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Changing UK Drivers Licenece to add a USA address

Old Mar 21st 2014, 2:49 pm
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Anyone updated their UK drivers licence with a USA address?
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No, you can't do it.
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Old Mar 21st 2014, 2:59 pm
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Nope, I set up a UK forwarding address and used that on my UK DL.
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Default Re: Changing UK Drivers Licenece to add a USA address

Originally Posted by Clarkeyjnr
Anyone updated their UK drivers licence with a USA address?
UK driving licence is only allowed to have a UK address, so any change like you propose will be turned down.
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Yup, can't be done.

Also need to get a fresh, US license while over here too.
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Strictly speaking, you have to be resident in the UK for the UK license to remain valid.
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Default Re: Changing UK Drivers Licenece to add a USA address

Originally Posted by Bob
Yup, can't be done.

Also need to get a fresh, US license while over here too.
If you're lucky you UK licence will be recognised for two months, in many states it is 30 days or less, though if you can show you are "in process" it is unlikely that the police would make an issue of it. In every state that I've heard of other than NJ, you will need to take a road "test". *

. * The "" are because if you've passed your test in the UK, you could pass the US test with a moderate amount of attention blindfold and with one arm tied behind your back
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Default Re: Changing UK Drivers Licenece to add a USA address

Originally Posted by sir_eccles
Strictly speaking, you have to be resident in the UK for the UK license to remain valid.
That has been debated before here on BE, fairly recently, and was debunked as "internet wisdom". Clearly you have to be resident in the UK for it to be issued, but the question of validity after you leave is somewhat murky. .... For example, what happens if you adopt a nomadic lifestyle, moving between countries or back and forth between two, or more, countries, such that you never qualify for a local licence?
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Originally Posted by Norman26
thats not possible
What an intriguing first post!
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What an intriguing first post!
Dämn you, Bob! .... You're no fun at all!
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Default Re: Changing UK Drivers Licenece to add a USA address

Originally Posted by Pulaski
That has been debated before here on BE, fairly recently, and was debunked as "internet wisdom". Clearly you have to be resident in the UK for it to be issued, but the question of validity after you leave is somewhat murky. .... For example, what happens if you adopt a nomadic lifestyle, moving between countries or back and forth between two, or more, countries, such that you never qualify for a local licence?
It has been debated several times.
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Default Re: Changing UK Drivers Licenece to add a USA address

You can keep your UK licence, but you can't renew it and get it sent to a non UK address or change the addres the DVLA have to one outside the UK. Those are the rules
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Default Re: Changing UK Drivers Licenece to add a USA address

Originally Posted by mikelincs
You can keep your UK licence, but you can't renew it and get it sent to a non UK address or change the addres the DVLA have to one outside the UK. Those are the rules
In fact, the DVLA won't even change it to a U.K. address if that is located in Northern Ireland. The DVLA only covers England, Scotland and Wales.
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Default Re: Changing UK Drivers Licenece to add a USA address

Originally Posted by JAJ
The DVLA only covers England, Scotland and Wales.
Currently.
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Originally Posted by Boiler
Currently.
I don't foresee any change.
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