New Irish driving licenses...

Prodigious

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Agecard.ie wrote:

How long will it take to get my card?
• You should receive your application form within three working days.

• You should then receive your Age Card within 10 working days of handing in your application form to your local Garda Station.

jamo2oo9

Got a phonecall from the Council Office in Dundalk today, said that they will be sending back my application because I didn't have a medical report submitted (was told that a letter from the doctor was fine). I was furious so I handed the phone to my mam. She got it well resolved. The lady said she will send me the medical report form to me via post which I have to get my doctor to fill out and send it back it. As a result, I will have my provisional upon submission. Happy now. Better than waiting another 2 weeks for the approximate date of 6-8 weeks. Should get it within a week now as I get the form soon, hopefully by Friday

conor_ie

Finally got my license after 3 weeks!! Yay!!

magic_murph

Received mine after 5 weeks and that was from Dublin CC - bang on time with there predictions.

Granted the 5 weeks felt like 20.
Biggest frustration was not being able to track it through the process - if I could have logged on to a web site and seen it had been accepted by the card company etc at least I would have seen progress.

pedro6105

got my license today ordered it last Friday in limerick

Prodigious

Mine came today. Learner permit that is. I applied on the 27th of March.

Postgrad10

Not bad at all Prodigious. Here's hoping mine will come in that time too.

Prodigious

Yeah, I guess its not too bad considering. Felt like ages, but its cool to have it now. Fingers crossed, best of luck.

Postgrad10

Guess what was in my post box this morning I posted the application this day week. Thank you NDLS !

One question about the line across the bottom it starts with a certain letter<surname<<<<. Should that first letter be the first letter of my name ?

The photograph is so small now .

Prodigious

Postgrad10 wrote: »

Guess what was in my post box this morning I posted the application this day week. Thank you NDLS !

One question about the line across the bottom it starts with a certain letter<surname<<<<. Should that first letter be the first letter of my name ?

The photograph is so small now .

Mine isn't. The letter is D. What is it on yours?

Postgrad10

Letter D too Must be to highlight that we are donors ?:)

Prodigious

Ah yeah, that's probably it!

Postgrad10

Didn't feel like going back to the tax office with it ! Happy learner driving

Prodigious

You too!

Lc201395

anyone have any idea how to get pencil marks off these things? I've tried a rubber :P

Postgrad10

Are you referring to those swirly like marks that are on the license near the face? If so, I think they are meant to be there . If not, did you manage to get pencil marks even though they are covered in a shiny cover?

Cienciano

Why the hell can't they just give you one in the test centre after you pass your test? Why all the messing around?
Got mine sent back because I have a motorcycle licence. You can't have 2 licences, and I'm getting a catorgory added rather than getting a new licence.
Took over a week of week of valuable waiting time to find that out! Redelivered it by hand then to save time on getting it.
I got insurance, but need to show them my licence and NCT in order to keep it. Licence is taking people a month, and NCT waiting lists are almost 2 months

nlgbbbblth

I posted my licence application on 15 April. Rang Kildare CoCo on Friday and got the message "we are currently working on applications received on 4 April". So another couple of weeks.

Cienciano

Waiting list in Clondalkin is 4 weeks apparently

Sheep Shagger

Applied at Dublin City Council about a month ago - received last night.

Signature cut off but fook it.

Dord

Applied in Smithfield on 26/04 and received in the post today.

nlgbbbblth

My application was received by Kildare County Council on 16 April.
My driving licence arrived today 28 May.
A six week wait.

At last!

charlietheminxx

Reading this thread has me in a right panic. I posted off my renewal last week and I didn't realise the waiting times have gone up by so much since thew new licence came in. I'm due to go on holidays in 4 weeks and I have a rental car booked.... Anyone know have the times improved or should I give them a panicky phonecall? I applied to the Smithfield office in Dublin.

CurtisBoylan

Applied and got mine in 3 and a half weeks. I don't think the D stands for Donor either, I never choose to be a Donor and i've got a D on mine.

charlietheminxx

I'll have to phone on Monday then. Ahhh worried. Could the D be for a licence processed in Dublin?

CurtisBoylan

charlietheminxx wrote: »

I'll have to phone on Monday then. Ahhh worried. Could the D be for a licence processed in Dublin?

Yeah that could be it. If you give the exact office you got it from a call they'll give you what stage the application is at. I called a few days before I got mine and asked and they said they were processing it that day, 3 working days later I had it.

Motor-Ed

CurtisBoylan wrote: »

Yeah that could be it. If you give the exact office you got it from a call they'll give you what stage the application is at. I called a few days before I got mine and asked and they said they were processing it that day, 3 working days later I had it.

D is for Donor
It will still require an approval from Next of Kin to activate it though

bhanlon

Hi im still waiting 5 weeks now !!

Motor-Ed

bhanlon wrote: »

Hi im still waiting 5 weeks now !!

Where are u

Fluorescence

How long are people waiting these days? I applied on Tuesday for the full license and yer man in the office said it'd be about 2 weeks. Although now that the Clondalkin Motor Tax Office is closing down, will that mean they'll take longer to process applications?

Guess I'll have to wait and see :P

Gandr

I just applied for one in Dundalk and was told up to 10 weeks because of a backlog.

Yamanoto

The new NDLS service makes mention of an 8 day turnaround I believe.

If they're gonna actually deliver within that timeframe, it may have been better for folks to wait 'til next Tuesday and skip the Motor Tax office route altogether.

Fluorescence

They won't really know how quick turnaround will be until the system is in full swing. 8 (presumably working) days would be impressive though.

PLUG71

Yep mine took exactly 2 weeks.

Motor-Ed

Yamanoto wrote: »

The new NDLS service makes mention of an 8 day turnaround I believe.

If they're gonna actually deliver within that timeframe, it may have been better for folks to wait 'til next Tuesday and skip the Motor Tax office route altogether.

We've been recommending people wait til Tue til NDLS get going
They've gotta be better than the present 8 weeks here through Motor Tax

btard

Yamanoto wrote: »

The new NDLS service makes mention of an 8 day turnaround I believe.

If they're gonna actually deliver within that timeframe, it may have been better for folks to wait 'til next Tuesday and skip the Motor Tax office route altogether.

Not a chance in hell of them delivering an 8 day turn around. This will be a bigger fiasco than the student grant scandal.

Sheldons Brain

Not a chance in hell of them delivering an 8 day turn around. This will be a bigger fiasco than the student grant scandal.

Why shouldn't they deliver an 8 day turn around? A large proportion of driving licences are renewals and are pretty straightforward. Passports are available in 10 days, motor tax in less. As the private sector is so wonderful and the public sector so crap surely these guys can beat these services?

Yamanoto

btard wrote: »

Not a chance in hell of them delivering an 8 day turn around. This will be a bigger fiasco than the student grant scandal.

Time will tell I guess.

My local Motor Tax office open from 09:10 to 2pm daily.

NDLS will open 9-5 Mon to Fri AND 9-2pm on a Saturday, which bodes well imo.

btard

Sheldons Brain wrote: »

Why shouldn't they deliver an 8 day turn around? A large proportion of driving licences are renewals and are pretty straightforward. Passports are available in 10 days, motor tax in less. As the private sector is so wonderful and the public sector so crap surely these guys can beat these services?

That crap public service you mention had a 5 day turn around in DCC before the RSA outsourced part of the service to the private sector in January. The present backlogs all over the country are a direct result of the shambles the RSA made introducing the new card licence. The only reason the backlog is not bigger is due to experienced staff in MTO's working hard to keep it down.

The NDLS do not have enough offices or staff to work this system adequately. Their staff have had one weeks training, from people who have never processed a driving licence in their life. They believe as you do that it's pretty straight forward. They don't have an earthly of what's really involved. They may manage in the first few weeks, but before long it will descend in to chaos.

Motor-Ed

btard wrote: »

That crap public service you mention had a 5 day turn around in DCC before the RSA outsourced part of the service to the private sector in January. The present backlogs all over the country are a direct result of the shambles the RSA made introducing the new card licence. The only reason the backlog is not bigger is due to experienced staff in MTO's working hard to keep it down.

The NDLS do not have enough offices or staff to work this system adequately. Their staff have had one weeks training, from people who have never processed a driving licence in their life. They believe as you do that it's pretty straight forward. They don't have an earthly of what's really involved. They may manage in the first few weeks, but before long it will descend in to chaos.

Whatever the issues regarding the new licence service why then can Monaghan produce a licence in 2 weeks and Louth take 8 weeks?

btard

Motor-Ed wrote: »

Whatever the issues regarding the new licence service why then can Monaghan produce a licence in 2 weeks and Louth take 8 weeks?

Different counties will have different levels of staff and applicants. Some will have a bigger ratio of staff shortage in relation to applications.

Motor-Ed

btard wrote: »

Different counties will have different levels of staff and applicants. Some will have a bigger ratio of staff shortage in relation to applications.

This has been the way since well before the new licences came.
Working to rule by local authority while joe public waits, can't wait til it's farmed out

btard

Motor-Ed wrote: »

This has been the way since well before the new licences came.
Working to rule by local authority while joe public waits, can't wait til it's farmed out

I thought you were being genuine when you asked me that question. If I'd known you were just acting the dick I wouldn't have wasted my time answering. You will get your wish next tuesday. Good riddance.

Motor-Ed

btard wrote: »

I thought you were being genuine when you asked me that question. If I'd known you were just acting the dick I wouldn't have wasted my time answering. You will get your wish next tuesday. Good riddance.

Public non servant by any chance

btard

Motor-Ed wrote: »

Public non servant by any chance

I suggest you go to AH if you want to troll PS workers. This is a serious thread.

Motor-Ed

btard wrote: »

I suggest you go to AH if you want to troll PS workers. This is a serious thread.

Your point was flawed and you descended into derogatory remarks. I'm very serious as to the effect an 8 week wait for a licence can have on a person waiting to get on the road or change up a licence, an office that used to produce a licence for a "mate" while other applications sat on a desk for 5 weeks in proven instances, needs to be reformed. Lets wait and see what the new service brings.

**Timbuk2**

Stay on topic, any more posts with unnecessary PS bashing or personal attacks will be infracted.

Liam90

I am going to Wicklow town on Thursday to apply for my learners permit and I have everything I need and ready to go. However the bank statement to prove my address is dated 18/04/13 and it is too short notice to get a more recent one from my bank, it states on the NDLS website that statements can not be any older than 6 months.

So do you think it will be okay or are they very strict on this?

Thanks for the help

Mars Bar

Will the new NDLS centres be issuing licences on the spot?

Yamanoto

Mars Bar wrote: »

Will the new NDLS centres be issuing licences on the spot?

No, but their target turnaround is 8 working days.

If they can manage that (or anywhere near it), it'll be a real step in the right direction from a customer service perspective.