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EEA - Automatic Permanent Residency and DVLA application
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 1:28 pm
by pedvito
Hi everyone. My EEA residency stamp in my passport expired and it is my understanding that I do not have to apply for another one as I have been in the UK for 11 years and my partner who is Portuguese has been exercising treaty rights. My question is about applying for a drivers license. Will they insist on a UK passport or that I apply for an EEA4 stamp in my South African passport. For some reason not many public officials are familiar with the information that after 5 years you azutomatically have Permanent Residency. Any advice greatly appreciated. Also whom can I speak to to get clarification of my current residency status please.
Re: EEA - Automatic Permanent Residency and DVLA application
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 4:25 pm
by Universal soldier
Are you planning to apply new driving licence 1st time or you already have but want to extend it.
Re: EEA - Automatic Permanent Residency and DVLA application
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 5:17 pm
by pedvito
Hi thanks for the reply. I'm making a new application not renewal. 
Its a 1st time application.
Re: EEA - Automatic Permanent Residency and DVLA application
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 1:02 pm
by pedvito
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Re: EEA - Automatic Permanent Residency and DVLA application
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 2:31 pm
by Universal soldier
Why don't you get from your country the international driving licence to drive for some period until you get pr because when you will apply your first driving licence then have to send original passport and more likely they will see the expired visa and more likely not process even though the family member of EU national not need visa but they donot care of that.
Re: EEA - Automatic Permanent Residency and DVLA application
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 3:37 pm
by pedvito
Thank you for the suggestion. My country of origin is quite slow at processing such requests. I'm still hoping that it would just be case of applying forr the provisional license with my passsport as it is.
Re: EEA - Automatic Permanent Residency and DVLA application
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 3:38 pm
by Stefan-TR
Universal soldier wrote:Why don't you get from your country the international driving licence to drive for some period
Please disregard this advice, as
Driving in Great Britain on a non-GB licence is only allowed "for 12 months from when you became resident".
I don't know if the DVLA will recognise your automatic permanent residence. You can explain it in a cover letter and see what happens (the DVLA processing times are normally much faster than UKVI EEA applications). Or you wait a few months and apply for a PR card first.
Re: EEA - Automatic Permanent Residency and DVLA application
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 11:18 am
by pedvito
Thank you for the feedback. I will try the coverletter. I was hoping to get a driving license as soon as possible but it appears that this may be challenging. I appreciate all your comments, Thank you
Re: EEA - Automatic Permanent Residency and DVLA application
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 12:00 am
by chaoclive
pedvito wrote:Hi everyone. My EEA residency stamp in my passport expired and it is my understanding that I do not have to apply for another one as I have been in the UK for 11 years and my partner who is Portuguese has been exercising treaty rights. My question is about applying for a drivers license. Will they insist on a UK passport or that I apply for an EEA4 stamp in my South African passport. For some reason not many public officials are familiar with the information that after 5 years you azutomatically have Permanent Residency. Any advice greatly appreciated. Also whom can I speak to to get clarification of my current residency status please.
Does the non-EEA citizen automatically have PR? I thought it was just the EEA citizen who had this?