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old driving licence will be destroyed by IMT ???

Last activity 17 May 2021 by Trevor Lawrance

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MJ JH

"They will ask you to mail your old driving licence to IMT headquarters in Lisbon where it will be destroyed."


is this a requirement for EU citizens only , or non-EU citizens also ?

how come IMT can destroy a driving license issued by non-EU country ?

what if we apply a replaced DL at our home country

JohnnyPT

Hi MJ JH, 
The forum is for giving some guidelines only... Any questions should be asked directly to IMT:
http://www.imt-ip.pt/sites/IMTT/Portugu … /Sede.aspx

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For drivers with driving licences issued in Singapore, and who take up residence in Portugal:

http://www.imt-ip.pt/sites/IMTT/Portugu … acoes.aspx

A troca de carta estrangeira por Portuguesa, sem necessidade de realização de qualquer prova de exame de condução, mas obrigando os condutores a requerer a troca no prazo de dois anos, contados a partir da data da fixação da residência em Portugal, pode ser pedida nas seguintes situações:
...

- Países aderentes às Convenções Internacionais de Trânsito Rodoviário – Detentores de títulos de condução emitidos por países estrangeiros, em conformidade com o anexo n.º 9 da Convenção Internacional de Genebra, de 19 de setembro de 1949, sobre circulação rodoviária, ou com o anexo n.º 6 da Convenção Internacional de Viena, de 8 de novembro de 1968, sobre circulação rodoviária;

...

Para emissão da carta de condução por troca são necessários os seguintes documentos:
- Entrega do original da carta de condução válida e definitiva;

....

MMello

What Americans do is ask for a replacement in the US.

Trevor Lawrance

What they are meant todo is cut the corners off the same as replaced passports and send these back to the country of issue. Thatis what is meant to happen legally. However, in Portugal anythingcan happen!

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