ivanidea

Or you hand the licence over, and then tell DVLA you lost it, so they issue you a replacement.

I've 'parked' my UK DL at my parents address, just in case we decide to move back to the UK - I don't want to lose my towing entitlements. I've heard reports of the DVLA losing entitlements when reissuing licences.

postbox134

I mean, you can't even tell them an address abroad so what are you supposed to do? Leave it somewhere you can't get post to?

vinayvijay

thank you all for all the information shared.

can anyone recommend any good app to study for the theory test for NewJersey? I can't find any official app like how we got for the UK

thanks

Derek_255

Hi,

It depends on your current status.

If you have your green card then you will be required to complete a blue form $30 at your nearest DMV. Then take it to local clerks office and arrange your theory and eye test exam. If you pass eye and theory they will issue driving license $21. Prices vary by state.

If you are here on work visa or immigration status applied for you will have to provide proof of residence and then you'll have to do the pratical driving test as well.

Hope this helps.

Regards
Derek
(expat Irvine Scotland)

Jerseygirl

You do not change the address, you cannot change the address if you are no longer a UK resident. You cannot give an overseas address. It is illegal to give a UK address when you are not a resident. If you return to live in the UK, contact the DLVA and they will renew your DL with the address of your new residence.

ivanidea

What law have I broken?

I am unable to provide the DVLA with my US address, so I just left it registered to my last address. I moved back with my parents after selling my house, prior to moving to the USA.

I know I can't drive my parents car when I visit, since I won't be insured, due to not being a UK resident. I didn't find a UK insurer who would add a non UK/EU driving licence to the policy when I wanted to add my US wife to my policy whilst I lived in the UK and she was visiting.

Jerseygirl

So you lived with your parents and their address was already on your DL? If that is the case that’s OK...I thought you meant you had changed address to your parent’s address.

BTW your parents may be able to add you to their policy for a few days/weeks. My sister did this so I could drive her car.

LouisB

Same for me.
UK license irrelevant. Applied for learner permit then as per this post, followed the steps. Inconvenient but not difficult.
to be sure not to fail I booked a minimal package with local driving school which meant they took me and I used their car for test. Overall this was similar cost wise to hiring a car but without the hassle to get it, take it back and possibly not be familiar with it at the test.
test itself was a joke, basically just don’t crash...
I didn’t surrender my license, wasn’t asked but then again it expired since anyway and since I’m not a UK resident (although I have valid U.K. addresses) the US license is the legal way to proceed, even when driving in the UK.

the only thing about driving in NYC I found unsettling we’re the sometimes non-existent road markings, the driving style of others and the myriad of obstacles and pedestrians crossing to watch out for, but that’s the difficulty of real driving. As I should of guessed, the test sites are in quiet out of the way places where driving around is totally unchallenging.

Having said that, the guy I went with who had failed 3 times prior failed again... so I guess don’t take anything for granted, as always it pays to be prepared.

Pulaski

It scares me to try to image what someone might have done to fail a US road test once. .... But four times!

Jerseygirl

remember the BE member whose daughter went through a red light during her test and passed? She then went on to total the family car within the week.

Pulaski

See my previous post! .... And people think we're joking when we tell them they'll pass if they don't kill somebody during their test.

zzrmark

Almost certainly the reason why Florida DMV doesn't do on-road tests...

Jerseygirl

my daughter’s driving test in NJ was in an empty car park when she was 17. Drive forward about 100 yards, then reverse between 2 cones placed 50 yards apart. Congratulations you have passed.

Pulaski

So much for the theory that the joke-of-a-test that most of us were given is because we are clearly seasoned drivers and that young drivers are given a more meaningful test of their roadcraft.

Jerseygirl

when she took her first driving lesson, the instructor took her straight onto the motorway. He said as she would be driving on the highways, she may as well get used to it. She had zero driving experience at that point.