Provisional driving license

[GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat]

Has anyone applied for one recently? How long did it take to arrive please?

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My daughter applied 7 weeks ago for hers..still not had it

My daughter applied at the end of June and still no sign of it.

Thank you. Ds doesn’t turn 17 until end of the year but is keen to start as soon as he can.

@GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat

Thank you. Ds doesn’t turn 17 until end of the year but is keen to start as soon as he can.

You can only apply up to two months before your 17th birthday so he won’t be able to apply until at least end of October if his birthday is end of year.

He applied on Saturday and it all went though fine.

Sent paperwork/photo mid July.

No sign yet 🤷‍♀️

@FunnyInjury

Sent paperwork/photo mid July.

No sign yet 🤷‍♀️

We’ve done his online, hopefully to use his passport photo 🤞

You can apply from 15yrs 9months old (i just checked)

My DS applied about three weeks ago and received his within a week

You’re all confirming why I thought anyway, that it would take a while. The website said two weeks but I wanted a more realistic answer so I don’t go chasing it before needed.

DS applied in May got his back 2 weeks ago. There was a backlog but I think they're getting on top of it

@dementedpixie

You can apply from 15yrs 9months old (i just checked)

Thanks I went back and checked too to see I wasn’t going mad

Not sure where @mummabear1967 got that info from then.

You can only apply up to two months before your 17th birthday so he won’t be able to apply until at least end of October if his birthday is end of year

That's not right, you can apply 3 months ahead, when you enter your DOB it only lets you carry on if you've clicked past the date

@lifesalongsong you can apply from 15yrs 9 months

Applied in early July - still waiting.

Depends how the application was done. I think online (using passport picture) is faster than post

[quote dementedpixie]@lifesalongsong you can apply from 15yrs 9 months[/quote]
Yes, that's what I'm pointing out to @mummabear1967 who originally said it was 2 months before

But thats just before their 16th birthday not their 17th birthday, so that's 1year and 3 months beforehand

@dementedpixie

Depends how the application was done. I think online (using passport picture) is faster than post

Yes, using passport photo is much quicker. I know someone who applied the same time as I applied for my son, theirs was back in less than a week. I applied for my sons as soon as it reopened, early June, his licence didn't arrive until the end of July, about 8 weeks, but his passport had expired so couldn't use his passport photo.

My ds finally got his back about a week ago after sending all bits off beginning of July. So they are coming through the system.

Great news, glad we did it online now. This sounds promising. If it comes through I’d love to organise a lesson for his birthday.

My grandson applied about first week of June and I think it arrived round about the first of August, so about 8 weeks

He’s been having a double driving lesson a week , at this week will be week 5 so sounds about right

His theory test isn’t till November. The first slot he could get.
Then you can’t book your test till you pass your theory .

It’s disgraceful.

We couldn’t use his passport photo either.

You can ride a moped from 16 so that's why you can apply early. The provisional for driving a car won't start until he is 17.