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Can I renew my UK driving licence using my French address?
Having homes in France and the UK may mean regular driving in both countries
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Waze sends thousands of drivers a day through small village in France
‘Our streets are not designed to cope with this amount of traffic’ the mayor says of the so-called ‘Waze effect’
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How do I replace my stolen UK driving licence? I am French resident
Stolen licences must be reported to the police
Problems of private plates
Be aware, if you have private car number plates you wish to sell and are about to move to France, make sure to sell them BEFORE the move.
I had hoped to sell mine but was informed by the DVLA that this was not possible as the car had been officially exported and needed to be “available for inspection”.
Their advice was to take the car back to the UK, re-register, MOT the car and then the plates could be sold – highly impractical!
Interestingly, the UK website through which I had hoped to sell seemed unaware of this.
Peter Hays, by email