Car...How to re-register??? Documents?

[MataMata]

I can't answer to what happened 20 years ago, maybe such documents were destroyed then, but if you previously held a full UK licence your entitlement to that has not changed. If you were to return to UK you could surrender your current French licence for a nice shiny new UK photo one.

You can check your entitlement by applying to DVLA for a Letter of Entitlement which cost's £5 (credit cards accepted) which can in fact be used to obtain a French licence in cases where a UK one has been lost or destroyed and cannot be replaced via DVLA as they will not post a replacement to an address outside the UK.

I know of one or two people who have used this route in order to hang onto their UK licences whilst also taking out a French one. This is futile as it is illegal to hold 2 EU licences at the same time and the most recent one, i.e. the French one, effectively invalidates the former.

[frogblogger]

Originally Posted by MataMata

If you were to return to the UK .../...

Well I haven't gone completely insane, and there are still around a hundred or so other countries in the world where I would rather live, so I can happily rule that possibility out! Even if it means missing out on a shiny new UK photo licence

As it happens I'm waiting for a shiny new French licence from the local Préfecture, as well as a shiny new international one, the original French licence which was printed on something resembling tissue paper having virtually disintegrated. Three weeks so far, no sign yet.

[MataMata]

Originally Posted by frogblogger

Well I haven't gone completely insane, and there are still around a hundred or so other countries in the world where I would rather live, so I can happily rule that possibility out! Even if it means missing out on a shiny new UK photo licence

Only been in France for about 3 years but a resounding Here Here from me on that