the registration and licensing of drivers and vehicles, and the collection of road tax (VED). So they are saying dont send in any documents ? I have been waiting for my car registration document V5C since February 2020. Had to apply by post for retention of private plate and I am waiting for V5 for my new car and old car. I am still waiting. How do I cancel my road tax as I’m now disabled ?? They are a disgrace and have not tried to adapt to the situation. DOFR 30th May 2020. This page is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg). Same situation here, i sent my documents in end of May (passport and driving license) for exchanging, still waiting. I applied via post to exchange my EU drivers license for UK. reduce the amount of paper documents stored and administered, possibly to zero within 3 years ( Asked whether there was any way for people to get much-needed passports and other documents back from paper applications, the DVLA says all applications are being dealt with as quickly as possible. Many drivers opted to take their cars off the road during the lockdown, registering the car with a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN). Passports and biometric residence permits have been stuck in Swansea, with their desperate owners unable to retrieve them. I need to sell the car now but I am still waiting for my V5C. We have moved to a new address. I had to post my passport in as ID, it’s been 5 weeks already and I can’t get in contact with anyone. I sent mine in march as my original v5 never turned up when i bought the car. It might be a while until you get it back. As the original poster says there is no way to get hold of the DVLA if you are not and HGV driver or Key worker. Imagine the 100’s of 1000’s £ they are just depriving the treasury of in lost revenues at a time when we need it most. 4 months on!! Change the address on your driving licence, Tell us you’ve sold, bought or transferred a vehicle, Keep or assign a private (personalised) registration, renew their driving licence every three years, see if you can drive while your application is with the DVLA, take their cars off the road during the lockdown, Click here to tell the DVLA you’re taking your car off the road, Sadiq Khan confirms Ultra-Low Emission Zone will expand. “I have called the DVLA 10 times a day. The DVLA told me not to worry because I had taxed and insured the vehicle and that I would receive my V5 eventually. then i was put through to a operator- but it was lunch More than six weeks now, not even logged on the tracker. 948 talking about this. During the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the DVLA restricted its telephone contact centre to key workers only. Ian Kinsey. How long should I wait for my new V5 document, before chasing it up? The DVLA isn't accepting paper applications anyway due to coronavirus, so online forms are the way to go. I might look into what you have done Martin as at present I can’t go anywhere, update this morning I got my passport back in the post with a note saying my license should follow within 2 weeks so here’s hoping I had to stop driving in April 2019 for 12 months due to medical condition. Don’t suppose they will be refunding me for their crap service, I agree this is OTT. The DVLA says it has accelerated online provisions during the pandemic so you can renew a licence online regardless of age. I asked why they couldn’t work shifts to improve their service unfortunately that got me cut off. Did anyone listen to Radio 4 recently and the comments/issues people where both making and having? After nearly 7 months patiently waiting for the return of my driving license for DVLA to tell me yesterday that they haven’t even looked at my application yet is such a kick in the teeth that i have now decided to return to driving regardless. Exact same situation Brian. My money is being wasted on a stationary car parked in my driveway. Get back to work. Applied online May 22nd which is straightforward but my old license had to be cut in half and returned with a validation form before a new one will be processed, which I did. Tell DVLA when you no longer own a vehicle, or you buy a vehicle as either a registered keeper or motor trader. I am afraid that right now DVLA is processing march’s applications, so we ll have to wait. Blaming covid for the delays. “We understand how frustrating delays can be and we apologise for any inconvenience – we are working hard to process applications as quickly as possible. I had a webcam with them on 30th July as I am still waiting for my v5 since May 22nd they told me 1500 out of 8000 working. The DVLA has warned motorists using its services of significant delays due to the the Covid-19 pandemic. Most people have found a way round this so why can’t they? It always comes up as busy. My new T6.1 Ocean has been sat at the dealers since before lockdown and so I'm told cannot be registered online with DVLA and therefore, due to the new VED rates, must be registered by sending a V55 to DVLA via snail mail. I am in a very similar situation. has any experienced delays in getting their car tax refunded from a sold car? We explain the car insurance write-off categories: A, B, S and N – and what they mean when it comes to buying a used car. Sent in post weeks ago! Click here to tell the DVLA you’re taking your car off the road. My plan was to sell the 1st vehivle to cover cost of 2nd but low & behold Im stuck with both cars & NO V5 for either. I have worked from home through out the lockdown and there is no reason why they couldn’t. We have been motohomers for over 3 years, and before that caravanners for over 30 years. Applied for the return of my driving license a little over 6 months ago after it had been revoked(unfairly in my opinion) by DVLA late last year on medical grounds. Managed to get through To DVLA on the phone but the lady said that there was nothing she could and I would just have to wait. Lucky that they don’t have to make a profit like private sector! I still have not received it. Me too……I tried to tax on line wrong information is currently being held about so i couldn’t on line register my car tax. The phone lines are down, and there is no clear way to email them about your situation. I was told to stop driving in October 2019 by DVLA because my GP had concerns that i may not be fully complient with my heart meds, which i was and still am. Shame on you DVLA!. Its inexcusable to hold an entire nation to ransom when many isolation rules have been lifted/relaxed. DVLA is suffering major delays at the moment, with all applications - licence renewals, V5Cs etc. I have checked the car's details on the DVLA website and it still shows the date of the last V5C issue was over a year ago - i.e. Come on DVLA your lack of co-operation is crippling drivers who pay enough as it is! The Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency’s headquarters in Morriston, Swansea. The dvla have had my v5 to update the number of seats only (didn’t even bother to try getting it reclassified as a camper) for months now. The 1500 still working should be kept on. Car owners unsure if they can legally drive because of application backlog. They report waiting months for replacement documents or … With the prospect of a 2nd wave of covid-19 looming large which will again close down DVLA entirely my hopes of receiving my license back anytime soon are dwindling fast. I had tried so many times over the last 24h and even once it stopped telling me there were too busy it took 25min on hold to get through. At least fill in that much to put our minds at rest that you are ‘on it’. Years ago in the days before online registration you could go into a dealers buy a new car and drive it away you didn't have to wait for the documentation to come back. Nothing! “I’ve been offered some work abroad but can’t take it because without my permit I can’t get back into the country,” he says. I can’t do anything with the car till I get it back. It seems a waste of time and money insuring the car to sit in the garage. ... point; however you can use the V5/C to get your registration number plates made up. sorry about the delay in updating So, his car is sitting in the drive way and I’m still having to tax and insure it, it hasn’t turned a wheel as I’m not confident driving it and now the MOT and service are coming up. Both my husband and son registered online together with me. I will have this in 2 weeks which will allow me to go on my holidays with the family. Hi trying to remove my number plate online unable to do so! Please keep us informed of the actions taken and responses. I don’t think they are. Motorists can access a range of services online, with a V5C log book address change being the most recent service added. This restriction has now been lifted, but officials still request that “while demand is very high, please only call our contact centre if it is urgent”. “I am computer-literate, yet had no idea of this change.”. Monday 8th March Three days to issue a new V5 following a plate change. Have £100 with dealer for return of V5 and no sign of when will return. I have ruing 5 times every day without fail. The DVLA are certainly taking the piss and not providing a public service. The AA has partnered with charging point provider Instavolt to offer telephone support to electric car drivers. I appreciate the pandemic, but I have no proof of ownership of my car and no way to MoT (I know about the extension). come on DVLA i have worked all the way through this pandemic will little or no reward and you still have my money and you still have my logbooks. I need my car as I'm a key worker but don't feel safe driving without paperwork. She received her V5 2 weeks later, I'm still waiting for mine 3 months later. In exactly the same boat, there is no reason why assigning a number plate I’ve had and transferred back and forth for the past 20 years cant be done online. This may take longer because of … The DVLA online systems, I’ve used, seem to be working well, but there are currently delays in getting the paperwork. Unfortunately my passport had expired in May. Repeatedly to no avail car parked in my driveway telephone support to electric car drivers post for Retention of plate. 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