british driving license

[anngrimes78@msn]

i am planning to take lessons in driving and eventually want to get a license to drive here but im not sure if i can apply for one because im not yet british im on FLR visa. i need your advice on this please...
thanks.

[aromulus]

i am planning to take lessons in driving and eventually want to get a license to drive here but im not sure if i can apply for one because im not yet british im on FLR visa. i need your advice on this please...
thanks.

No problem at all, Ann.

You can apply anytime you want.

It will not be as easy as getting a licence in the Philippines (you cannot bribe anyone here...) , and more expensive, but the british licence is recognized world wide.

Good luck.

Jet & Dom

[KeithD]

Once you've got the license you can then get around 50 credit cards, use them to get mortgage, then claim bankruptcy.....!!!

[kimmi]

i am planning to take lessons in driving and eventually want to get a license to drive here but im not sure if i can apply for one because im not yet british im on FLR visa. i need your advice on this please...
thanks.

hi Anne, it is so easy to get a provisionary license here..like u I am on FLR visa and I got my license in just a week and so far taking lessons in driving..

maybe u like to read the thread Ive posted here..

http://filipinaroses.com/showthread....riving+license

Hope it helps.Goodluck..

Once you've got the license you can then get around 50 credit cards, use them to get mortgage, then claim bankruptcy.....!!!

[andypaul]

No problem at all, Ann.

You can apply anytime you want.

It will not be as easy as getting a licence in the Philippines (you cannot bribe anyone here...) , and more expensive, but the british licence is recognized world wide.

Good luck.

Jet & Dom

I accept Bribes you get nothing in return. But that will teach you for trying to Bribe someone

I feel I am providing a much need service.

On a serious tip Kimmis thread is full of useful info

[johncar54]

My wife got a provisional licnce within a day or two. A month later she was issued with her full non professional licence and an International Licence, without bribes, but she did have a relative who helped !

In Spain we went to an unused dual carriageway mfor her first lesson. She did not even know what I meant when I said release the handbrake.

So as someone said, a D/L issued in Phil may not mean anything!

[somebody]

I think the school of thought fom those i know who have moved from abroad and very limited experience of driving is to forget it all and start again.

Thats what the Wife has done from advice she has got from her friends.

[reginacarlson]

In fairness to Filipino drivers, they are braver and less intimidated when in comes to driving abroad, driving in another country is easier for them compare to the Philippine traffic they got used to which is always highly congested. Foreigners (drivers and passengers alike) in the Philippines are scared sh*tless from all the honking, bumper to bumper "gitgitan", and lane cutting Filipino drivers are known for.

[ballistix]

do you know if the international license that you can get here in the AAP Phil. is recognize or can be really use in UK?

[darren-b]

do you know if the international license that you can get here in the AAP Phil. is recognize or can be really use in UK?

As a vistor/new resident you can drive for up to a year on your Philippines driving license. But once you have been resident in the UK for more than a year your Philippines driving is no longer valid, and to continue driving you must obtain a full British driving license.

[aposhark]

i am planning to take lessons in driving........

Hi Ann,

Just remember this below, can be same advice for motorists:

Advice given to Royal Air Force pilots during World War II: 'When a prang (crash) seems inevitable, endeavor to strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity as slow and gently as possible.'

[aromulus]

Hi Ann,
endeavor to strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity as slow and gently as possible.'

Dog................... 1 point
Cat.....................3 point
Kid......................5 points
Fox......................20 points
Pensioner..............25 points
Female adult..........30 points
Male adult..............40 points......

[mhynne]

I also drove here in the UK with my one year driving license.. it runs out this saturday... unfortunately i havent passed my practical test yet.. ive failed twice...
my third test will be next tuesday so hopefully i pass it!
its hard going to work...

i suggest never underestimate the practical test here.. i know i have... ive been driving for 10 years in manila... since i was 18...but still i failed... 10 years of bad driving habits i guess...

[kimmi]

my third test will be next tuesday so hopefully i pass it!
its hard going to work...

Goodluck sis Mhynne, i am sure u can make it this time..

[mhynne]

Thanks sis kimmi... yeah fingers crossed... im definitely going to mass this weekend!

[joebloggs]

I also drove here in the UK with my one year driving license.. it runs out this saturday... unfortunately i havent passed my practical test yet.. ive failed twice...
my third test will be next tuesday so hopefully i pass it!
its hard going to work...

i suggest never underestimate the practical test here.. i know i have... ive been driving for 10 years in manila... since i was 18...but still i failed... 10 years of bad driving habits i guess...

oh my smilies are working
my misses had been driving for nearly 20yrs in the phils, when she came to the uk, she told me she was a good driver, soon as she got in the car, she got it stuck against the wall in the garden

and it took her 7 times to pass her practical test, but to be fair to her, some of her fails were not her fault, some times you need a bit of luck to go your way

7th time some idiot cut her up half way thru her test nearly causing a crash, the instructor gave her a couple of mins to calm down, and said did she want to stop the test or carry on, knees shaking she said no way she was stopping, shaken up she carried on, fearing she had failed, but passed, so even if you think you've failed carry on, you never know

[mhynne]

heheh yeah i do remember your post about your wife's experience in acquiring a driving license.. i honestly do remember that post a lot whenever i think about my own test...

i do believe driving in the uk and the philippines is really different...
cant imagine how many people driving in their foreign licenses right now.. that dont know how to go around the round about...

[DianaKevy]

I applied for provisionary driving license and it cost me £50. Visit www.dvla.gov.uk

hello fhars did u apply your license online?

[singkit]

If mhynne's been driving since she was 18 and failed 3 times and joebloggs' wife driving in Phils for 20 years and failed 6 times...I guess I have a very thin chance of passing it since I never drive a car at all. Oh yeah ,I remember driving a car in my dreams and crashed it against the wall Thanks God it was just a dream

[joebloggs]

If mhynne's been driving since she was 18 and failed 3 times and joebloggs' wife driving in Phils for 20 years and failed 6 times...I guess I have a very thin chance of passing it since I never drive a car at all. Oh yeah ,I remember driving a car in my dreams and crashed it against the wall Thanks God it was just a dream

no, not always , maybe they both had picked up bad driving habits and it took along time for them to forget them , like i said some of my wifes fails were down to bad luck, how the driving test instructor felt, where you take the test - some places have a higher 1st time pass rate than others !, what time you take the test, how you feel that day, who else is on the road when you take your test etc

[darren-b]

If mhynne's been driving since she was 18 and failed 3 times and joebloggs' wife driving in Phils for 20 years and failed 6 times...I guess I have a very thin chance of passing it since I never drive a car at all. Oh yeah ,I remember driving a car in my dreams and crashed it against the wall Thanks God it was just a dream

Personally I think it is an advantage not too have driven in the Philippines as it's too easy to have bad driving habits and be too confident. Just make sure you get a good driving instructor (often not sensible to get your husband to teach you..).

[mhynne]

yeah joebloggs and darren B are very true, singkit..
it took me a lot of practice to be able to get all my bad habits out...
and of course all the factors that surrounds you when you are doing the test...
esp now that its winter.. roads are slippery and it gets dark quite early...

[singkit]

Oh Wow! That's very encouraging! Thanks Joebloggs, Darrenb & Mhynne for keeping my hopes up
BTW, is it ok to file my first provisionary licence at this time even if I only been in the UK for 2years?
I visited dvla websites and it requires applicants to provide addresses of where we have lived over the
last three years

[darren-b]

Oh Wow! That's very encouraging! Thanks Joebloggs, Darrenb & Mhynne for keeping my hopes up
BTW, is it ok to file my first provisionary licence at this time even if I only been in the UK for 2years?
I visited dvla websites and it requires applicants to provide addresses of where we have lived over the
last three years

You might not be able to apply online, but you can definitely apply for a provisional licence. My wife had only been in the UK for about 8 months when she applied for her provisional licence and she got her full licence before she for ILR.

[kimmi]

BTW, is it ok to file my first provisionary licence at this time even if I only been in the UK for 2years?
I visited dvla websites and it requires applicants to provide addresses of where we have lived over the
last three years

I've applied my provisionary license last year right after i got my FLR and got it within a week..

i am sure no matter how hard their practical exam in here we can surely make it, just practice and practice and practice..

goodluck to all of us..

[joebloggs]

I visited dvla websites and it requires applicants to provide addresses of where we have lived over the
last three years

yes and also the DVLA tell the border agency if they find overstayers applying for driving licenses or if they think the passport or visa is fake

[singkit]

Wow! Thanks! This is why I love this site.
So many friendly and helpful people.
God Bless, everyone!

[mhynne]

im happy to say i have indeed passed my test earlier!
I was so happy i hugged the instructor and cried.... hehehe
thank you guys for your support...

[jta]

congrats mhynne!!

I'm planning to apply for provisional driving license. Is there any expiration date of that license? I mean if i can't have a lesson right after getting the license or can't take the test right away is there a duration period like in Philippines student driving is valid for 3 months only?

[bornatbirth]

in the uk the provisional license was 2 years before you need to take your test,that was a few years ago so it may of changed now but theres no point in getting one until you want to start taking a few lessons and take the test anyway.

for anyone already driving in the philipines i recommend getting a few driving lessons here,my wife as picked up to many bad habits before i let in my car,she already as a international license.

is there a highway code in the philipines because i dont think anyone uses it

one of my wifes bad habits is being unable to read a map she will drive near where shes going and ask someone,then drive there and ask again and again and again even with the map in front of her,i was telling her where to go and she still kept trying to go in another direction