Exchanging UK driving licence for Portuguese
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It won't affect UK passport & licence holders because of the Brexit situation but FWIW the 90 days to exchange rule was changed on ot around the 15th of this month & people from non EU member states now have 2 years to exchange instead of just 90 days.
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I just read that UK licenses in Spain must be exchanged by Jan. 31st, so good to know that Portuga isn't imposing such a pointless rule.
@mfesharne what are the "Simplex changes" of which you write?
@mfesharne what are the "Simplex changes" of which you write?
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Simplex is an ongoing Govt program designed to simplily bureaucracy. https://www.simplex.gov.pt/
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I can only assume it's Simplex but there are a number of good improvements happening in recent months.
Las year, they changed the rules for citizenship through marriage & that can now be claimed after 3 years instead of the former 5 & if a child together then no language test or proof of links to community/culture required & this year they're due to debate dropping the language test for some other citizenship application categories.
Las year, they changed the rules for citizenship through marriage & that can now be claimed after 3 years instead of the former 5 & if a child together then no language test or proof of links to community/culture required & this year they're due to debate dropping the language test for some other citizenship application categories.
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...but I am right about the test, I believe?
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I took a driving test last week, driving a 5 ton agricultural tractor with trailer around town with the IMTT guy driving behind giving instructions through a walky talky.
It went ok.
I had to reverse the trailer around a corner and then straight back at a correct distance from the curb.
I think 95% of drivers here are just fine. Like everywhere I've ever driven [and that's quite a few places] there is a minority of reckless persons on the road.
I never drove in the UK, maybe there are no idiots there.
It went ok.
I had to reverse the trailer around a corner and then straight back at a correct distance from the curb.
I think 95% of drivers here are just fine. Like everywhere I've ever driven [and that's quite a few places] there is a minority of reckless persons on the road.
I never drove in the UK, maybe there are no idiots there.
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yes of course there are idiots in the UK, but in my experience, no where near as many as there are in the Algarve.
Almost every day I end up with anxt when driving.
Almost every day I end up with anxt when driving.