Do I need to inform DVLA Im leaving the UK to live in OZ?

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Apr 7th 2008, 10:55 am

Ozzy7

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Do I need to inform DVLA Im leaving the UK to live in OZ?

Does anyone know the answer to this question please?

Apr 7th 2008, 11:03 am

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Re: Do I need to inform DVLA Im leaving the UK to live in OZ?

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Does anyone know the answer to this question please?

nope you dont

Apr 7th 2008, 11:54 am

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Re: Do I need to inform DVLA Im leaving the UK to live in OZ?

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nope you dont

Anybody know if it's possible to have an Australian address on a UK driving licence ?

Apr 7th 2008, 12:06 pm

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Re: Do I need to inform DVLA Im leaving the UK to live in OZ?

If you apply for an Australian licence (which I believe your obliged to do within about 3 months of arriving) and you obtain it on the basis of having an overseas licence, your UK licence will be cancelled. They punch a hole in it.

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/licensing/...l_drivers.html

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Apr 7th 2008, 12:06 pm

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Re: Do I need to inform DVLA Im leaving the UK to live in OZ?

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Anybody know if it's possible to have an Australian address on a UK driving licence ?

No!

Apr 7th 2008, 12:12 pm

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Re: Do I need to inform DVLA Im leaving the UK to live in OZ?

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Does that mean that if you return to the UK say a year later that you need to re-apply for your licence - you dont need to pass a test etc again do you?

Apr 7th 2008, 12:12 pm

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Re: Do I need to inform DVLA Im leaving the UK to live in OZ?

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I went over to Victoria in June 2007 on a permanent resident visa and they didn't do anything to my UK license when I went to get my Australian license. I've still got my UK license with no holes present.

And even if they did put a hole in the UK license, when you return to the UK I'm sure all you need to do is tell them you lost your UK license.

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Apr 7th 2008, 12:24 pm

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Re: Do I need to inform DVLA Im leaving the UK to live in OZ?

Why would you not though? We told everyone. We were leaving the country and didn't need anything left in a UK address that we no longer had.

Apr 7th 2008, 1:31 pm

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Re: Do I need to inform DVLA Im leaving the UK to live in OZ?

Thanks for your replies

Apr 7th 2008, 2:49 pm

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Re: Do I need to inform DVLA Im leaving the UK to live in OZ?

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Why would you not though? We told everyone. We were leaving the country and didn't need anything left in a UK address that we no longer had.

Some of us are planning to return! My contract in Oz is for three years and I plan to move on after that, not necessarily back to the UK, but I will be moving on. It's just the nature of what I do.

Apr 7th 2008, 3:30 pm

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Re: Do I need to inform DVLA Im leaving the UK to live in OZ?

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could you not request thsy dnt put a hole in it as what happens if you want to drive if you come back to UK to visit family?

Apr 8th 2008, 10:39 am

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Re: Do I need to inform DVLA Im leaving the UK to live in OZ?

They stamped my UK licence to say 'Vic licence issued"...apparently some naughty people would show their UK licence when pulled over by police to try and avoid demerit points.
So the licences are marked to show that you really can collect demerit points.

And I can still use my UK one in UK (although I use the Oz one as address is wrong on UK version)

Apr 8th 2008, 11:04 am

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Re: Do I need to inform DVLA Im leaving the UK to live in OZ?

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Some of us are planning to return! My contract in Oz is for three years and I plan to move on after that, not necessarily back to the UK, but I will be moving on. It's just the nature of what I do.

That's different

Apr 8th 2008, 11:41 am

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Re: Do I need to inform DVLA Im leaving the UK to live in OZ?

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Does that mean that if you return to the UK say a year later that you need to re-apply for your licence - you dont need to pass a test etc again do you?

Your licence still exists - just apply for a new one with your new address.
Assuming they haven't lost all the records you would not have any problem.

Apr 8th 2008, 1:39 pm

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Re: Do I need to inform DVLA Im leaving the UK to live in OZ?

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Your licence still exists - just apply for a new one with your new address.
Assuming they haven't lost all the records you would not have any problem.

thanks for that...

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