I am deeply suspicious of the sincerity of both this subject and the OP of this thread, ati.
Far too similar to another suspect thread posted by ajs117 who wants a fast car but has poor eyesight !

Didn't the OP say it was revoked because they moved and did not send the old one back to get it updated - maybe there's a grace period when this can be done but afterwards, it automatically gets cancelled once they know you've moved (possibly because their passport was updated).

As regards you political comments - now, now, behave. ;-) If someone does indeed overstay their visa period etc, then certain measures should be taken, although you'd have thought they would've been informed by now, given the OP presumably has a job, NI number and thus HMG knows where they live.

Note also that if the OP has moved (and more than once) and has not told the DVLA or other bodies (or their insurer) that they have, then they may well have accrued sufficient points on their licence for it to be revoked but perhaps the letters saying so went to their old address?

Some people (not accusing the OP here, just stating a fact) also deliberately keep their old address (sometimes their parental home or ex-partner) for their car/insurance etc because their new one is either not legal (e.g. someone sub-letting [a neighbour to me is doing this]) or wants to keep their insurance down.

Or, of course, it could be a 'clerical error' (well, computer system), which obviously can be a reasonable course to look at. I still think the best course of action is to formally ask the DVLA why the licence was originally revoked and to provide evidence. Unfortunately, as the OP has moved more than once without updating their licence, this could prove cruitial, even if a mistake of some sort at the other end.

From : Paul Valentine esq

I have to say I agree with what has already been posted and do not believe this story, but I will comment on what has been said, I also do not believe that over 7 years all these checks have been made and no one picked up on the fact the address was not the right one.

www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/842830/UK-drivin...A

it is true that there are lots of people with the wrong address on their license, and for all sorts of reasons of which the most common is as suggested to keep the insurance cost down, for example if you live in Stonebridge ( drug capitol of Wembley ) then your insurance will cost a lot more then at my mothers place ( a village in the middle of nowhere ), and my brother moved to an address only 10 streets away but his insurance went up by £ 100.

Anyway the driving license is accepted as a proof of address so common sense should tell you that as much as possible it is important the address is right, but having said that I can understand why people use the address of relatives, I myself have done that.

D.V.L.A. Do make mistakes but, not repeatedly over 7 years, and their system failure which can be exploited is they make no real checks to update their information, relying on the honesty of the people.

POLICE : I did read that if they catch you without insurance they can arrest you immediately, but they hardly ever do ( seen police camera action etc ), choosing to just take the car and leave you to find your own way home, and again they rely 200% on the information held by DVLA. I do not however believe that you got stopped twice and they did not pick up on your license being revoked.

Address : It is my believe as suggested that the letters went to your old address, and when DVLA got no response revoked your license as it was clear that you where no longer living there, if you are going to use a diff address make sure you have access to the letterbox.

Speed awareness course : I have been on 1 of them which cost the same as fine but it keeps your licence clean, it was as I remember it very over bearing with the people telling us if we left or got booted for any reason we would have to accept the 3 pts etc, the only id they asked for was the driving licence and nothing else. So again it goes back to DVLA and I do not see how if they had your licence revoked they would not have picked that up.

PS lets keep politics out of it, DVLA is not a political party.

If that's aimed at my reference to immigration status then you're barking up the wrong tree.

FACT: The government pursued a policy which they called 'hostile environment' to make life difficult for overstayers etc.

FACT: As part of that exercise Home Office immigration staff were embedded in DVLA to deal with licences held by people with suspect immigration status.

FACT: People who had every right to be here were caught in the dragnet (qv Windrush).

Second and/or third of those may explain why OP's licence was revoked (though I think failure to surrender for points is more likely)

Edited by Bromptonaut on 30/01/2020 at 14:21