bunyip, Australian expat in Portugal

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Drivers license exchange timeline by sponger

For those who succesfully exchanged their foreign drivers licenses for a Portguese licence, I'm curious how long it took for you to recieve your new PT license? And in which IMT office?i moved to Lisbon in January '22 and had my appointment at IMT ...

@machodan Those form OECD can stay on their home licence until expiry/renewal or ?? 1 or 2 ?? years if resident. Over 60, you have to have a more stringent medical when exchanging lic's, but you can exchange upto 6 months before age 60, which is ... Read More

bunyip replied to a thread

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Drivers license exchange timeline by sponger

For those who succesfully exchanged their foreign drivers licenses for a Portguese licence, I'm curious how long it took for you to recieve your new PT license? And in which IMT office?i moved to Lisbon in January '22 and had my appointment at IMT ...

@donn25 Your old country of residence won't give you one if you're no longer a reisdent - I know this, through recent experience (yesterday). Read More

bunyip replied to a thread

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Drivers license exchange timeline by sponger

For those who succesfully exchanged their foreign drivers licenses for a Portguese licence, I'm curious how long it took for you to recieve your new PT license? And in which IMT office?i moved to Lisbon in January '22 and had my appointment at IMT ...

@Dome 91 Yes, you can. I did recently. However, the foreign one had expired adn my home country wouldn't issue another, given I'm no longer a resident. However, I was also given a document to say I'm authorised to drive; aonly inm y home country and ... Read More

bunyip replied to a thread

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Drivers license exchange timeline by sponger

For those who succesfully exchanged their foreign drivers licenses for a Portguese licence, I'm curious how long it took for you to recieve your new PT license? And in which IMT office?i moved to Lisbon in January '22 and had my appointment at IMT ...

@sponger From what i saw at IMT Faro recently - you must collect the card. Read More

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