How/Where to apply for UK license?

Skyuser

I want to swap my Irish license for UK. What to do....

R.O.R

Skyuser wrote:

I want to swap my Irish license for UK. What to do....

Go live in the UK. Change Irish licence for UK licence.

Wossack

too many PPs huh?

MrPudding

Skyuser wrote:

I want to swap my Irish license for UK. What to do....

Go into your nearest post office and pick up a form, fill it in and send it off with the appropriate fee, the additional documentation they will request and your Irish licence. The DVLA is a bit slow at the moment so it might take a few weeks.

MrP

stevo86

do you not have to have a uk address to apply for one?

MrPudding

stevo86 wrote:

do you not have to have a uk address to apply for one?

Yes. I was assuming the OP was in the UK. Why else woul dhe be looking for UK licence?

MrP

stevo86

MrPudding wrote:

Yes. I was assuming the OP was in the UK. Why else woul dhe be looking for UK licence?

MrP

to avoid penalty points maybe?

franksm

Are we being trolled again ?
lol

Skyuser

stevo86 wrote:

do you not have to have a uk address to apply for one?

I do have a uk address. I'm in Ireland now. Is there an online form or something.

jhegarty

Skyuser wrote:

I do have a uk address. I'm in Ireland now. Is there an online form or something.

do you live in the UK ? or just have a relative there ......

Alun

jhegarty wrote:

do you live in the UK ? or just have a relative there ......

Exactly! We get a lot of this "I have an address in the UK" stuff on here. What matters is where you're actually resident at the time. If that's Ireland, then you can forget it.

Skyuser

Don't worry I got the info. I just need to go to Post Office when I'm there. Geez you lot are like secret service. Can a person not get info about license without them having some master plan to avoid points.

MrPudding

Skyuser wrote:

Don't worry I got the info. I just need to go to Post Office when I'm there. Geez you lot are like secret service. Can a person not get info about license without them having some master plan to avoid points.

Not quite. You will have to provide evidence that you are resident, like bills or bank statements. You will also need to have your photographs certified by some "of standing" in the community that will have to sign a legal statement saying they have knwon you for 2 years. Apart from that, piece of p1ss.

MrP

gary the great

Its expensive, £50 or soemthing. Am thinking of doing the same but dont actually know if i could be bothered just for the sake of avoiding penallty points, although the card looks dam cool.

Gatster

Originally Posted by Skyuser
without them having some master plan to avoid points.

So what is your masterplan then? You can't expect to post this question without being asked why you want to do this. If you'd searched for this, there's quite a few threads in this forum about it.

gary the great

Anyone know when its proposed to change the system so that points become transferable across the UK and Ireland?

Also, does having a UK licence affect insurance in any way? I think i heard it did?

vengeance52

im living in the NI at the mo for last 4 months, and im still just using my Irish licence. Might change it in a while but i didnt know ya had to get someone to verify your photos.

lifebook

im going through this at the moment. Just got the D1 form here now. It doesnt mention a bill or anything.

It does ask for a signature from a local professional person so I think im ok.

Its £45.

Will let you know how I get on.

MrPudding

lifebook wrote:

im going through this at the moment. Just got the D1 form here now. It doesnt mention a bill or anything.

It does ask for a signature from a local professional person so I think im ok.

Its £45.

Will let you know how I get on.

You should expect them to ask for proof of residence. If I recall correctly the D1 form does mention you have to be resident to apply for a licence.

MrP

Curvy Vixen

I am English with a UK licence that I have always used here. Since the pp's were brought in my insurance has actually gone up 10% because I don't have an Irish licence..you get a 10% discount for having a point free Irish licence. Insurance companies assume that if you carry a UK licence you are trying to skip having points assigned to you so you are treated as if you carry an Irish licence with at least 4 points applied hence the 10% increase..

lifebook

ya it says you have to be resident. It doesnt however say that you have to produce bills etc. It requires that somebody who knows you for 2 years in the UK signs to validate your application.

Tony Danza

Gatster wrote:

So what is your masterplan then? You can't expect to post this question without being asked why you want to do this. If you'd searched for this, there's quite a few threads in this forum about it.

Why? What business is it of yours why he's doing it? If I asked something like "how do I tax my car" nobody would reply saying "why would you want to do that?" Bit of a stupid example though, I know.

MrPudding

I had lived, that is actual lived not pretend lived, in NI for 25 years when the new rules came in. I still had to provide proof of address and residence.

MrP

Gatster

Why? What business is it of yours why he's doing it? If I asked something like "how do I tax my car" nobody would reply saying "why would you want to do that?" Bit of a stupid example though, I know.

No, very stupid example. This isn't something you have to do, so asking why you would want this hassle is pretty valid. From memory, all the other posts regarding this have been to avoid points or whatever.

As MrPudding said:

I was assuming the OP was in the UK. Why else would he be looking for UK licence?

Stark

Just tick the box for "no penalty points" when you apply for your Irish license. It's so easy, all of us are doing it!

smashey

I'm about to change mine over to UK. You need either a bank statement or a utility bill as proof of address.

Tony Danza

Gatster wrote:

No, very stupid example. This isn't something you have to do, so asking why you would want this hassle is pretty valid. From memory, all the other posts regarding this have been to avoid points or whatever.

So maybe he is about to move over to the UK and wants to get the license in advance? I don't see why anybody here should care why he's doing it, you can either help him with his question or not. It's not the OP's responsibility to answer to somebody on boards.

Seth Brundle

Wossack wrote:

too many PPs huh?

stevo86 wrote:

to avoid penalty points maybe?

franksm wrote:

Are we being trolled again ?
lol

Skyuser wrote:

Don't worry I got the info. I just need to go to Post Office when I'm there. Geez you lot are like secret service. Can a person not get info about license without them having some master plan to avoid points.

Gatster wrote:

So what is yourmasterplan then? You can't expect to post this question without being asked why you want to do this. If you'd searched for this, there's quite a few threads in this forum about it.

Tony Danza wrote:

Why? What business is it of yours why he's doing it? If I asked something like "how do I tax my car" nobody would reply saying "why would you want to do that?" Bit of a stupid example though, I know.

The OP asked a simple question about obtaining a licence and that they appear to have some of the necessary requirements to obtain it.
People here jumped to conclusions regarding the motives for it. Please don't.

Whilst we will generally not tolerate posts that encourage illegal activities such as this by reminding the poster or by removing the thread, if we have no other information regarding the OPs background we cannot jump to conclusions. People should remember that.

Gatster

It's not the OP's responsibility to answer to somebody on boards

Never said it was, but I've as much right to ask a question on a public internet forum. There are plenty of other examples of people 'jumping to conclusions' on these these threads, I'm not sure why this is receiving such focus.