Foreign driving licences.

[Polarbear]

I thought that people coming to UK had 1 year on their driving license then they had to take a test/ submit for a UK license.

I really can't be arsed trolling through google shit so just asking if anyone knows the reality.

My mate, married to a German lady who has driven on her German license for upwards of 15years here and never taken a UK test. Yet watching some reality police crap they say you can only drive on a foreign lcense for a year.

Just curious so I have some lever over the bitch from Belsen who moans when I drag my mate out to go to rugby and get pissed.
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[Easy-X]

EU/EEA licences are weirdly valid until you're 70 or for 3 years if you become a resident.
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[hellkat]

Yes I swapped my NZ licence for a UK one within the year when I first arrived, and was quite surprised that I didn't even have to re-sit the highway code section of the test ... until I went for my bike licence many years later
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[mentalboy]

[virus]

its 12 months from when you last entered the UK, so in theory you could just go back abroad once a year and be fine forever. In practice its a pain in the arse so most people 'convert' to a uk.

saves hassle, much like you could ride a 125 on L plates forever and do a CBT every 2 years, very few people do it.
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[Easy-X]

[Hetzer]

My wife posted her Jap one in and got a UK one back within a week. Here in Japan, I had to go in person to their 'dvla' HQ and spent six hours performing mindless fuckery to get mine swapped.

The retarded 1950s cunts don't even have sensors on the traffic lights.
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[blurredman]

[that_impulse_guy]

its 1 yr as you said.

your insurance may be higher due to being on a "foreign license" (lord know they charge more for any excuse nowadays)

if you drive for 2yrs and still have insurance and "think you've got away with it", then you have, until
1) you crash and try claim
2) you meet a copper having a day day.

then it'll turn out your "permission" to drive is invalid (inset whatever legal term they use)

also, FWIW: there is no such thing as an "international license" in case you come across this term...there is only the 1yr grace period to sort your license out.
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[Hetzer]