Sending off documents

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Lou88:
Hi, When i have had the medical and am ready to send off all completed forms & licence…is it a good idea to send them as recorded and signed for? Should i expect a long delay in having my licence returned to me due to the backlog?

Thankyou and enjoy your weekend!

100% send recorded and signed for, as for waiting time my application was received at DVLA on June 18th and I got it back yesterday, 29th July so a day under 6 weeks.
You can see if your licence is being processed here gov.uk/view-driving-licence . I got an email last week from them to say they’d ‘‘received’’ my licence and this week checked online and it was showing as renewed.

Thats really helpful thankyou, almost 6 weeks is quite a while but not as long as I thought it would be. Hopefully mine will be back before I do the practical side of it :unamused: