kiki44
New Member
Hello,
I am an EU driving licence holder and I was convicted of drink driving on 07/11/2014 and sentenced to a 2 year ban with a 25% time reduction subject to attending rehabilitation course by 05/03/16. I also fell under the HRO category - I was so horrified that I have been nearly tea total since then.
I have successfully completed the course well within the time period required (Feb 2015) and I am fast approaching the end of my ban which by my reckoning should be 07/05/2016.
The courts did not retain my driving licence yet all the information on the DVLA website states that my licence will be returned to me when I am allowed to drive in the UK again. I have tried to contact them to confirm my entitlement to drive again (soon) to no avail - their automated service does not suit the non UK licence holder.
Am I to assume that I can legally get behind the wheel of my car on 07/05 or do I need to do anything else? The rehabilitation course instructors did tell me repeatedly to contact DVLA but it is proving to be nigh on impossible to talk to a human being on the matter as they only have option for UK licence holders.
Any advice would be extremely appreciated?
Many thanks,
K
I am an EU driving licence holder and I was convicted of drink driving on 07/11/2014 and sentenced to a 2 year ban with a 25% time reduction subject to attending rehabilitation course by 05/03/16. I also fell under the HRO category - I was so horrified that I have been nearly tea total since then.
I have successfully completed the course well within the time period required (Feb 2015) and I am fast approaching the end of my ban which by my reckoning should be 07/05/2016.
The courts did not retain my driving licence yet all the information on the DVLA website states that my licence will be returned to me when I am allowed to drive in the UK again. I have tried to contact them to confirm my entitlement to drive again (soon) to no avail - their automated service does not suit the non UK licence holder.
Am I to assume that I can legally get behind the wheel of my car on 07/05 or do I need to do anything else? The rehabilitation course instructors did tell me repeatedly to contact DVLA but it is proving to be nigh on impossible to talk to a human being on the matter as they only have option for UK licence holders.
Any advice would be extremely appreciated?
Many thanks,
K