Welcome to UK Deed Poll, a Specialist Agency Providing Private Documents for Unenrolled Deed Polls.
DVLA won't update your licence on your say-so alone. A deed poll is the legal proof they ask for, and it's accepted every time.
To change the name on your driving licence, DVLA needs documentary evidence of your new name, not just a request. A marriage certificate covers some name changes, but if you're changing your first name, reverting to a previous surname, or making any change a marriage certificate doesn't cover, DVLA specifically asks for a deed poll.
Once you have your signed and witnessed deed poll, updating DVLA is straightforward: you send your original deed poll, your current photocard licence, and a new passport-style photo, and DVLA issues a replacement licence in your new name.
Yes. DVLA accepts a correctly worded, signed and witnessed unenrolled deed poll as proof of a name change, exactly the type of document we prepare.
Once your deed poll arrives and is signed and witnessed, you send DVLA your original deed poll along with your current licence and a new photo. DVLA will return your original deed poll once it's processed your application.
No, you can update them in any order, or just one if that's all you need for now. Many customers order extra certified copies specifically so they can send an original to DVLA and HM Passport Office at the same time, rather than waiting for one to be returned before starting the other.
DVLA doesn't charge to update a photocard licence for a name change. The cost you're covering with us is your deed poll document itself, the legal proof DVLA requires before they'll make the change.
Whatever the reason, DVLA asks for the same proof
Changing more than just your surname, or dropping a title, often needs a deed poll even after marriage.
Reverting to a previous surname on your licence, without waiting on a decree absolute.
Updating your first name and title on your licence to match who you are.
Simply going by a different name and wanting your licence to match.
From application to new name in as little as one business day
Complete our simple 8-step application in minutes. Fully secure and confidential.
Our team prepares your personalised deed poll document using legally recognised wording.
Dispatched by Royal Mail Tracked 24, typically arriving within 1 to 2 working days. Expedited orders are dispatched first, and an Instant Digital Download gets you a usable PDF by email straight away.
Sign and witness your deed poll, then update your name with banks, DVLA, and more.
Every application starts from £19.95 plus £5.95 for Royal Mail Tracked 24 delivery. That covers one original deed poll, professionally printed on quality paper with legally recognised wording, ready to sign and witness.
Because most organisations require an original certified copy rather than a photocopy, most customers add extra certified copies at checkout, one for each organisation they need to update. You can also add our Name Change Kit, with pre-written notification letters for every major UK institution, or an Instant Digital Download so you have a usable PDF copy by email the moment you order, while your printed originals are in the post.
We guarantee that a correctly prepared, signed and witnessed deed poll from UK Deed Poll will be accepted by HM Passport Office, DVLA, HMRC and all major UK banks. If a document you receive from us is rejected because of a defect in the document itself, we'll issue a free corrected replacement or refund your order in full.
To claim, contact us within 30 days of the rejection with written evidence, such as a rejection letter or email from the organisation. The guarantee covers genuine defects in the document we produced; it doesn't cover a copy that wasn't signed or witnessed correctly, incorrect information supplied at the time of ordering, or an organisation applying a policy beyond standard UK acceptance practice. Full terms are set out in our Terms & Conditions.
Get the document DVLA asks for: fast, legal, and accepted every time.