Is it possible to renew your UK driving license online if you have an EU passport?

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Is it possible to renew your UK driving license online if you have an EU passport?

It seems as if those of us with EU passports cannot apply online as they specify a UK passport number is needed and so we'd need to fill in a postal form and pay an additional fee - is that true..?

Do you have a British passport? If you do, the DVLA will use your passport photo on your new license. If your passport was issued by another EU country, I doubt the DVLA will have electronic access to their databases...so you would have to apply and send in a photo in the post.

They use the passport picture for the driving licence. If you dont have a UK passport then they wont have access to the passport picture to so that

My passport was issued within the UK (at the German Embassy based in London) but is a German passport.

Yeah that reasoning makes sense. Thanks

www.gov.uk/renew-driving-licence#other-ways-to-apply

I renewed my driving licence at a main post office during lockdown. They took my photo in the post office and I've received the new one already. Not all POs do this but you can find out on the PO website. I couldn't get any info from the dvla at the time

Oh sorry I have a uk passport though. I don't know if you can do it with a German passport

I read your thread with interest because my dp is Irish so has the same issue. His expires on Thursday (!) and he has not had a renewal letter, then I saw this: www.gov.uk/government/news/drivers-granted-7-month-photocard-licence-extension