Foreign address on Irish drivering licence.

Hagar

I've searched but can't find if this came up before.


Can you have a foreign address, within the EU, put on you Irish driving licence?
If so, how would you go about it?
If not, what is the barrier to having it done? It's simply a statement of where you live.

PaddyFagan

The form has a section titled "Normal Residence in Ireland" See http://www.roscommoncoco.ie/services/motortax/motortaxforms/drivinglicenceapp.pdf, I've also attached an image of the relevant section.

The key seems to be that a condition of being given an Irish Licence is that you're a resident here and hence an irish address is required....

Paddy

biko

While you are not required by law to change your driving licence if you change address, it is advisable nonetheless. Contact your Motor Tax Office for more information (see 'Where to Apply' below). Exchanging your driving licence to amend the address is a free service.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/travel-and-recreation/motoring-1/driver-licensing/full_driving_licence

Guess you'll have to ring the Tax office and ask about foreign addresses. Probably best just leave it.
Do you need to renew licence and want to add your overseas address on that? Can you use a relatives address instead?

Hagar

I always thought I had an Irish licence because I did an Irish driving test not because of residency.

A non-resident for tax purposes could be driving in Ireland for almost 6 months of the year. Should he have a foreign licence? Is it linked to tax residency?

/edit

@Magnus - My licence is due soon but I don't want to take out a French one, no real reason just would rather keep my Irish one. It's a bit of a con to use a false address, I would rathe have the true address on it in case on accident or emergancy.

PaddyFagan

Hagar wrote: »

A non-resident for tax purposes could be driving in Ireland for almost 6 months of the year. Should he have a foreign licence? Is it linked to tax residency?

The section I linked said 185 days - I _think_ tax residency uses a similar test. At a guess, it you're resident somewhere else for 185 days+ a year, they would expect you to have a licence from that juristiction.

Paddy

Hagar

The French don't expect or require me to change my licence unless I commit an offence which would require points subtracted from my licence. The French system is the opposite to the Irish, you start off with 12 points and have points deducted for offences. When you reach zero, start walking.

Tigger

juist put a skicker on the sleeve with yer france addy

Hagar

That's almost exactly what I've done with a business card.

Tigger

Hagar wrote: »

The French don't expect or require me to change my licence unless I commit an offence which would require points subtracted from my licence. The French system is the opposite to the Irish, you start off with 12 points and have points deducted for offences. When you reach zero, start walking.

so if i get to 11 points here i simply exchange for a french lisence and...

but43r

Tigger wrote: »

so if i get to 11 points here i simply exchange for a french lisence and...

:D:D:D:D:D:D

Hagar

Tigger wrote: »

so if i get to 11 points here i simply exchange for a french lisence and...

I'm supposed to be the cynic around here.