Can anyone let me know that if my son passes his driving test here in Queensland, and then wants to go back to the UK to live, how does he stand with his license i.e. does he just change it over when he gets back or will he have to take a test again in the UK.

Thanks in advance for any info.

Tracey

Seems that he will just be able to change it for a GB one, but they will take his Aus licence off him and return it to Aus.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Diol1/Mo...%A0+Next%C2%A0+

Wendy, where does it say they take it off him hun??? I cant find it, two of my relatives have kept their licence when changed it over to British ones. Not sure if they have slipped through the net.

I just thought it was straight forward, so glad the OP asked that question.

Rules for exchange:

• you must be normally resident in GB and have a permanent address here
• if you are a community driving licence holder applying for a British test at the same time as exchanging your licence and you have moved to GB having recently been permanently resident in another state of the EC or EEA, you must have been normally resident in GB for 185 days in the 12 months prior to your application for a full driving licence
• licences from the designated countries must be current at the time the application for exchange is received at DVLA: licences from the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands are acceptable for exchange if issued after 01/04/91.Those issued in any EC or EEA country may be valid for exchange even if they have expired
• you must surrender your foreign licence which will be returned to the issuing authority
• international driving permits are not exchangeable
• test pass certificates are not exchangeable except for those issued in Northern Ireland or Gibraltar when the test was passed within two years of the date of the licence application
• Japanese licences must be accompanied by an official translation, available for a fee from the Consulate General of Japan at 101-104 Piccadilly, London W1V 9FN or 2 Melville Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 7HW
• Republic of Korea licences must be accompanied by an official translation from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea at 60 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ
• motorcycle licences from the Republic of Korea and Faroe Islands are not exchangeable

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...nce/DG_4022562

I can confirm they do take them off you in the UK now. But when he returns to Oz they will exchange his UK for a Australian one but won't take the UK one of you. I have just got my licence for OZ here in Tassie on Monday but have kept my UK one.
If you need to transfer a HGV(HC in OZ) or PSV you do need to do a test.
Gary

They say that when you move here too but I was allowed to keep my UK one.

I don't think they do anymore - well certainly not in SA anyhow. It doesn't actually say you can have it back, but it doesn't say you have to surrender it either.

I know on Victoria's official site it says you can keep it.

Thanks Wendy for the useful information its helped alot. At least he will not have to do all that again!!

Cheers Wendy...appreciate it.

We kept our UK licence when we changed onto a QLD licence, that was only in Sept as Worzel mentions.