Posted by Patricia on September 16, 2008, 2:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Driver's License Crisis"
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Thanks Scott- email was very, very helpful!
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: Hi again Patricia,
:
: Helpful Farrell moved to Ireland in the 90's
: then moved back to Ohio about a year ago. He
: sent on a series of information
: announcements from the Ohio Bureau of Motor
: Vehicles regarding renewing licenses. I've
: sent them on to the email address you used
: for the first post of this thread. Look for
: it in your email.
:
: Thanks, Farrell
:
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: Thank you so much Sandy and Scott!
:
: After initial panic, I think that he is just
: going to have to head home and get it
: sorted. You are right Scott, good excuse to
: visit family and friends and I think he is
: going to time it so he's there for
: Thanksgiving. Not going to risk it with
: insurance company with regards to driving on
: an expired license and I will just have to
: be his chauffeur until he gets home to sort
: it out!
:
: Sandy, as far as I know from a legal point
: of view you can drive for 12 months in
: Ireland on a US license. The question is
: when does this 12 months start? My husband
: got his Stamp 4 (or is it 3?) in June '07
: when we were married here but we didn't
: actually move to Ireland until January, he
: didn't get a PPS number until March, started
: paying taxes in July (a job finally,
: hurrah!)- so when do the 12 months start. We
: have been back and forth between here and
: the States for years spending at least 3
: months at a time in Ireland in each case- so
: the 12 months could have started at the
: beginning of any of these stays. I have
: asked the Gardai and lawyer friends about
: this and none of them seem to have a clue-
: anyone got any ideas? You are doing it
: right though, I believe, just bite the
: bullet and get the Irish license as soon as
: possible and be done with it- my husband is
: irritatingly stubborn and seems to think
: that if he ignores this fact it will just go
: away- hence why he is in this situation
: ("I've been driving for 15 years..blah,
: blah...")!
:
: Also, I know Americans who have their
: provisional license and are waiting for test
: dates who just use their U.S. license when
: they are stopped, thus avoiding any the
: restrictions on provisional license holders-
: they have had no problems at all.
:
: Thanks again for the words of advice- very
: much appreciated!
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: I am an American working in Ireland with a
: green card but have not yet purchased a car.
:
: My understanding is that as a tourist I
: could stay in Ireland for 3 months and
: during that time drive using my US driver’s
: license but that once I was alien resident I
: was required to get an Irish driver’s
: license.
:
: To that end I have passed the driver’s
: theory test and started the process of
: getting my permanent driver’s license.
:
: My US license is still good. Before I left
: the US I joined the American Automobile
: Association [AAA] and got an International
: Driver’s License, which I can renew annually
: on-line.
:
: It has been my intention to use my
: International Driver’s License until I get
: my permanent Irish Driver’s License to avoid
: the restrictions of the Learner’s Permit.
: Does anyone know if that is allowed?
:
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: This is a lawyer's question, but I'd be
: astounded if your insurance company gave a
: wink and nod about driving with an expired
: licence.
:
: Sounds like it's time to visit family and
: friends in Ohio. Aerlingus flights to
: Chicago are on sale right now.
: http://www.aerlingus.com I've done
: that
: flight a number of times and good thing is
: that not only do you get to see family, you
: also can pack in about 4 movies on the
: inflight screens in the seat back in front
: of you.
:
: Anyone else with a better solution or
: experience?
:
: Scott
:
: --Previous Message--
: Hello All,
:
: I was wondering if anyone could possibly
: help with this. My husband has got himself
: into a bit of a bind... He is a U.S.
: citizen and has a Ohio driver's license
: which he has cleverly let expire. We've
: been living in Ireland full time since
: January and he has been driving on his U.S.
: license since then. Having realised that he
: had let his license expire, he began
: investigating and it turns out that he has 6
: months to renew, however he has to present
: himself in person at the Ohio BMV (and would
: have had to anyway if he wanted to renew it
: even if he hadn't let it expire!). He then
: got all the forms to apply for his
: provisional, which he was going to get
: anyway, and it turns out that he has to have
: it for 6 months before he can take his test
: (or at least that's what he was told in the
: Sligo Motor Tax Office). This leaves him in
: a bit of a cruch (and me too as I have to be
: his chauffeur).
:
: Essentially what I was wondering was this:
: 1. Would it be legal (or get-awayable-with)
: to drive on his US license if it is expired
: and what about his insurance? 2. Has anyone
: had to renew their US licence and come upon
: the problem of having to actually be in the
: States to do so? If so what did they do?
:
: If anyone has any ideas I would really
: appreciate it! Thank you in adavnce!
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