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Waiting 7 months for Driver's Test and NCT

  • 19-05-2023 8:19am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭


    Hi all, every time I check to see when I'll be invited to do the driver's test, they push it out another month. I finished all my lessons in the middle of November last year. Is that length of waiting time the same for everyone?

    Also, my NCT expires at the end of June but with all the queues there I suppose it's unlikely I'll have that renewed in time for whenever my test is due. I suppose that means I can't do the test in my own car then?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,330 ✭✭✭Miscreant


    Plenty of threads here about NCTs. If you check the NCT website around 11pm you might get an appointment before your expiry date. Be prepared to go to a test centre that may be further away that you are used to though but you should still be able to get an appointment reasonably quick.

    As for your waiting time for a driving test.... I have a friend who was waiting 9 months for his and he had heard of people waiting longer.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭CPTM


    Thanks a million for that. I'll check at 11pm and see if I get lucky with an appointment. And thanks for the info around the driving test. At least we're not missing something.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,154 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    Just ring the NCT and you'll get an appointment. I tried logging in at 11pm, 7am, 8am etc and never saw a reasonable date. Anyone I know with an NCT due got a date in time by phoning, or going on the waiting list on the site.

    For the test. Waiting since Nov is bad but not as bad as it used to be. I was waiting nearly 2 years for B back in the late 90s and there was zero way to know when you'd get a date, waited 1.5 years for A in the 00s and only got that because I called up about the it and was offered a test the next day.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,273 ✭✭✭hoodie6029


    I think it’s 11:30/11:40 when the extra slots are added everyday on the NCT.

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