Ukraine and the UK introduce the exchange of driver's licenses — Arsen Avakov
Today, May 20, “The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) Order 2021” came into force. Ukraine is now included in the list of so-called “designated countries”. This was stated by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov.
“Today, the document “The Driving Licences Order 2021” comes into force, according to which every citizen of Ukraine living in the UK will be able to exchange his driver's license for a similar document in the UK without exams! In the near future, we will introduce similar conditions for British drivers in Ukraine,” Arsen Avakov said.
It is worth noting that this act is the result of almost five years of fruitful work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine with British colleagues to assess the compliance of driver training standards in the two countries.
From now on, every Ukrainian citizen residing in the UK on legal grounds will be able to exchange his Ukrainian driver's license of certain categories for a British equivalent without the need to obtain a temporary British driver's license, as well as passing theoretical and practical exams.
The introduction of this procedure will create favorable conditions for Ukrainian citizens living in the UK and will save financial and time resources.
From the moment of moving to the UK and for 12 months, it is allowed to drive a car on the basis of a Ukrainian driver's license without the need to exchange it. After this period, the driver must exchange his license.
The exchange procedure can be applied both before and after the expiration of the specified period.
Currently, Ukraine is working on the introduction of similar conditions for the exchange of driver's licenses of UK citizens residing in our country.
