Looking for your DVLA application status? Luckily the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has published its weekly update for motorists.
The agency's backlog is more than four weeks long for some applications, but one method is the fastest.
Online applications are processed as soon as they're sent unlike those submitted on paper.
In fact, the DVLA urges drivers to use the online services to avoid delays.
Its website says: "This is the quickest, easiest, and often cheapest way to deal with us."
Hold ups with paper applications are due to additional delays in processing more complex cases, such as if medical investigations are needed as part of your driving licence application.
Processing times for DVLA paper applications
The following information lists the date the DVLA is currently working on for their most popular paper applications.
Applications are processed in the order they are received.
| Type of application |
Date currently being processed |
| Renew a driving licence with a new photo |
March 25 |
| Apply for a first provisional driving licence with UK identity |
March 28 |
| Renew a driving licence if you're 70 or over or after disqualification or revocation |
April 12 |
| Apply for a first vocational driving licence |
April 20 |
| Renew a vocational driving licence |
April 20 |
| Apply for a driving licence with non-UK identity |
March 25 |
| Apply for or renew a tachograph card |
April 21 |
| Apply to change your name or address on your driving licence |
March 31 |
| Tell DVLA about the sale of a vehicle |
April 19 |
| Vehicle registration certificate (V5C) changes |
April 19 |
| Apply for a replacement V5C log book |
April 11 |
| Register a vehicle for the first time (including previously used and imports) |
April 6 |
| Retain or assign a vehicle registration number |
April 14 |
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