Full driving licence has expired - what now?

bothyhead

A mate of mine has just found out that his full licence expired 4 months ago. The rules of the road book indicates that you should apply for a renewal 3 months before the expire date. Is there a grace period on this, or will he have to retake a driving test?

mickdw

As far as Im aware, you must let it expire by 10 years or so before all is lost. Should just be able to renew as normal

bothyhead

Excellent news, he'll be very much relieved

ellewood

mickdw wrote: »

As far as Im aware, you must let it expire by 10 years or so before all is lost. Should just be able to renew as normal

are you sure ??

mine is out of date since yesterday and i phoned today and they said id have to do test again!!!!!!!!

biko

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/motoring_1/driver_licensing/full_driving_licence.html

You are entitled to apply for a driving licence if:
You have recently passed a driving test
You hold a driving licence that will expire within 3 months and you want to renew it
You held a driving licence that expired less than 10 years ago and you want to renew it

shawnee

ellewood wrote: »

are you sure ??

mine is out of date since yesterday and i phoned today and they said id have to do test again!!!!!!!!

Sounds like you need a few lessons and not just in driving :cool:

ellewood

biko wrote: »

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/motoring_1/driver_licensing/full_driving_licence.html

You are entitled to apply for a driving licence if:
You have recently passed a driving test
You hold a driving licence that will expire within 3 months and you want to renew it
You held a driving licence that expired less than 10 years ago and you want to renew it

thank you very much thats great

bbam

I renewed mine last year after realising it was out of date for 23 months.. No problems..