I have twin 16 year olds.
Tried to apply online today for provisional driving licences with their passport numbers and NI numbers. Lived at our house for 5.5 years, but still the message came back that ID could not be verified and to use the old online system.
Redirected to old system. Asked to use photo and signature from passport, which we can't do as passports are child passports with very young looking photos. Loathed to send everything by post as we might go abroad end of August and because we might need to renew passports (see below).
The child passports expire in May. One child is going abroad Feb half term, so thought we best apply for new passports now.
The child passports will become adult passports, so will this be treated as a renewal or new passport?
What I'm asking - chicken and egg - is what order should I do all this in given delays with passports and licences? We need licences and passports. It feels overwhelming if we need to get photos signed again as the child passpprts only last 5 years.
I'm thinking apply for passports first. But this could take months, and meanwhile we can't apply for licences can we until the passports come back. Don't want to send ID by post, such as expiring passports, as it might get lost, delayed and we can't applyfor licences without ID.
Anyone successfully fone this lately! Feels even harder as they are both wanging to start lessons at the same time etc.