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UK Driving Licence
Re: UK Driving Licence
by BarneyBoy » Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:33 am
Hi. Valenciasman is correct. If using a uk photo driving licence a code should be obtained from DVLA which the police can use to access your driving records if necessary. The code only lasts for a short period of time ( not too sure how long it is). The licences have a 10 year expiry date.
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Re: UK Driving Licence
by ste555 » Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:56 am
This may be of help regarding the now abolished paper counter part and obtaining a code for hiring a car.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hiring-a-vehicle
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hiring-a-vehicle
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Re: UK Driving Licence
by Dave c » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:04 pm
So can you still hire a car with paper licence?
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Re: UK Driving Licence
by earlybay » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:18 pm
What happens to photocard licience post Brexit ? At present these liciences in UK are issued as an EEC licience.
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Re: UK Driving Licence
by brandyboy » Sun Apr 30, 2017 8:21 pm
I suppose if you have a GB/EU Licence, you´ll get a GB Licence.
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Re: UK Driving Licence
by Dave c » Mon May 01, 2017 5:33 am
I am coming out this week can I still hire a car with a paper licence.
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Re: UK Driving Licence
by Jan » Mon May 01, 2017 7:04 am
Dave c wrote:I am coming out this week can I still hire a car with a paper licence.
If I were you, to be on the safe side, I would ask the hire company you are thinking of using.
This info may help:
http://www.travelsupermarket.com/blog/a ... ing-a-car/
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Re: UK Driving Licence
by marcliff » Mon May 01, 2017 12:08 pm
Everyone is confusing the paper counterpart to the photocard with the older style paper driving licence.
They are two different things. The paper counterpart was issued with the photocard as there was no room on the plastic one to show bans or points.
The old paper licence is just that, a driving licence. It is perfectly legal to drive your own car or a hire car with that if you are a non-resident.
If you become resident, you must change the paper one to a photocard one because the paper one has an expiry date on your 70th birthday but residents in Spain must use the one with an expiry date 10 years after issue.
So, paper counterpart (now scrapped) is not the same as a paper driving licence.
Bye again
They are two different things. The paper counterpart was issued with the photocard as there was no room on the plastic one to show bans or points.
The old paper licence is just that, a driving licence. It is perfectly legal to drive your own car or a hire car with that if you are a non-resident.
If you become resident, you must change the paper one to a photocard one because the paper one has an expiry date on your 70th birthday but residents in Spain must use the one with an expiry date 10 years after issue.
So, paper counterpart (now scrapped) is not the same as a paper driving licence.
Bye again
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Re: UK Driving Licence
by Sage » Mon May 01, 2017 12:18 pm
So as a UK resident with a UK photo card driving licence, driving their own Spanish car (not a hire car), in Spain, nobody in Spain (except their Spanish insurers) are going to know what convictions the driver has picked up in the uk ?
Th art seems crazy to me.
Th art seems crazy to me.
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Re: UK Driving Licence
by Dave c » Mon May 01, 2017 12:49 pm
Thanks for clearing that up marcliff I have a paper licence and I have printed off proof of no convictions so all OK.
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