Foreign driving licences

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Exchange a foreign driving licence

Find out how to exchange your non-British driving licence for a British licence
Driving in Great Britain on a non-GB licence

Use this tool to see if you can drive in Great Britain with your non-GB driving licence
Application to register a non-GB driving licence (form D9)

You will need to use a D9 form to register a non-GB driving licence with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).

UK-Italy sign agreement on exchange of driving licences
- 23 December 2022
- World news story
Law on driving licence exchange tightened to improve road safety
- 15 January 2013
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and Department for Transport
- Press release

Ukraine driving licence exchange
- 7 July 2023
- Department for Transport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 02 May 2023
Exchange of driving licences issued in Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, Ukraine and the Republic of North Macedonia
- 5 May 2021
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 23 December 2020
Exchange of driving licences issued in the Cayman Islands
- 20 April 2018
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 30 August 2017
Amendments to UK law to ensure compliance with the third European Commission (EC) Driving Licence Directive 2006/126/EC
- 28 July 2015
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and Closed organisation: Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 13 February 2015
Exchange of large bus and lorry driving licences issued in Switzerland
- 30 January 2015
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 27 February 2015