heimat79
New Member
Dear Mr. Joyce,
Since four years I am living in the UK. I am German and held my German licence till ugust 2012 when I drunk-drove in Germany. The licence of course was taken from the German police and destroyed and I received a ban until July 2014.
During disqualification period I informed the DLA and wanted to go to the medical assessment in the UK because I was over two promille of alcohol.
DVLA told my by e-mail and phone many times that I would have to renew the licence, bring information from German authorities about my class B, dates when I lost the licence etc. and pay 50 GBP. Everything was fine and I did so.
They sent me the renewed driving licence. BUT I let the German authorities take a look over the licence - it is wothless in Germany since there is D70 mentioned in the line of class B. Also there is mentioned the date April 2004 as the date since when I first received B in Germany.
But I lost my German licence in August 2012 so the licence is worthless. I cannot drive in Germany.
DVLA is not responding any more. Probably they will say that I have to apply for a complete new driving licence including all cost and tests. Isn't that stupid since I learned to drive and it would be more appropriate to go to the doctor?
German authorities cannot help me now, and the DVLA cannot. I cannot drive in Germany which is a big problem. Maybe I cannot even drive in the UK since that licence could never have been renewed and then it was illegal right?
Do you see a way that DVLA gives me a renewd licence without the D70 AND with the actual application date?
OR option 2: Do you see a way that I can apply for a licence, go to the doctor and let me be assessed, without doing all tests agsin?
Thank you very much for your help,
Marisa
Since four years I am living in the UK. I am German and held my German licence till ugust 2012 when I drunk-drove in Germany. The licence of course was taken from the German police and destroyed and I received a ban until July 2014.
During disqualification period I informed the DLA and wanted to go to the medical assessment in the UK because I was over two promille of alcohol.
DVLA told my by e-mail and phone many times that I would have to renew the licence, bring information from German authorities about my class B, dates when I lost the licence etc. and pay 50 GBP. Everything was fine and I did so.
They sent me the renewed driving licence. BUT I let the German authorities take a look over the licence - it is wothless in Germany since there is D70 mentioned in the line of class B. Also there is mentioned the date April 2004 as the date since when I first received B in Germany.
But I lost my German licence in August 2012 so the licence is worthless. I cannot drive in Germany.
DVLA is not responding any more. Probably they will say that I have to apply for a complete new driving licence including all cost and tests. Isn't that stupid since I learned to drive and it would be more appropriate to go to the doctor?
German authorities cannot help me now, and the DVLA cannot. I cannot drive in Germany which is a big problem. Maybe I cannot even drive in the UK since that licence could never have been renewed and then it was illegal right?
Do you see a way that DVLA gives me a renewd licence without the D70 AND with the actual application date?
OR option 2: Do you see a way that I can apply for a licence, go to the doctor and let me be assessed, without doing all tests agsin?
Thank you very much for your help,
Marisa