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Exchange foreign license for Irish one

  • 03-05-2013 8:35am
    #1
    DannyD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 852 ✭✭✭


    If I exchange a driving license that was issued in another EU country for an Irish one, can I get it back? I realise that it's an exchange however I have heard that it is possible to get the original EU license back.

    Anyone clarify this? Thanks.


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  • #2
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    Presumably you could exchange the Irish one for one of the country you had in the first place?


  • #3
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    The old country will still have you registered as a full driver so it's not like you give it up entirely.
    I think the Irish authorities just take your licence and stores it, or destroy it - not sure.
    So when/if you go back to XX you can simply either convert the Irish back or just get a new one from them.


  • #4
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    biko wrote: »
    I think the Irish authorities just take your licence and stores it, or destroy it - not sure.
    They send it to country which issued it.


  • #5
    MurdyWurdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭MurdyWurdy


    Yeah, they send it off. You don't get it back. My hubby had huge problems changing his btw, he ended up having to do a driving test (and it was actually mostly the fault of the other country's systems not the RSA)

    Also, if they know you have an Irish licence and one from a foreign country they'll take the foreign one off you. I had an Irish and a New Zealand licence (in NZ they don't take your Irish one off you when you use it to get an NZ licence). I went into the motor tax office to change my name on my Irish licence to my married name and stupidly ticked on the form I had a licence from another country without thinking. Once they saw that they had to take the NZ one off me. You have been warned! :)


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