Provisional license UK?

UK provisional driving license online application: Digital Passport rejected by DVLA?

• I applied for my first provisional UK driving license on the DVLA website. It said in the beginning that if you have a digital passport, I wont need to send my passport or photo by post. I do have a digital passport however it was issued outside UK (by Foreign Common Wealth Office). When I completed my application by putting in the passport number, at the end it said that I would need to fill up a form they would send by post. I have received the form and it states that I did not provide a UK passport number, so I would have to send my passport by post. I have called the Identity and Passport Service (which issues passports in UK and is linked to DVLA). The man said he could not help me because he does not deal with FCO issued passports. I do not want to send my passport by post. Does anyone else here have had a similar problem? If yes, dont you think the DVLA should mention on their website that only those UK passports would be accepted that are issued by IPS and not those issued by FCO?

• Answer:

  Yes they should mention that, and if you have to post your passport send it by DHL or TNT to make doubly sure it is safe.