NDLS - National Driver Licence Service centres (Qs, waiting times, etc)

visual wrote: »

RSA grubby hands all over this.

In this day and age what checks do you really think they are doing that takes weeks or months

The licence can be printed instantly. After they visually inspected you are the person in photo. Its entered into computer system. Computer will look up instantly all relevant information.

Then its ready for posting and there is even a question why it can not be handed over to you there and then as posting it to your home address doesn't really validate any more than showing proof of address in office.

Sooner the elections roll around the better.

College ID cards can be done up there and then - and they have the black strip for scanning too - shocking that NDLS can't come up with a better solution for licences

I have what is known as a ADR licence (Fuel Tankers etc) it has my mug on the front along with DOB/signature etc and the different class of dangerous goods that I can carry,It also has the issuing body hologram for security purposes yet it only costs €15 and takes less than a week to issue and it is a standard EU licence.
The RSA should never have been given the job off rolling out the new licence and it should never have been farmed out to a private company,The motor tax office is were it should have stayed,Like the HSE the RSA also seems to have layers of bureaucracy for instance if I need to talk to someone in vehicle standards or enforcement.
Instead of calling the office directly which I was able to do up to recently,Instead I get put through to some sort of call center in Balina were by I'm put on hold for a few minutes and then asked by the operator why I want to talk to someone in a certain department.

GNIB cards aren't an identity card, and are only of use to the Gardai, if they request it-just like the Garda Age card. Totally different from the new licence.

lollsangel wrote: »

However they DO hold more info than the driving license, and are printed off immediately. It can be used when applying for theory test, xan be used when applying for your driving license as identification.

What other info does it hold? As for using it as ID when applying for the licence, I'm afraid your wrong, it's used to prove residency entitlement along with a valid passport.
"Current Certificate of Registration (GNIB card) for non-EU/EEA/Swiss Citizens must be produced with current national passport"

I applied for my renewal on saturday 8th of Feb and was told it'll take around 6 weeks to receive!... 6 Bloody Weeks?!?! For a card?? ... Crazy.

Shane Fitz wrote: »

Where'd you apply. ?
I applied December 15th in city west and have heard nothing.

8 Weeks?? Shocking.

Shane Fitz wrote: »

Where'd you apply. ?
I applied December 15th in city west and have heard nothing.

I'd ring them if I was you. They won't call you if there is a problem. They will put your application to the bottom of the pile. They may have lost something.

gruffler91 wrote: »

Applied for my full licence on 15th Nov and still waiting for my licence. I've rang them 3 times, twice I've been told it's in the post and most recently as of Jan 24th that it was in the printers.NDLS have ensured me that they have all my relevant docs and nothing except their initial backlog was holding up my application.

I have already made a complaint to the RSA and am waiting to hear back from them but just wanted to see if there's anything else that people have tried and has resulted in them getting their licence?

You are waiting as long as I was. Contacting the RSA solved it for me.

Was over with a friend getting her first driving license in the Castlebar centre yesterday. Very prompt service, in and out in 10 minutes. She was told the license would be with her i 2 - 3 weeks, but after reading some of the posts on this, i'm getting doubtful!

CiniO wrote: »

I went to Castlebar NDLS centre in mid December for learner permit.
I was actually astonished how good and professional this place was.

I had nothing but horrible memories when dealing before hand with Mayo motortax office in relation to my Licence (I was doing many different licence categories so I dealt with them many times).

But since dealing with licence was moved to NDLS it's nothing but perfect.
My case was complicated, but staff there did everything they could to make it go right with as little hassle for me as possible.

I eventually got my learner permit less than a month after applying.

Ya they're sound out and very professional at what they do! Yer wan behind the counter was laughing and saying how did they give you a learners permit, you look so young! She is 22 :pac:

CiniO wrote: »

I went to Castlebar NDLS centre in mid December for learner permit.
I was actually astonished how good and professional this place was.

I had nothing but horrible memories when dealing before hand with Mayo motortax office in relation to my Licence (I was doing many different licence categories so I dealt with them many times).

But since dealing with licence was moved to NDLS it's nothing but perfect.
My case was complicated, but staff there did everything they could to make it go right with as little hassle for me as possible.

I eventually got my learner permit less than a month after applying.

So friendly staff but crap system, it took 3 weeks to get a licence, when you should have got it on the spot. Even the passport comes back in 10 days.

CiniO wrote: »

I have only comparision to time when for driving licences you were dealing with Mayo motor tax office.
This was a nightmare.
NDLS is professional.

IMHO it's a huge improvement.

Ill take the old system any day.

It was about 11 Monday morning so I though it'd be very quiet. But there were prob. about 6 people ahead of me. And another about 6 came in shortly after.

But the wait wasn't too bad. Maybe half an hour.