Can I learn how to drive in the UK without a licence from my home country (Ireland)?

6 comments

1. Apply for a provisional licence. Wait for it to turn up in the post and then start driving lessons.

   Irish citizens have the right to live and work here(much like we do in Ireland), you won’t need anything other than a fixed address and maybe your passport.

   Your local post office should be able to help if you want to talk to a real person.

2. Yes, follow standard UK procedure.

   Furthermore – You are effectively treated as British in the UK. Just apply for a provisional.

3. As the others have said you are able to just apply for a provisional licence, then learn to drive.

   https://www.gov.uk/apply-first-provisional-driving-licence

4. Yup. As a UK resident you can, and should, apply for a UK provisional and follow the normal UK process to learn and hopefully pass your test here.

5. Given the present backlog you should get a test in ten or twelve years ..

6. I’m confused at everyone’s responses…Ireland isn’t in UK, unless you’re from NI but I assume not.