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American bike licence?

  • 18-03-2013 10:49pm
    #1
    TEMPLAR KNIGHT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 961 ✭✭✭


    Hi lads just a quick question does anyone know if American motorcycle licence can transfer over and be used in Ireland and accepted by the irish insurance companies and stuff?


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  • #2
    Faith+1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Faith+1


    Afraid not OP, American licences are non transferable. You can however drive here for up to 12 months on your US licence.

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


  • #3
    Kungfu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Kungfu


    Nope. Can an Irish licence be exchanged for a US one?

    Think only EU licences can be exchanged...and only on a full licence for full licence basis?


  • #4
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Kungfu wrote: »
    Nope. Can an Irish licence be exchanged for a US one?

    Think only EU licences can be exchanged...and only on a full licence for full licence basis?

    An Irish licence IS an EU licence so I don't get you.....

    You can't exchange for a US one btw.

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  • #5
    Faith+1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Faith+1


    Kungfu wrote: »
    Nope. Can an Irish licence be exchanged for a US one?

    Think only EU licences can be exchanged...and only on a full licence for full licence basis?

    Did you not look at the link ^^^^^ The folowing countries can be exchanged:

    Gibraltar
    Guernsey
    Isle of Man
    Japan
    Jersey
    South Africa
    South Korea
    Switzerland
    New Zealand*
    Taiwan*
    EU


  • #6
    Kungfu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Kungfu


    galwaytt wrote: »
    An Irish licence IS an EU licence so I don't get you.....

    You can't exchange for a US one btw.
    Yes but you can only drive in an EU state on a licence issued in another EU state for a certain period of time. After which you must aquire an Irish licence if staying here as a permanent resident. I know several Poles, Germans etc who live and work in this country and have had to change licences. I suppose it's more of an insurance issue. The insurance companies only cover you if abroad on holidays or short stays and unless you are going to lie to them by saying you are living in Poland or wherever they won't insure you if you are ordinarily resident in another country. You would then need to go to an Irish insurer. They would probably not insure you on a foreign licence. They insure you based on permanent address among other factors. Your foreign licence won't show an Irish address and can't be issued or reissued unless you are resident in that particular state.


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  • #7
    Kungfu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Kungfu


    Faith+1 wrote: »
    Did you not look at the link ^^^^^ The folowing countries can be exchanged:

    Gibraltar
    Guernsey
    Isle of Man
    Japan
    Jersey
    South Africa
    South Korea
    Switzerland
    New Zealand*
    Taiwan*
    EU
    I stand corrected on that point but it still goes that certain licences can be exchanged and must be exchanged if you are to reside here permanently.


  • #8
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,102 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    Kungfu wrote: »
    Yes but you can only drive in an EU state on a licence issued in another EU state for a certain period of time. After which you must aquire an Irish licence if staying here as a permanent resident. I know several Poles, Germans etc who live and work in this country and have had to change licences. I suppose it's more of an insurance issue. The insurance companies only cover you if abroad on holidays or short stays and unless you are going to lie to them by saying you are living in Poland or wherever they won't insure you if you are ordinarily resident in another country. You would then need to go to an Irish insurer. They would probably not insure you on a foreign licence. They insure you based on permanent address among other factors. Your foreign licence won't show an Irish address and can't be issued or reissued unless you are resident in that particular state.

    They can't discriminate against EU nationals holding their own licence, they try but it's against the law a poster in the Motors froum has posted numerous times about their fight with Irish insurance companies can't remember their name though. It goes against the whole principle of the EU, which is the free movement of people and goods. I know several people with the old, till 70, UK paper licences driving legally in Ireland for years.


  • #9
    Kungfu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Kungfu


    Del2005 wrote: »
    They can't discriminate against EU nationals holding their own licence, they try but it's against the law a poster in the Motors froum has posted numerous times about their fight with Irish insurance companies can't remember their name though. It goes against the whole principle of the EU, which is the free movement of people and goods. I know several people with the old, till 70, UK paper licences driving legally in Ireland for years.

    I know it....You know it....but tell them that. Why wouldn't companies do or try it when the Government is at it? It has been pick and choose which EU law/ regulation to stand by or ignore in this country for a long time. But this is getting away from the original question. US licences....or for that matter Canadian, Australian etc?


  • #10
    wile1000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73 ✭✭wile1000


    Kungfu wrote: »
    But this is getting away from the original question. US licences....or for that matter Canadian, Australian etc?

    Speaking from experience, Australian licences can be switched to Irish (should be in Faith+1's list above, erroneous cut/paste job ;)),

    But that same weblink above goes on to say if you have a US licence you can drive for 12 months but then you need to apply for an Irish licence via the usual means (damn I consider myself lucky!)


  • #11
    Thinkingaboutit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,227 ✭✭✭Thinkingaboutit


    Odd a South African licence can be exchanged. Road safety stats there are not good.


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  • #12
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,530 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Yeah but at least they drive on the proper side of the road :pac:

    In Cavan there was a great fire / Judge McCarthy was sent to inquire / It would be a shame / If the nuns were to blame / So it had to be caused by a wire.



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