Exchanging Canadian driving license back to UK
Mar 9th 2015, 9:55 pm
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Exchanging Canadian driving license back to UK
Hi Guys,
Quick question, I'll be heading back to the UK from Canada for a while whilst waiting out the exceptionally well thought out and transparent Express Entry system for Canadian PR.
One thing that concerns me is my driving license. When arriving here in Vancouver in April 2013, I exchanged my UK license for a shiny BC one, no issues. This expired at the end of last year, but of course when renewing it, because I had less than 6 months remaining on my work permit I only received a temporary paper license for 2 months, after which I've renewed it again for another 2, it expires on April 6th, 2 days after my current permit ends.
I'll be spending April here as a visitor for some much needed R&R before flying back to the UK on the 1st of May. Here is my confusion, as I understand it I can just exchange my Canadian license back for a UK one, however by the time I go back my Canadian license will just be an expired, dog-eared temporary paper license. I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to do since I won't have a full, valid photocard to exchange.
I had talked to the DVLA when I first got here and they mentioned something along the lines of "I'm in the system so there shouldn't be any issues" but I thought I'd see if anyone has any input or has been in a similar situation before.
Sorry for the waffle, I just wanted to get all the information out and felt the scenario was a little confusing.
Thanks!
Quick question, I'll be heading back to the UK from Canada for a while whilst waiting out the exceptionally well thought out and transparent Express Entry system for Canadian PR.
One thing that concerns me is my driving license. When arriving here in Vancouver in April 2013, I exchanged my UK license for a shiny BC one, no issues. This expired at the end of last year, but of course when renewing it, because I had less than 6 months remaining on my work permit I only received a temporary paper license for 2 months, after which I've renewed it again for another 2, it expires on April 6th, 2 days after my current permit ends.
I'll be spending April here as a visitor for some much needed R&R before flying back to the UK on the 1st of May. Here is my confusion, as I understand it I can just exchange my Canadian license back for a UK one, however by the time I go back my Canadian license will just be an expired, dog-eared temporary paper license. I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to do since I won't have a full, valid photocard to exchange.
I had talked to the DVLA when I first got here and they mentioned something along the lines of "I'm in the system so there shouldn't be any issues" but I thought I'd see if anyone has any input or has been in a similar situation before.
Sorry for the waffle, I just wanted to get all the information out and felt the scenario was a little confusing.
Thanks!
Mar 10th 2015, 6:35 pm
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