Hiring a car in UK on US license with old address
Sep 8th 2011, 1:33 am
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Re: Hiring a car in UK on US license with old address
You can't renew your picture license while you aren't a resident, but nothing says you have to surrender your license.
The site below covers the DVLA laws, along with other things. Nothing in their list of things you need to do before moving abroad says anything about giving up your license.
http://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/Evl...sh&pageid=Home
Sep 8th 2011, 1:44 am
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Sep 8th 2011, 3:36 am
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Sep 8th 2011, 9:49 pm
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Sep 9th 2011, 12:55 am
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Re: Hiring a car in UK on US license with old address
Much like the insurance companies that also say it's fine....only for you to find out if you have an accident that you weren't insured....
Sep 9th 2011, 12:56 am
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The wording was to the effect that your UK license is only valid if you are a UK resident.
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Sep 9th 2011, 1:03 am
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Jerseygirl recently had it in writing from the DVLA that if you are not a UK resident then your UK license is not valid.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...3&postcount=24
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...3&postcount=24
Sep 9th 2011, 1:16 am
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Re: Hiring a car in UK on US license with old address
Jerseygirl recently had it in writing from the DVLA that if you are not a UK resident then your UK license is not valid.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...3&postcount=24
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...3&postcount=24
Sep 9th 2011, 1:18 am
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Re: Hiring a car in UK on US license with old address
maybe i should never have asked!!!
Sep 9th 2011, 1:24 am
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Who said anything about citizenship? You know the difference between citizenship and residency, right?
Sep 9th 2011, 1:28 am
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It has nothing to do with knowing the difference between one or the other.
Sep 9th 2011, 1:59 am
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Exactly. The car rental company knows exactly who's going to be in the shit if something goes wrong: you. There's no way the employee at the ticket counter can definitively ensure that the license presented is valid, but you can be sure as heck that if you're in an accident the rental company's insurer will make very sure it is.
Sep 9th 2011, 2:11 am
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Evidently you haven't worked out that this is what this whole line of discussion is about; that even UK citizens don't have valid UK licenses if they are resident abroad - and that UK citizens don't have any 'rights' to drive on a UK license that is not valid.