Learning to drive over here
Apr 25th 2011, 1:45 pm
#31
Bored liberal
Joined: Feb 2007
Location: Over there ----->
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Re: Learning to drive over here
You could follow government guidance/rules/lawsor do as you wish and potentially suffer the consequences. It's your choice entirely, but as HMRC are cracking down on those who bend the residency rules to suit themselves, claiming UK residency for some things whilst not paying tax is rather a grey area.
Lack of knowledge - for which read, not bothering to find out what the rules are - is not a valid defence. I am just presenting the facts here.
Lack of knowledge - for which read, not bothering to find out what the rules are - is not a valid defence. I am just presenting the facts here.
Apr 25th 2011, 3:27 pm
#32
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Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 67
Re: Learning to drive over here
Doesn't the UK allow you to keep your UK license even when you hold one in another country? We renewed our Australian licenses from Dubai (kept an Aussie PO Box) and then had both UAE and Australian.
To Spugsy, I reckon you should do it in the UK, I know quite a few people that have had lessons and taken their test in Dubai and they weren't exactly competent on the road when they'd finished.....and they were all failed the first time they took their test. One of the friends kids had his mums car impounded within a month of having his license and had $5k worth of fines. I don't think he'll ever live that one down poor kid.
To Spugsy, I reckon you should do it in the UK, I know quite a few people that have had lessons and taken their test in Dubai and they weren't exactly competent on the road when they'd finished.....and they were all failed the first time they took their test. One of the friends kids had his mums car impounded within a month of having his license and had $5k worth of fines. I don't think he'll ever live that one down poor kid.
