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Exchanging EU driving licence for an Irish one

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  • 19-08-2008 10:53am
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    Mines
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    Hi Folks,

    I have some questions I hope somebody here could shed a bit of light on them.

    I would like to exchange my Spanish driving licence for an Irish one. I contacted Dublin Motor Tax office and they said that the expiration date would be ten years from now on. I.e. If I request my licence to be changed now, I would have an expiry date of August/September 2018 (ten years)

    My only concern is what happens with my "driving experience". I got my spanish licence issued on March 2003, that's five years now. If in the future I want to buy a car here, how could I prove the insurance company that I actually have X years of driving experience? Because I guess that issue date of my new Irish driving licence would be August/September 2008. That would mean that I just have one month of driving experience.

    Thanks
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    Permabear
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    Mines
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    Thanks for your reply donegalfella.

    I was just rounding date of expiration - August if I manage to get all this thing sorted out before the end of this month, so it would be August 2018.

    And regarding the insurance companys here - Yes, I don't think they will give me too much credit (mostly because I am used to drive on the right...)

    Anyway I will make a photocopy of my previous licence - Just in case.

    Cheers


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    Wishbone Ash
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    The dates on your licence are of no relevance to an insurance company. (One could have a licence for 10 years and never drive during that time.)

    The insurance company will want to know how many years 'claims free' that you have been driving and they will not take into account those years ammassed in a foreign country.


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    wil
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    You are not currently obliged to exchange your EU issued licence for an Irish one. You could just drive on the EU one.

    I dont know if legally the insurance companies could discriminate against an EU licence holder other than perhaps a weighting for previous driving on the right.


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    Mines
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭Mines


    I know I'm not actually obligued to do so. It's just a matter of usefulness: my spanish licence is pretty big to fit it on my pocket (it's the old EU big pink piece of cardboard model, the previous ones) and besides that, the address is mispelled and wrong.

    (And I don't like myself on the photo :D)

    Cheers.


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    L1011
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    Mines wrote: »
    I know I'm not actually obligued to do so. It's just a matter of usefulness: my spanish licence is pretty big to fit it on my pocket (it's the old EU big pink piece of cardboard model, the previous ones) and besides that, the address is mispelled and wrong.

    (And I don't like myself on the photo :D)

    Cheers.

    You're aware our licences are the big pink piece of cardboard too? Except its more like stiff paper...


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    Mines
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭Mines


    No, owned. :rolleyes:

    I thought they were issuing the new EU licence here as well.

    Anyway I was only joking with the cardboard&photo stuff.


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    L1011
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    No, unfortunately we still think its 1983 or whatever... even British officers in less touristy places think my licence is faked cause of that!


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    5unflower
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    Have to admit that I don't have any information on how Spanish licences work, do they expire after say 10 years or so like the Irish ones do? If this is the case, fair enough, exchanging it might have no disadvantages at least. However, some countries issue (or at least did so in the past) licences that don't have to be renewed, they are valid forever, such as the EU licence issued in Germany (neat little credit card format :-) ) I'll make sure to hang on to that :D
    And getting insurance with EU licence was no problem at all either, got a relly good quote, don't think I would pay less if I had an Irish licence.


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    Mines
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭Mines


    5unflower wrote: »
    Have to admit that I don't have any information on how Spanish licences work, do they expire after say 10 years or so like the Irish ones do? If this is the case, fair enough, exchanging it might have no disadvantages at least. However, some countries issue (or at least did so in the past) licences that don't have to be renewed, they are valid forever, such as the EU licence issued in Germany (neat little credit card format :-) ) I'll make sure to hang on to that :D
    And getting insurance with EU licence was no problem at all either, got a relly good quote, don't think I would pay less if I had an Irish licence.

    Yep. Actually my driving licence was issued on 2003, expiring on 2013, so 10 years.


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