Ben W Bell

Plus to get a GB license again (no such thing as a UK license, just like no such thing as a Canadian license) you need a UK address at which you are resident. Since you're not resident, and your GB license always has to have your resident address, it won't work. If you manage it you're license could easily be rendered invalid due to it containing fraudulent information.

You voluntarily gave up your GB license and voluntarily gave up your right to ride a motorcycle and are no longer entitled to legally do so. To get the motorcycle license you need to sit your test over here.

neilg14

What's the procedure here in AB to getting your licence.
I did ask a few years ago in Lethbridge at the Driving Agency, who then put me onto the college where they do training.
They told me I would have to take a course that lasted 3 weeks then take test. I couldn't take that time off work.
I then read somewhere else if you hold a Class 1 licence you only have to do the playground test, but don't know if that's right or no.

Dashie

Google?

http://www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/drivers_licence.cfm

Blossom23

Been here 24 years and still hold both a valid UK/EU and valid Can drivers licence.... I don't think I'm going to surrender the UK one while they keep giving it to me...

neilg14

Yep, I know many people doing the same as you.

neilg14

I'm not bothered about the Police, it's the Renter that wants to see the licence.

Yeah Phuket.

Blossom23

Never willingly give anything up...

Oh wait ... maybe there's a few things .... but never a drivers license......

bats

But your GB license isn't valid as doesn't have your current address on it.

Blossom23

You are incorrect ... The address is my UK address that is correct and valid ... they mail it there and I use the license every time I go back to the UK and drive...if it wasn't a current address how would I receive the license ? ... I will never give up or surrendered anything I'm entitled to according to the UK licence requirements ....

burks

But are you a resident of the UK or Canada?.. If you aren't a resident of the UK then you are not entitled to have a UK license under UK license requirements..

bats

Which country are you resident in? Only one license will be valid. If you are not a UK resident then your license is duff.

orly

You could be subject to a fine though. Unlikely...as you're not in the UK so it's a bit irrelevant. But if you went back and got pulled over it would be curious.

You do have to be resident for the licence to be valid...so yours is currently a useless piece of plastic

bats

No licence, insurance not valid. Could be expensive.

christmasoompa

As the others have said, unless you're a UK resident, you're not 'entitled' to it at all, plus it could be a £1000 fine if you're caught using an address you don't live at.

And don't you have to tick a box when you renew your license to confirm you're a UK resident?

rivingtonpike

Out of curiosity I've just been looking at the DVLA website regarding driving licences. One of the stipulations is that you must be a resident of the United Kingdom. I'm pretty sure this doesn't just mean having a postal address in the UK. It also requires you to give your residential addresses for the previous 3 years. If I gave this information - even if I still owned property in the UK - it would show I had, and do, reside in Canada. I would have thought that would make any attempts to acquire a UK licence a misrepresentation and, therefore, potentially fraud.

If you live in one particular country, why would you want a driving licence from another one? To what end?