Exchanging Foreign Licence for UK Licence

scotland_lass

Can anyone help?

My partner had a full Guernsey licence. It expired about 4 years ago. From what i can gather he should be able to exchange it for a full UK licence as long as it hasn't been expired for more than 10 years.

We didn't know this information until recently so he applied for a UK provisional and uses that to ride a motorbike to work etc.

Would he still be able to fill out the form to get a full UK licence or because he applied for a provisional will that mean he can't? I can't find any information regarding that on the DVLA's website.

Any advice appreciated. Thanks.

rodenal

I would personally just fill in the form and see what happens.

Rover_Driver

• From:
• http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Diol1/MotoringDecisionTrees/ExchangeaTestPassorForeignLicence/can_you_drive_in_gb.dsb
• If now a resident in GB
• you can drive in Great Britain (GB) on your full, valid driving licence from Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man or a Designated Country for up to 12 months from the day you become resident in GB
• you can exchange your licence for a British one within five years of becoming resident
• if you haven't exchanged your licence for a British one before the end of the first 12 months of becoming resident, you will need to stop driving

bigjl.

Rover_Driver wrote: »

• From:
• http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Diol1/MotoringDecisionTrees/ExchangeaTestPassorForeignLicence/can_you_drive_in_gb.dsb
• If now a resident in GB
• you can drive in Great Britain (GB) on your full, valid driving licence from Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man or a Designated Country for up to 12 months from the day you become resident in GB
• you can exchange your licence for a British one within five years of becoming resident
• if you haven't exchanged your licence for a British one before the end of the first 12 months of becoming resident, you will need to stop driving

You missed the part about driving on an EU licence until your 70.;)

Rover_Driver

bigjl. wrote: »

You missed the part about driving on an EU licence until your 70.;)

Guernsey is not an EU country, so driving with a Guernsey licence comes under the rules for 'Designated Countries'.

scotland_lass

Rover_Driver wrote: »

• From:
• http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Diol1/MotoringDecisionTrees/ExchangeaTestPassorForeignLicence/can_you_drive_in_gb.dsb
• If now a resident in GB
• you can drive in Great Britain (GB) on your full, valid driving licence from Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man or a Designated Country for up to 12 months from the day you become resident in GB
• you can exchange your licence for a British one within five years of becoming resident
• if you haven't exchanged your licence for a British one before the end of the first 12 months of becoming resident, you will need to stop driving

According to this he can't exchange it then but i read elsewhere on the site

licences from the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands are acceptable for exchange if issued after 01/04/91.

That confused me as i assumed any licence (even expired ones) could be exchanged if they were issued after this date.

masterlumps

if its expired then he no longer has a license to exchange