davewa6280 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Has anyone re-newed their UK driving licence when moving back to UK from Aus, I believe your licence is cancelled when you leave the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERYSTORMY Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Your license is not cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 2 hours ago, davewa6280 said: Has anyone re-newed their UK driving licence when moving back to UK from Aus, I believe your licence is cancelled when you leave the UK No, it isn't cancelled, it's still there. You just need to fill in a form and send it off to the DVLA and you'll get it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKC Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 As the others have said, it isn't cancelled. We've recently gone through this process. You need to look up on the Royal Mail website and find a post office that can do DVLA applications. We just went in with our old licenses, passports, proof of our new address (we took our tenancy agreement), the lady in the post office gave us the forms which we filled in, and then we went into a little booth for the photos and to do an electronic signature. The old licenses were sent off, and within about a week the new ones were in our hands. I don't know if the process is different if you don't have your old license though. The worst part about it, was that we did it the day after we landed back in the UK, so we were both severely jet-lagged, and consequently our driving license photos make us both look like they were made with police mug shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 10 hours ago, LKC said: As the others have said, it isn't cancelled.... We just went in with our old licenses, I didn't have my old licence any more, so I had to fill in a form and post it to the DVLA. Even though I'd been out of the country for over 30 years, I got my licence no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewa6280 Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Hahahaaa, LKC, my wife says "I know what you mean!" Thanks for your detailed response. thanks to all for replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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