Working as a Courier driver with EU licence

Car_54

Tarambor wrote: »

Exchange your EU license for a UK one. We're going to be leaving the EU in 10 months time at which point your license may not be valid to use in the UK.

That is vanishingly unlikely. Even if the current EU arrangement were to cease suddenly, he would still be able to drive on a "foreign" licence for a specified period just as he would pre-EU.



If it were to happen, and the OP had taken your advice, he would be stuck with a GB licence which he would be unable to exchange in his home country.

AndyMc.....

Car_54 wrote: »

That is vanishingly unlikely. Even if the current EU arrangement were to cease suddenly, he would still be able to drive on a "foreign" licence for a specified period just as he would pre-EU.



If it were to happen, and the OP had taken your advice, he would be stuck with a GB licence which he would be unable to exchange in his home country.

No doubt he could get a replacement in his home country.

Car_54

AndyMc..... wrote: »

No doubt he could get a replacement in his home country.

And no doubt you can predict how each of 27 different European countries would deal with this hypothetical and unlikely situation.

System

Car_54 wrote: »

That is vanishingly unlikely. Even if the current EU arrangement were to cease suddenly, he would still be able to drive on a "foreign" licence for a specified period just as he would pre-EU.

It depends on whether or not we recognise them. Already the EU has said they may not recognise UK licenses when we leave and we may require International Drivers Permits to drive in the EU post Brexit.

Car_54

Tarambor wrote: »

It depends on whether or not we recognise them. Already the EU has said they may not recognise UK licenses when we leave and we may require International Drivers Permits to drive in the EU post Brexit.

Even if that were to happen, the OP would still be able to drive here. An IDP is a mere formality, it's simply a translation of one's national licence.

If the EU have really said that - which I doubt - it sounds like an empty threat. We didn't need IDPs pre-EU.

AndyMc.....

Car_54 wrote: »

And no doubt you can predict how each of 27 different European countries would deal with this hypothetical and unlikely situation.

Same as the uk would, you request a duplicate and they send it out.

AdrianC

Car_54 wrote: »

The whole point of EU licences is that they have the same entitlements throughout the EU. All GB licences are EU licences.

But not all EU licences are UK licences. It's impossible for them to check for conviction history on non-UK licences, as they can with UK ones.

I believe that their insisting on a GB licence is discriminatory. You need employment law advice, not a motoring forum.

No, it isn't. Not if they make the same requirement of all their potential drivers, regardless of nationality. They simply need to treat UK and non-UK EU nationals the same.

Is the residential address on the non-UK EU licence a valid one? Obviously, the holder is UK resident, else they wouldn't be applying for a job here...

datostar

Car_54 wrote: »

Even if that were to happen, the OP would still be able to drive here. An IDP is a mere formality, it's simply a translation of one's national licence.

If the EU have really said that - which I doubt - it sounds like an empty threat. We didn't need IDPs pre-EU.

We didn't have to deal with spiteful deliberately obstructive unelected dictatorial bureaucrats then.

Car_54

datostar wrote: »

We didn't have to deal with spiteful deliberately obstructive unelected dictatorial bureaucrats then.

What makes you think they'd be spiteful and obstructive now, especially since any licensing arrangements will be reciprocal?


BTW Even British bureaucrats are generally unelected.