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Hello,
My husband and I have valid SA driver's licences. We have been in the UK for 1 year and 21 days. We started driving in Oct 2016. We thought our drivers' licenses could be used for up to 18 months, but I've now learned it is 12 months.
Our options are to exchange our SA licences and get UK licences (losing the SA licence card) OR apply for a provisional licence, do the theory and practical tests and get the licence that way.
My questions are:
1. If we exchange our licence cards for UK licences, can we drive with these in SA?
2. Since we are now over the 12 month mark, I assume we may not drive using our SA licences, but have to wait for the UK licences to come through first?
(is there any grace period, or was the 12 months the grace period?)
3. Is the test route better than the exchange route or just a matter of convenience? Any advice? I would have preferred to keep my SA licence card for as long as its valid in case I need it in visits to SA.
Thanks!
My husband and I have valid SA driver's licences. We have been in the UK for 1 year and 21 days. We started driving in Oct 2016. We thought our drivers' licenses could be used for up to 18 months, but I've now learned it is 12 months.
Our options are to exchange our SA licences and get UK licences (losing the SA licence card) OR apply for a provisional licence, do the theory and practical tests and get the licence that way.
My questions are:
1. If we exchange our licence cards for UK licences, can we drive with these in SA?
2. Since we are now over the 12 month mark, I assume we may not drive using our SA licences, but have to wait for the UK licences to come through first?
(is there any grace period, or was the 12 months the grace period?)
3. Is the test route better than the exchange route or just a matter of convenience? Any advice? I would have preferred to keep my SA licence card for as long as its valid in case I need it in visits to SA.
Thanks!