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Can we apply provisional driving licence if you have a COA?
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:20 pm
by cutesmile
I wondering if we can apply PDL while eea2 application in process...i made a application on 8th november 2011 and i have my coa on 8th december 2011 still waiting Rc.......i have a job and they require me to drive,my question is can i apply provisional driving licence with COA and photocopy of my passport?
Any information about it.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:38 pm
by Jambo
Call DVLA but I would guess - not.
A photocopy is not a very credible proof of ID. I would not want them to be issuing a licence (which serve as ID document for banks etc) based on a photocopy.
If you have an foreign licence and you are less than 1 year resident in the UK, your foreign licence is still valid (up to 1 year from becoming resident).
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:49 pm
by cutesmile
Jambo wrote:Call DVLA but I would guess - not.
A photocopy is not a very credible proof of ID. I would not want them to be issuing a licence (which serve as ID document for banks etc) based on a photocopy.
If you have an foreign licence and you are less than 1 year resident in the UK, your foreign licence is still valid (up to 1 year from becoming resident).
Thanks jumbo.
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:19 am
by Nimitta
Jambo wrote:
If you have an foreign licence and you are less than 1 year resident in the UK, your foreign licence is still valid (up to 1 year from becoming resident).
Depends on the country that issued the driver licence. If it is a EU country licence it will be valid indefinitely.
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:44 am
by Jambo
Nimitta wrote: If it is a EU country licence it will be valid indefinitely.
True. EU licences are actually valid until the age of 70 or 3 years of residence (the later between the two) but I guess that is considered indefinitely....