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Brexit + UK licence

  • 08-12-2020 9:52pm
    #1
    bitofabind
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 939 ✭✭✭


    Hi everyone. Looking for advice from someone who knows better. Finding all of the NDLS / RSA messaging a bit confusing.

    I'm a UK license holder living in London and will be returning to Ireland full-time in Jan - Feb 2021. The plan was always to exchange my UK license, however I know the deadline for existing Irish residents with a UK passport is 31 December. I can't get this done before then as I don't have the necessary documentation and don't actually live in Ireland yet.

    What happens after 1 January 2021? Will I need to sit the driving test again to get an Irish license?


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


    bitofabind wrote: »
    Hi everyone. Looking for advice from someone who knows better. Finding all of the NDLS / RSA messaging a bit confusing.

    I'm a UK license holder living in London and will be returning to Ireland full-time in Jan - Feb 2021. The plan was always to exchange my UK license, however I know the deadline for existing Irish residents with a UK passport is 31 December. I can't get this done before then as I don't have the necessary documentation and don't actually live in Ireland yet.

    What happens after 1 January 2021? Will I need to sit the driving test again to get an Irish license?

    There is a plan to allow for licence exchange after January 1st, but its not in place yet. See FAQ here:

    https://www.ndls.ie/help/faq.html#brexit-and-driving-licences

    If you move here with a UK licence, and the arrangement is not in place, then yes, you'd have to apply from Square 1. Bear in mind too that you cant drive on it here in the interim.

    Ode To The Motorist

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