Hi there, been away and have just seen this my younger brother did have a problem with his licence. Some years ago he lost his licence and applied for a new one but when it came he did not check it and it was not until some 2 years later that he discovered that they had omitted the category for motorcycles. He rang Swansea thinking that it would be a simple matter to have it added on. But found out that because he took his test back in the sixties the records for that were stored away, but after some arguing they agreed that if he gave them the year he passed his test they would search that year but warned him that some of the records for each year were all mixed up it depended on wether the local office that sent them to Swansea in the seventies kept the years seperate. As it transpired they could not find the paperwork so they told him he would have to retake his test. As you can imagine he was not best pleased and insisted that this was their fault and he should not suffer, they said could you remember the name of the examiner, after 40 years he obviously could not, so they said could they ask him a personal question which was while you held full licence for motorcycles were you ever convicted of a motoring offence such as speeding he said no, it seems that if he had been convicted of a motoring offence it would be on record what type of licence he held and they would accept that as proof. So he had to retake his test which including lessons and the theory test as well cost him over £400. The DVLA said that you should always check that you have the correct catergorys listed on your licence whenever you get it replaced and it is always a good idea to keep a photocopy of your licence.
