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Change to an Irish license?

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  • 22-09-2007 1:29am
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    mick.fr
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    Hi,

    Got stopped by the Garda tonight, asked me for my DL, it is a french one, the officer told me how come I have not changed it to an Irish one because I have been living here for over a year.
    I replied I wasn't aware and that I only knew the US citizens can only drive in the country for one year with their US DL.

    Anyway I was really surprised about this but I did not wanted to argue with the man. I checked on the web tonight, and apparently I have no obligation whatsoever to change it to an Irish one, but I can if I want to.

    What do you recon?


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    r0nn13
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    Keep your French one unless you really really want an Irish one.

    If you move back to France would it be as easy to swap your Irish license for a French one?

    Seems quite a few gard;s don't know motoring law these days...


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    mick.fr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭mick.fr


    Well I do not want an Irish one because as far as I know the Irish driving license has an expiration date, in France, they do not expire.
    Many gards were surprised here, many times I had to tell them they do not expire because they asked me for the expiration date.
    Anyway yes it would be possible to change an Irish DL to a French one if you were living in France.

    I suppose the real problem is that they can't remove points on foreign licenses.

    That might change one day, when there will be a centralized european DL database, but this is not the case yet as far as I know.


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    Stephen
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    Yep, any EU licence is fine for here. There's nothing they can do about it. Keep your French one.


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    Our man in Havana
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    Are the french using CC sized licences yet or are they still using the pinks?


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    mick.fr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭mick.fr


    Bond-007 wrote:
    Are the french using CC sized licences yet or are they still using the pinks?

    when I left in 2004 it was still the pink one, a bit smaller than the Irish one though, you can carry it in your wallet.
    Road documents/insurance are huge in Ireland, this is weird.


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