Driving Licences: Foreign Nationals

(asked on 17th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the announcement of an 11 month extension for expired driving licences, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of extending the period by 11 months that non-EU driving licence holders can legally drive in the UK.


Answered by
Rachel Maclean Portrait
Rachel Maclean
This question was answered on 24th November 2020

Holders of driving licences issued outside of the European Union who become resident in Great Britain can drive small vehicles (motorcars and motorcycles) for up to one year from the date they become resident.

To continue driving after this period the driver must either exchange their licence, if it was issued by a country which has been designated for licence exchange purposes, or apply for a provisional driving licence and pass both a theory and practical driving test. There are no current plans to review these arrangements.

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