To think this really isn't that complicated!!

[PumpkinPie2013]

Aargh! DH and his sister are starting to drive me batty over renewing MIL's driving license!!!

MIL is 81 and has been sent a form to renew her license.

DH/SIL said they'd sort it as she isn't good with forms/internet but honestly they are making it far harder than it needs to be (imo)

The only license MIL can find is an old paper one. She says she has never had a new photocard one.

So I said to DH that we need to send a passport photo with the form as they will now only send a photo license.

BUT! Because the form says 'you do not need to renew your photo' DH and SIL cannot grasp the need to send a photo.

I've explained several times now that if she had a photocard already dvla would have it on file hence no need to send a new photo. However as MIL never had a photocard, they won't have her photo on file so we need to send one.

I honestly fail to see why two supposedly intelligent people are finding this so difficult to understand!

Please someone tell me it's not just me who thinks this is straightforward?

She simply MUST have a photocard licence somewhere.

Would it not be worth checking with the DVLA that she did actually renew her licence when she turned 70? If she didn't then she should not have continued driving, and may well have to take another test if she wants to carry on.

You are right, it isn't difficult to understand.

Has she been driving without a licence for the past ELEVEN YEARS???

FGS - it's not difficult and DVLA forms always have loads of info on how to complete them, what is required, etc, etc. To cap it all, you can bloody well ring them to clarify things.

Leave them to it and when it goes wrong, they'll have to sort it out.

Like other posters, I can't help thinking that if she can't sort out the form herself she shouldn't be behind the wheel.

Perhaps the online form says she doesn't have to renew her photo because she already has one quite recent.