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Exchanging your UK licence for an overseas one \u2013 is it necessary, and can I hire a car during the process?<\/h2>\n

With Brexit constantly looming ahead there is a lot of uncertainty currently among expats when it comes to hiring a car back in the UK <\/a>\u2013 do you need to swap your licence over to your country of residence, do you need to keep the UK one, and can you hire a car whilst in the process of switching it over? Hopefully we can clear this up for you below. <\/p>\n

Can I keep my UK licence?<\/h2>\n

So, first of all, why shouldn\u2019t you just keep your current UK licence, and why would having a UK licence affect your ability to rent a car? Well the main reason is that with a UK licence, a large majority of suppliers do something called an electronic address check upon arrival \u2013 this involves checks such as your current address matching your licence, paying council tax at that address and being on the electoral roll. Now as you can imagaine, if you are living abroad you are practically guaranteed to fail this check, and if you do fail the supplier wouldn\u2019t release the car to you, possibly leaving you stranded at the airport. With an overseas licence though you bypass these checks, as long as you have some proof of your return flights with you, such as a boarding pass. Depending on the country you\u2019ve moved to also there are often restrictions to keeping a UK licence there once we\u2019ve left the EU, feel free to check the government website for a breakdown on this. <\/p>\n

Am I able to rent a car whilst my licence is being switched over?<\/h2>\n

With wait times at all time high from the Brexit backup, it\u2019s very possible that you may be facing weeks without a licence while it\u2019s being switched over, and may very well need to hire a car within this period. This can be quite a tricky area as essentially at this point your licence is in limbo, it\u2019s not as easy as a simple DVLA check that we can do with a lost licence<\/a> \/ expired photocard<\/a>. Luckily though we have managed to arrange a solution for this with one of our suppliers, you would just need to ensure you have some extra ID with you:<\/p>\n