driving licence translation

[Lanason]

does anyone know where I can get a translation of my Egyptian driving licence

[Whiskey96]

Be interesting to know why you want a translation.......
My Egyptian licence is valid for 10 years.... 5 more to go.....
As far as I know, it says that I have a full licence, and am a furrrigner...

[Lanason]

when i go back to uk I will hire a car - but as a uk resident i need photocard and paper copy - paper copy in in uk house not at airport
but as foreign resident - foreign driving licence is ok as long as it has a translation !!!!!!

[SHendra]

Originally Posted by Lanason

when i go back to uk I will hire a car - but as a uk resident i need photocard and paper copy - paper copy in in uk house not at airport
but as foreign resident - foreign driving licence is ok as long as it has a translation !!!!!!

Different documents I know but I had to have somethings translated for my lad passport AND for his birth certifcate. Our Embassy has a listing of translaters they recommend here in Egypt. Alex's and Cairo. Translators list

Not sure if that helps but it will come stamped etc.

[PoleDancer]

Lanason. Maybe I'm missing something here, but is what you need perhaps an International Driving Permit? That's basically a multi-language translation of your driving licence.

The Ministry site suggests these are issued by The Egyptian Cars Club.

Edit. Whilst 'Yahoo Answers' is normally a route only to idiot anwers contributed by semi-literate twelve-year-olds, the answers here and here sound plausible.

[marenostrum]

Originally Posted by Lanason

when i go back to uk I will hire a car - but as a uk resident i need photocard and paper copy - paper copy in in uk house not at airport
but as foreign resident - foreign driving licence is ok as long as it has a translation !!!!!!

if you still have your uk licence why do you need a permit?

so long as you have not told the dvla that you are abroad you will not have an issue. All they want is a uk address on their system.

[Lanason]

i need the paper copy as well - which is in my house in the UK

[MaidenScotland]

Egyptian driving licences should not be recognised anywhere else in the world.

My doctor told me a story about another doctor who was driving on the autoban in Germany and he justmissed the turn off and so like a good Egyptian driver he just reversed down the autoban to the slip road and then drove on to it only to be arrested and sent for a menatl heath evalution as the german police told him only a crazy man would reverse down the autoban.

[MaidenScotland]

To hire a car in the UK using a British driving licence requires that you show your paper licence as well as the plastic card one. Crazy

[marenostrum]

Originally Posted by Lanason

i need the paper copy as well - which is in my house in the UK

you can exchange the old paper type for the new card licence. Can you get someone to fetch it for you and send to dvla on your behalf?