Bloody DVLA

[CBRowner]

After months and months of trying to get my bike sorted, I'm now left with the problem of not even having a valid licence!!!

As some of you know, I had a Gibraltarian Licence because that was where I did my motorbike test as well as some others but I sent my licence to them a few weeks ago, because you have to when you've been here a year, and when they sent it back I found that the only thing I have on the licence is cars!!

So, unless DVLA sort it, I'm now going to have to sit my dreaded bike test before I can go for rides and I need to do my B+E before I can go to Jonnyflame's place to pick up my bike.

I'm fumming with the morons now, especially as it means I've been riding for the past month without bike or trailer on my licence >

I may need to change my name to CBRpolisher or Bikersb*tch :'(

[JAYJAY]

What sh*tty luck

I saw someting about this on TV a few weeks ago - you are not alone!!
I think it was on watchdog - complain seriously - ask for the license you sent them back!

There is also an ombudsman I think. Do a search and see which one suits - you should get the address on line. The only stipulation is that you give them the opportunity to recify THEIR error first before going to the ombudsman

Good luck mate

[CBRowner]

It annoys me because I had a UK licence issued in Gib, where I did my tests, and I was told I could transfer all but my bus test because I need to do a local refresher test in the UK.

I'm writting to the manager to complain about this because it now affects my forces licence and I'm on 90 minutes standby to deploy so it will also affect my operational readiness >

[JAYJAY]

You may want to check out this link

http://www.dft.gov.uk/dvla/contactus..._go_wrong.aspx

GL

[Jacde]

I know it's no good to you now, but I was told that the DVLA are notorious at ommiting entitlements from licences and that you should photocopy both parts of your licence before you send it to them, that way 'you' can prove you had entitlement before the muppets removed it!

[JAYJAY]

Here's the BBC link - frightening!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/...ck.html?page=0

[CBRowner]

I even went into their offices in Bristol so that they couldn't mess up but they out did themselves this time.

The only thing they got right was my title and they took all my points off!!! ;D

[igbell]

This is a known issue with them, they have been known to take all things off but cars, I had a mate that was a truck driver and was adding his bike onto the licence when he got it back he had only cars on it, so he had to go back to them and get them to add it all back on again, luckliy hes truck company took a photo copy of his licence.

[Ducatista]

Advice is to take a certified copy.
I heard there were some police officers with decades of experience (loads of bona fide witnesses) but unless it's in writing and prefereably certified then they won't accept it.

[CBRowner]

I'm writting a letter to them so that they can sort this out before I have to explain this problem to my CO.

I've also sent a message to the BBC to inform them that this is still an ongoing issue.

I wish I kept copies now, but I didn't think I'd need it for a government authority like the DVLA, especially as I did it face to face and not through the post >