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Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Congrats on passing the test, tricialc!
The information for 90% (if not all) of the questions on this thread (and on drivers licenses generally) is on the website of the DMV (or equivalent) of the state the person is interested in. |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by UK-Trinity
(Post 6089259)
Maybe it has something to do with how hard it is to get one in the first place?
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Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by BritishGuy36
(Post 6090860)
That's exactly it. If I ever did want to move back to the UK, I wouldn't want to have to go through all the rigmarole of the written test, then the significantly more difficult "skills" test......
Now why anyone would want to go through the hassle voluntarily is beyond me. |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Something that has come to mind whilst browsing the forum:
I can just turn up and take the test in OH, right? I don't have to get a "learner's permit" first? |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by BritishGuy36
(Post 6097195)
Something that has come to mind whilst browsing the forum:
I can just turn up and take the test in OH, right? I don't have to get a "learner's permit" first? |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
I thought you could do it all in one go....take the written test ten wait for an instructor and take the skills test?
Or do you have to take the written test first and do the skills test on a different day? |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by BritishGuy36
(Post 6097486)
I thought you could do it all in one go....take the written test ten wait for an instructor and take the skills test?
Or do you have to take the written test first and do the skills test on a different day? |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
(Post 6097490)
It does seem to vary. We had to do the skills test on a different day but I've seen people on here have done them together.
We do it both together in my part of Florida ... it takes away a good 5 minutes of your life... |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
"No DMV will be getting their mitts on my UK license. End of."
Quite right. It's not their property and is nothing to do with them. I was asked if I wanted to hand in my British Licence and refused. At that time in FL if you didn't hand it in they only gave you a licence valid in Florida, so I said fine I'll take that. Afew years later I renewed my licence and the DMV officer asked why there was a restriction on my licence- when I told her, she said that's a stupid rule and gave me a full one- hehehe. So I still have my old paper UK licence. |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by exvj
(Post 6071506)
I have a UK driver's licence and a US driver's license. I am 60 years old and my registered UK house address is being sold in 2 weeks.
I thought I would do an address change and put my daughter's UK address but the form says its illegal to 'get' a licence if I am not resident.. It is the same form for applying for a licence or changing address Would I be right in thinking that 'getting' a license is different to an address change so I could just change the address ? I don't expect any correspondence from DVLA until I am 70 and have to renew. If I ever return to the uk to reside, I dont want to have to do a new driving test I bet nearly all ex-pats have keep their UK licence any thoughts please ? I have a UK licence and a HGV licence which now expired, I called DVLC in Swansea and they told me 'No re-test was needed should I return for HGV or car licence, however and medical would be needed and I could then have a new licence. |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by Patrick Hasler
(Post 6097717)
I have a UK licence and a HGV licence which now expired, I called DVLC in Swansea and they told me 'No re-test was needed should I return for HGV or car licence, however and medical would be needed and I could then have a new licence.
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Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by BritishGuy36
(Post 6076229)
I believe what you have heard is people talking rubbish.
Any US DMV wouldn't care about a foreign license. There's no reason whatsoever why they would take your UK one off you. |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
LOL! How pointless.
I suppose if they refuse to give me an OH license without surrendering my UK one I can just write to DVLA and report it as "lost abroad" - and ask them to send me a new one to "my" new address (my mum's). |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by BritishGuy36
(Post 6099476)
LOL! How pointless.
I suppose if they refuse to give me an OH license without surrendering my UK one I can just write to DVLA and report it as "lost abroad" - and ask them to send me a new one to "my" new address (my mum's). |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by pejpm1
(Post 6073428)
How come? I spoke to my bank, and they said I could just give a US address and keep the account open?
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