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Foreign license/insurance help!

  • 08-10-2012 12:44am
    #1
    civicowner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 ✭


    Hello everyone,

    I've a friend who is from Saudi arabi who is interested in getting a motorbike here in Ireland. He has a full license for car and motorbike in his own country and is aloud use it here in Ireland for 1 year but is having serious difficulty finding a place to insure him as they wont accept a forign license, so I'm wondering has anyone any info on pointing him in the right direction or will he have to apply for a license here from scratch?

    Thanks in advance for any info.


Comments

  • #2
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,102 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    If he's tried the 4 companies he can go back to the 1st and force them to quote, he needs 3 written refusals from other companies. There's nothing to say the quote has to be anywhere close to reasonable.

    He may be better if he goes for an Irish licence. If he's over 24 he should wait till next year for a Direct Access, otherwise it'll be 25kws for 2 years, from the date he applies for the licence, after he passes the test.


  • #3
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,044 ✭✭✭Wossack


    You could look into getting an international license - mightnt be as big an issue for the insurers?


  • #4
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Wossack wrote: »
    You could look into getting an international license - mightnt be as big an issue for the insurers?
    They aren't worth anything TBH.
    Insurers won't recognise them.They only recognise National licenses.


  • #5
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,044 ✭✭✭Wossack


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    They aren't worth anything TBH.
    Insurers won't recognise them.They only recognise National licenses.

    ah good to know

    NVM so OP! :P


  • #6
    P.C.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,782 ✭✭✭P.C.


    Wossack wrote: »
    You could look into getting an international license - mightnt be as big an issue for the insurers?


    An International Licence is only a translation of your driving licence.
    So, no good in this case.


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