Loving the DVLA !

Outcast · 8 Sep 2015 at 13:39

My 18 year old daughter (youngest) decided she wants to learn to drive so she went on the .Gov site to see what ID is required to send with the application and duly sent those (Original) documents with the application.

Envelope was sent Special Delivery with a SAE (recorded del) for safe return.

About a week passes.......

Postie knocks on door with said return envelope.

Eager daughter rips open letter to find it's all been returned without a Provisional Licence because

Her Birth Certificate is not proof she's really real !!
Her government issued ID card, Y'know, the one with the same passport pic as on the Licence application and as per list of acceptable documents is magically Unacceptable !!

She's not married so no Marriage Certificate
She lives at home so no Utilities Bill
She's never been abroad so no Passport

In fact the only factor to save her is she has just started a job (Been at College) and has now (just) got a wage slip !!

So now another £8 lighter we send the whole bloody shooting match back

You couldn't make this crap up

The Mind boggles

/Rant

The Dread Pirate · 8 Sep 2015 at 13:45

Official complaint make it and demand they pay for the costs.

chanjy · 8 Sep 2015 at 13:51

https://www.gov.uk/id-for-driving-licence

UK birth and adoption certificates

You can use a UK birth and adoption certificate, but you must send it with one of the following:

National Insurance card or a letter from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) showing your National Insurance number
photocopy of the front page of a benefits book or an original benefits claim letter
P45, P60 or pay slip
marriage certificate or divorce papers (decree nisi or absolute)
college or university union card, school record or PASS CitizenCard

So you are annoyed because you can't read properly?

Me think the gentleman doth protest too much

DaleTheWhale · 8 Sep 2015 at 13:57

I sent my birth certificate and NI card following the above when I applied 4 years ago.

All was fine...

MikeTheNative · 8 Sep 2015 at 13:57

Eagerly awaits OP's response.

Jez · 8 Sep 2015 at 14:05

Your 18 year old daughter has never left the UK?

What sort of backwards upbringing is that

tom_e · 8 Sep 2015 at 14:07

chanjy said:
https://www.gov.uk/id-for-driving-licence

So you are annoyed because you can't read properly?

Me think the gentleman doth protest too much

Her Birth Certificate is not proof she's really real !!
Her government issued ID card, Y'know, the one with the same passport pic as on the Licence application and as per list of acceptable documents is magically Unacceptable !!

I'm going to guess this is a PASS card which is acceptable in the bit you quoted.

rickh · 8 Sep 2015 at 14:11

Jez said:
Your 18 year old daughter has never left the UK?

What sort of backwards upbringing is that

Jumper118 · 8 Sep 2015 at 14:13

Outcast said:
My 18 year old daughter (youngest) decided she wants to learn to drive so she went on the .Gov site to see what ID is required to send with the application and duly sent those (Original) documents with the application.

Envelope was sent Special Delivery with a SAE (recorded del) for safe return.

About a week passes.......

Postie knocks on door with said return envelope.

Eager daughter rips open letter to find it's all been returned without a Provisional Licence because

Her Birth Certificate is not proof she's really real !!
Her government issued ID card, Y'know, the one with the same passport pic as on the Licence application and as per list of acceptable documents is magically Unacceptable !!

She's not married so no Marriage Certificate
She lives at home so no Utilities Bill
She's never been abroad so no Passport

In fact the only factor to save her is she has just started a job (Been at College) and has now (just) got a wage slip !!

So now another £8 lighter we send the whole bloody shooting match back

You couldn't make this crap up

The Mind boggles

/Rant

all the documents that you need to apply for stuff is ridiculous.

Jez said:
Your 18 year old daughter has never left the UK?

What sort of backwards upbringing is that

she ain't missing anything. everywhere is just as rubbish as here.

russell664 · 8 Sep 2015 at 14:14

Jez said:
Your 18 year old daughter has never left the UK?

What sort of backwards upbringing is that

Blasphemy! :mad:

antijoke · 8 Sep 2015 at 14:15

Did she not have the letter informing her what her national insurance number is?

MooMoo444 · 8 Sep 2015 at 15:31

Jez said:
Your 18 year old daughter has never left the UK?

What sort of backwards upbringing is that

I'm 28 and I've never been out of the UK. It's not really a big deal.

Kelt · 8 Sep 2015 at 15:37

Yep, I remember applying for a job once, and my birth certificate (original) wasn't deemed proof of identity.

My mind was boggled.

tom_e · 8 Sep 2015 at 15:38

My first job wouldn't accept my short birth certificate had to get a full copy sent out.

div0 · 8 Sep 2015 at 15:50

Kelt said:
Yep, I remember applying for a job once, and my birth certificate (original) wasn't deemed proof of identity.

My mind was boggled.

Not quite sure I understand why this puzzled you so much.

I'm currently in possession of someone else's birth certificate - does that mean someone should accept that as proof that I am them?

A birth certificate despite being a controlled document, is not a great example of proving your identity at all. It would be a bit naive to assume that the person holding it was always the person whom it belonged to. This is the reason why many places like to see two or more forms of identification and usually one of those being one which includes a photo (eg, driving licence or passport).