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magnification

Mar 23rd 2014 10:38 am

Saudi driving licence - valid in GCC?

Just checking whether a Saudi car licence is valid for driving in other Gulf States? OK for car hire also eg Gulf, UK, EU?

sicklyman

Mar 23rd 2014 1:53 pm

Re: Saudi driving licence - valid in GCC?

certainly valid for driving in Kuwait, Bahrain and UAE. Can't speak for other ones.

alaa.mo

Mar 25th 2014 12:13 pm

Re: Saudi driving licence - valid in GCC?

It's Valid in the Gulf countries.
Well, I'm a Saudi guy and I was living in the UK, so I got to drive in the UK with my Saudi driving license, but you only can drive for one year with the Saudi license after that you must get a British driving license.

Alaa

magnification

Mar 25th 2014 4:00 pm

Re: Saudi driving licence - valid in GCC?

Thanks Sickly & Alaa.
Just need to persuade my sponsor to get to the Driving School office to finalise the KSA licence.
Hope cash is sufficient to hire a car in KSA then in UK.

sicklyman

Mar 27th 2014 4:23 pm

Re: Saudi driving licence - valid in GCC?

Quote:

Originally Posted by magnification (Post 11190130)

Hope cash is sufficient to hire a car in KSA then in UK.

Cash will not be sufficient in the UK. You will need a credit card so they can block out the excess/deductible in case of an incident.

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