How to exchange an EU driving licence for a UK driving licence in 2024

[@artify_with_nick]

I was so overwhelmed by the 16-page booklet of information at first, but your video made everything so much more clear and simplified. Thank you :)

[@camyinwonderworld]

Believe me, I was overwhelmed, too! That’s why I thought filming this video would be useful. Thanks for commenting, glad I could help! 🤗

[@lukesilvamusic]

Grazie!

[@dragosdarlea8112]

Hello Camy! Nice presentation,liked the details and screenshots during it...good job!

[@camyinwonderworld]

Hello there! Thanks very much, glad I could help 😀

[@f3d0n4k0z]

Great video and full of details. You have helped me a lot! Thank you

[@camyinwonderworld]

Thanks for commenting 🤗 I'm really glad you found this video useful!

[@giorgiac1697]

Dear Camy, thank you for your video, its was so helpful!! Just one question, did you use a standard envelope or a tracked one?

[@camyinwonderworld]

Dear Giorgia, you’re most welcome and thanks for your comment! 🤗 Glad I could help. I let the employee at the post office advise me and I’m pretty sure it was a tracked one… Having to send my original Italian licence, I wanted to have peace of mind 😬

[@gaborkiss4011]

Thanks. The sharecode part was a big relief for me. I definietly do not want to send my passport to them. Parcels and letters "sometimes" get lost at Royal Mail....

[@camyinwonderworld]

You’re very welcome! I totally get you, I wouldn’t have liked sending my passport either 😅

[@martinserafino]

Hey ciao davvero un video molto utile ! Solo una domanda. Non hai spedito il passaporto o nessun documento identificativo visto che hai messo lo share code ?

[@camyinwonderworld]

Ciao! Grazie, sono contenta che sia servito 🤗 No esatto, scrivendo lo share cose non ho dovuto spedire carta d’identità o passaporto, solo la mia patente italiana.

[@Ali-ur1js]

Hello camy! Nice video, i just want to know in your case did you signed the photo to verify identity. Because my case is same but different country ( Portugal). Thanks

[@camyinwonderworld]

Hello Ali! Thank you :) Me personally (with pre-settled status, share code and having included my original Italian licence in the envelope) I did not have to sign the photo and everything went well! Good luck!

[@Nartakh]

Really great video! Informative, to the point and good pace. Also as a fellow millennial, I love the humour 😂

[@camyinwonderworld]

Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it! 😃

[@saverio4400]

Grazie, molto utile!

[@camyinwonderworld]

Contenta che sia servito! Grazie del commento 😀

[@saverio4400]

@@camyinwonderworld Avevo visto alcuni video in altri canali ma nessuno è chiaro come il tuo, grazie ancora.

[@camyinwonderworld]

Mi fa molto piacere! Grazie mille 😃

[@splatinteractivegames]

Very good, informative video, thank you

[@camyinwonderworld]

Glad it was useful, thanks for your comment! 🤗

[@olegskurdjukovs6221]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@Byursh]

Very useful video. If for any reason I eventually decide to come back to Italy for few years, can I use the exchanged uk driving licences there without the need of recharge it? I want to be sure so if that’s possible then I’ll change my own as well :) Also, as you said that you issued your licence in 2013, how long would the exchange licence be valid for?

[@camyinwonderworld]

Thank you for commenting, glad it was useful! 😊 If you move back to Italy and shift your residence back there, after one year of residence you’ll need to exchange it back with an Italian one. You can drive in Italy with your British driving licence however long it is if you’re just there on holiday. I got my Italian driving licence at the end of 2013 and it expired in June 2024 (on my birthday, as they do). So it basically lasted 10 years and a half (depending on when your birthday is, but it’s valid for 10 years more or less). Hope this helps!

[@Byursh]

@@camyinwonderworld ok :) so let me understand properly before going ahead with the exchange: I’ve issued my Italian driving licence in 2019 and it will expire in 2030. So, if I change it now, would the exchanged one expire as it was in the Italian one or it will be extended for 10 years? ( like… let’s say 2024 now till 2035)

[@camyinwonderworld]

Well, I’m not 100% sure so I would ask the embassy or do further research, but given my experience my new UK driving licence is going to expire in April 2034 (and I got it in April 2024), so I would think the expiration date of the European one doesn’t really matter, once you get the UK one it’s going to expire 10 years later.

[@GuptaGurung-n1z]

Thank you your video helps a lot 👍👍👍👍

[@camyinwonderworld]

@@GuptaGurung-n1z thanks for your comment! I’m glad it helped 😃

[@giuls_edits]

Grazie!! Al postal order hai dovuto aggiungere nulla a penna? tipo nome, data di nascita, etc?

[@camyinwonderworld]

@@giuls_edits Figurati! 🤗 Non ho aggiunto niente al postal order perché ci ha pensato l’impiegato della posta… io ho solo pagato :)

[@YesWec]

Ciao Camilla. Grazie della info.. com'è andata? Patente cambiata con successo?

[@camyinwonderworld]

Ciao e grazie a te del commento! È andato tutto bene, patente UK arrivata dopo circa 10 giorni :)

[@YesWec]

@@camyinwonderworldperfetto!complimenti. quindi senza fare nessuna esame? Cambiare direttamente la patente Italiana, anche se in Inghitera guidano a sinistra? Grazie ancora

[@camyinwonderworld]

@@YesWec grazie! Con la mia patente italiana ancora in corso di validità e completa (non ho mai perso punti) non ho dovuto fare nessun esame, non so se ci siano casi in cui si debba fare. Anche se nel Regno Unito guidano a sinistra, si.

[@YesWec]

Grazie infinita, Camilla. La tua situazione mi fa sperare. Sono molto contento. Mi iscrivo subito alla tua canale

[@isaakmali9888]

Hi there , the video is very helpful. I want to ask if they need any proof of address or ID except your previous Driving licence you suppose to send them , thanks!

[@camyinwonderworld]

Hello! I’m glad it was helpful 😀 The original EU driving licence was enough, I imagine the share code will also help them to verify your address.

[@isaakmali9888]

@@camyinwonderworld perfect , thanks very much for your time🙏

[@Gabensy]

Hi Did you put inside proof of that you paid.? I mean postal order receipt, looks like a check.

[@camyinwonderworld]

Hello! I gave everything to the employee at the post office as I paid there through a postal order so yes he wrote/added everything that was necessary!

[@Gabensy]

@@camyinwonderworld 😁 Grazie😚

[@MaliniChinapen]

Ciao Camilla Grazie a te sono riuscita a compilare il modulo. Ma adesso mi rendo conto la donne spedito la lettera sul post code sbagliato 😢 Cosa dovrò fare adesso

[@camyinwonderworld]

Ciao! Bene, sono contenta che il video ti sia stato utile, grazie per il commento 😊 Comunque c’era scritto sul leaflet che se sbagli il post code ma invii la lettera al loro centro a Swansea ci mettono si di più a trovare il giusto dipartimento, ma dovrebbe arrivare lo stesso! 🤞🏻

[@KunchoMitkov-zm9qv]

100 point for you tank so for information

[@camyinwonderworld]

You’re very welcome! Glad I helped 😀

[@mamdouhmohamed1321]

Thank you! Can i ask if i got my driving licence in Italy from 1 year, are there some limitations to the car types i should drive?

[@camyinwonderworld]

You’re very welcome! 😊 I’m afraid I don’t know the details, sorry. There must be, but I don’t know if it depends solely on age or on the driving licence, too. In Italy there are cars for “neopatentati” (people who just got their driving licence), they’re 75 cavalli, so there must be…

[@mamdouhmohamed1321]

Thank you for your kindness, grazie cara! 😊

[@masterq3a]

Hi Camy, im going to exchange my EU license to the UK one. How did you paid that £43 fee?

[@camyinwonderworld]

Hello there! :) You can pay with a cheque or with a postal order. I paid at the post office with a postal order when I went to send everything away!

[@masterq3a]

@@camyinwonderworld thanks!

[@alessandrovesta5225]

Hi did you put an extra envelope inside with a 1st class stamp too for them to return it to you or it isn't needed? Thank you

[@camyinwonderworld]

Hi! Once you send them your Italian driving licence to exchange it with a UK one they won’t return it, they’ll only send you your new British one. I don’t know if you’re referring to an I.D., too, but I didn’t include an envelope/stamp because I didn’t need to send them my original I.D./passport, as I had a pre-settled status (I’ve got a settled one now) I proved my identity with a share code. Hope this helps!

[@alessandrovesta5225]

​@@camyinwonderworldthank you for you reply. Where did you write your right to live in UK share code? In the passport number spaces?

[@camyinwonderworld]

@@alessandrovesta5225 you’re very welcome. Not in the passport space, you leave that blank. In the same section (“Proving your identity” or something along those lines) you will have the space to write the share code. I don’t have that leaflet anymore but I think I remember this. Good luck!

[@ruiduarte7703]

Helpfull, Thanks

[@camyinwonderworld]

Glad it was helpful! 🤗

[@jawadmalik4580]

Do u send passports to change eu licence if you eu licence is valid here anyway till 70 years.

[@janecappelletti9265]

10 pounds is definitley expensive for a booth photograph. Over here it is 6 euro. But worse is renewing your British passport, they now charge 249 pounds!!!!!

[@camyinwonderworld]

Everything is getting more and more expensive… Who knows if it’s ever going to stop.

[@jomalgeorge]

Thank you. But do you know how long should i wait that i could change my EU license to Uk. Some says 90days and some says 6 months after entering uk

[@camyinwonderworld]

Glad the video helped! If I remember correctly, the leaflet said that you need to have lived in the UK at least 6 months prior to applying for a licence…

[@jjs95100]

I have an Irish driving licence and the DVLA told me I don't need to change my EU licence to UK until my 70th birthday

[@sanjeetatamang8762]

Hey cami did you receive the refund cheque after you received the license?

[@camyinwonderworld]

Hello! Thanks for watching 😊 I didn’t receive a refund cheque, but I wasn’t waiting for a refund 🧐 I only paid what I owed to get the licence.

[@vladnini22]

@@camyinwonderworldhi Did you put in the envelope when you’ve sent it, only the driving license or the passport aswell? Only the license Or The license + passport? Thanks

[@camyinwonderworld]

@@vladnini22 hello! Only my Italian driving licence. I didn’t send my passport, because I had a share code. You’re very welcome! 😊

[@vladnini22]

@@camyinwonderworld thanks!

[@nikolajezikova5350]

Hi just want to ask where i have to write share code. Which white box is it ? And also do i have to send my EU ID card when i have share code and settle status in Uk or i don't need to. Thank you

[@camyinwonderworld]

Hello! You’ve got to write the share code in the section where they ask you to prove your identity. I don’t have the leaflet anymore unfortunately so I cannot tell which section is it. Maybe 4 or 5. I don’t think you need to send your EU ID because I also have a share code and a status, and it wasn’t necessary. We are in a similar situation. I only needed to send away my original Italian licence. Hope this helps! 😊

[@georgiosgrc7353]

Sorry my darling, I need to envelope my passport and send there as well?

[@jockcantlay745]

CAUTION: This is NOT a serious comment and should be taken with an "aggiungiamo un pizzico di sale". As a native Scot not much of this vlog was relevant to me - well none actually, but your "deadpan" presentation was excellent, and may I say, your sense of humour is definitely Scottish . " without glasses /lenses for driving I would be a danger to the world"!! Also the remark about passport photos (£10.00???) was very apposite. I have Italian friends working with me and I will pass this vlog on to them. The serious message is that the world will not end with climate change, or nuclear war , or a plague, but under a massive mountain of bureaucratic paper with civil servants in charge . Your presentation as always was excellent. Have you ever considered acting as a career? 🤔

[@camyinwonderworld]

Thanks for watching even if it wasn’t relevant and for telling your Italian colleagues about this video - if they need the information! I love deadpan humour, so I really appreciate your comment 😃

[@jockcantlay745]

You will need your Scottish genes to appreciate this comedian , but his comedy is both surreal and deadpan. Somebody in your family may know him. ?? Chic Murray.

[@jockcantlay745]

Ok my Turin boys say ciao to the polentoni 😂 but thank you also. One has his UK licence the other is applying.

[@camyinwonderworld]

@@jockcantlay745well well I would think they eat polenta in Turin, too!!! 😒

[@jockcantlay745]

I apologise on behalf of my friends from Turin. They DO eat polenta.

[@vinodak1]

Hello, I am an Indian and I live in the UK now. I have a Croatian driving licence . So can i exchange my driver's license?

[@AmjadKhan-8394]

If you pass in Croatia 🇭🇷 the you change it. If you already convert indian driving licence to Croatian you cannot change 2nd time

[@rinsonrapheal795]

Did you convert licence

[@jjs95100]

I have an Irish driving licence and the DVLA told me I don't need to change my EU licence to UK until my 70th birthday 😊

[@rdvandenis6424]

did you send your passport ? I"m Bulgarian so I"m EU Citizen too. Am I need to send ?

[@rdvandenis6424]

I just wrote my sharecode. I applied from online already I have felt other needed.

[@camyinwonderworld]

No, I only wrote my share code and sent my original Italian driving licence, there was no need to send my passport.

[@rdvandenis6424]

@@camyinwonderworld thank’s a lot !!! I’m gonna take my first Driving Licence !!!!!!

[@camyinwonderworld]

@@rdvandenis6424 you’re very welcome! Congrats 🥳 🚙

[@TonalGuruji]

Do we have to send original EU driving with this form ?

[@keremdogan8949]

Yes you need to send original eu driving license to

[@catalindragu8513]

Did you recive the uk license by now?

[@camyinwonderworld]

I did yes, I wrote it at the end of the video. It took 10 days more or less… Very quick!

[@catalindragu8513]

@@camyinwonderworld I saw right after i posted. Thanks for the info.. Cuz of my EU license they were asking 11 000 more pounds on my car finance... so i need to change it. Keep up the good work. Thanks

[@camyinwonderworld]

Oh my! It surely makes a difference to have a UK one then… glad I could help! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Angel.cakeys]

@@camyinwonderworldsorry to ask, was your driving license dated as new date or as your Italian one?

[@camyinwonderworld]

@@Angel.cakeysno worries at all! It’s dated new, it’s going to expire in 10 years’ time. I renewed it as my Italian licence would have expired 3 days ago :)

[@Angel.cakeys]

Did you get your driving license?

[@camyinwonderworld]

Yes I did! 10 days after sending all the documents away :)

[@Angel.cakeys]

@@camyinwonderworld sorry, I noticed it in the video and comments after I posted that one I have just received my id card back and a letter saying license will follow in other letter within 2 weeks, hopefully it will be faster

[@alessandrovesta5225]

​@@Angel.cakeyshi after how long did you get you ID back? I'm scared they lose my passport

[@Angel.cakeys]

@@alessandrovesta5225 got my ID back in around 10 days and then in 2 more days got my license

[@Angel.cakeys]

@@alessandrovesta5225 I bought a tracked service and put that envelope inside the one I sent to them, they used my envelope to send my documents back

[@DGPPhysics]

I rather stay with a EU driving licence than, change to British since UK come out EU they driving licence turn in something useless.

[@Angel.cakeys]

In this case you will pay 300-400£ more for insurance unfortunately.

[@ruiduarte7703]

@@Angel.cakeys non true, It depends a lot of other criteria

[@Angel.cakeys]

@@ruiduarte7703 insurance companies charge more for non gb license

[@shaiksohail1632]

How to verify italian license genuine or not?

[@camyinwonderworld]

I believe the UK government can verify that in 2 seconds 😂😂😂

[@noushadnoushad756]

Hi camilla how are you,you come to india gods own country kerala

[@cliffordbicknell6447]

NOT unless they pass a Stringent British driving test and only then.

[@camyinwonderworld]

I didn’t need to do a driving test in the United Kingdom. I did my driving test in Italy 10 years ago and that’s it.