![]() The paperwork that comes with the license doesn't say anything about the restriction, actually, and there are no obvious words on the license itself about a restriction. But as expected, his new UK license is restricted to automatic transmission vehicles. The good news is that it was a very quick process: we sent the application documents with his Canadian license in the post 2 weeks ago, and we received his new UK license in the post last week. So we decided to just send in his Canadian license, and see what would happen - knowing that if it was restricted to automatic transmission, then so be it for now, and maybe sometime in the future he would do the road test for a manual vehicle. But honestly, we had no appetite for enduring whatever bureaucracy that might entail (time ticking, my husband has been in UK almost a year, gotta get his UK license ASAP). Our Canadian drivers licenses have no indication about the type of car we are able to drive, and we had no means to prove we could drive manual.other than to take the UK road test, as another poster already suggested. Manual gearbox (with or without synchromesh) no problem, I could handle a double-declutching "crash box" lorry but didn't know how to put an automatic in gear without a clutch! I had never come across an automatic before and was not at all sure as to how to drive it. I can recall back in the 1970s being flummoxed when faced for the first time with a hire car that turned out to be an automatic. Or as we say 'thats just the way it is."It's weird that they simply assume you can drive an automatic. ![]() Looks like a common problem for other countries like Canada, USA etc. Perhaps that might be easier in the long run? Otherwise its take your UK license time from what I can see. I suggest contacting the NZ transport agency and hope they have a record of the type of car the license was taken on and can provide some form of accepted validation. Seems the DVLA is well aware of the NZ Transport Agency's rule allowing people to drive manual even if they took there license on an automatic (Restricted License is different). Well thats an interesting little conundrum.
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