Canada License back to UK
#16
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Re: Canada License back to UK
What you consider a 'little victory against the system', hopefully the police consider 'driving on an invalid licence'. By any standard, it's reprehensible. Laws against multiple licences are there for peoples safety - so a person who gets one suspended, or racks up points, isn't driving around on the other. Your 'little victory' is an attack on everyone else here.
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Re: Canada License back to UK
a) It is against the law to renew a UK license unless you reside in the UK http://www.yourdrivinglicence.co.uk/...g-licence.html It's also a requirement to notify DVLA if you have moved (£1000 fine)
b) It is against the law to hold a license from another country when you hold one from most Canadian Provinces - and certainly Ontario (apart from a US one, under specific circumstances)
By holding 2 licenses, you are most likely invalidating your Canadian one.
*haven't you had this discussion before a few years back? http://britishexpats.com/forum/canad...-707567/page3/
Last edited by Siouxie; Jan 3rd 2018 at 9:01 pm.
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Re: Canada License back to UK
Because
a) It is against the law to renew a UK license unless you reside in the UK Complete Guide to Renewing Your Photo Driving Licence It's also a requirement to notify DVLA if you have moved (£1000 fine)
b) It is against the law to hold a license from another country when you hold one from most Canadian Provinces - and certainly Ontario (apart from a US one, under specific circumstances)
By holding 2 licenses, you are most likely invalidating your Canadian one.
a) It is against the law to renew a UK license unless you reside in the UK Complete Guide to Renewing Your Photo Driving Licence It's also a requirement to notify DVLA if you have moved (£1000 fine)
b) It is against the law to hold a license from another country when you hold one from most Canadian Provinces - and certainly Ontario (apart from a US one, under specific circumstances)
By holding 2 licenses, you are most likely invalidating your Canadian one.
b) i don't carry my UK licence with me in Canada its in my suitcase with my other UK documents.
#19
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You do know that the definition of holding a licence doesn't mean 'only if it's in your wallet, if it's somewhere else then it doesn't count'. Right?
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Re: Canada License back to UK
a) Which was no longer valid because you had exchanged it abroad. In order for it to be re-issued, you would have needed to exchange back (as can be done, easily, for free).
b) Pretending you don't know what "hold" means isn't any cuter than pretending you don't know what "lost" means.
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Re: Canada License back to UK
a) Which was no longer valid because you had exchanged it abroad. In order for it to be re-issued, you would have needed to exchange back (as can be done, easily, for free).
b) Pretending you don't know what "hold" means isn't any cuter than pretending you don't know what "lost" means.
b) Pretending you don't know what "hold" means isn't any cuter than pretending you don't know what "lost" means.
#25
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Hmm. You ask for advice, and it is given, along with information that what you think is ok, a middle finger at the establishment as it were, is in fact illegal.
Where do you stand on shoplifting? Is it ok as the stores make more than enough profit, so a little theft is fine?
Where do you stand on shoplifting? Is it ok as the stores make more than enough profit, so a little theft is fine?
#26
Re: Canada License back to UK
When you try to hire a car in the UK you'll find out that actually your UK licence is invalid. This exact same scenario happened to someone I know.
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Re: Canada License back to UK
When we got our BC licenses, ICBC just hand wrote the BC DL# on the UK license. OH still has hers in the safe. So long as that is where it stays, should not cause a problem. I sent mine to DVLA for something to be done and they kept it.