will my license be recognized in NSW?

[iChris]

I'm heading back to NSW early next year to visit family, and I'm just wondering if my WA drivers license (I'm fully licensed here) would be recognized over there as I know p platers in NSW have to wait much longer to get their open license.

I've just got off my p's here in WA (2 years all up) and I've got a WA license that says I'm fully licensed and non probationary and a completely clean record with no infringements. I just don't want to get there after organizing a hire car and find out that I'm subject to all the backwards laws over there.

 

[Super_Low 91]

From a quick little research i done you abide by the licence restrictions for the state of issue, so being an open licence driver then thats the licence you have in all states

 

[iChris]

thanks. I think I'll phone the government entity in NSW that handles licensing just to confirm anyway.

 

[Drawnnite]

you follow your own states licence.

ive personally contacted NSW RTA and the NSW Police (just over the border,so would get a lot of vic drivers) about it and they both have said whatever you states licence is, is what you go by.
unless your a Learner, then its 80kph for you due to it not being a licence condition but an actual road rule/law.

 

[iChris]

Thanks. So even though I only just got a open license and having my license for 2 years, I would still be considered a fully licensed driver in NSW because that's what I hold in WA?

 

[Nut Kracker]

If you have a full license, then you will have a full license in all States and Territories.
I think, if you plan to live in another State, you have 3 months to change it to the State you are living in.

I was even allowed to drive in Malaysia on a full Victorian license.

 

[SpaceYam]

It took 10 seconds to find this page.

Moving to NSW - Licence - Roads - Roads and Maritime Services

 

[Calaber]

It took 10 seconds to find this page.

Moving to NSW - Licence - Roads - Roads and Maritime Services

There is a difference between moving interstate to reside, and just visiting.

Interstate driver's licenses are permissible within NSW for drivers who are "just visiting" or touring the state. The only conditions are that the driver complies with those NSW road rules that apply for a fully licensed driver, not a provisional driver, even though the OP has only been driving for a couple of years. The fact that he has a "full" license in WA means that he can drive as a non-provisional driver here.

 

[SpaceYam]

In the very first paragraph on the page: "You can use your existing licence for up to three months, but after that you must have a NSW licence."

Common sense would suggest that this would apply to visitors as well as those who have moved there permanently.

 

[Drawnnite]

In the very first paragraph on the page: "You can use your existing licence for up to three months, but after that you must have a NSW licence."

Common sense would suggest that this would apply to visitors as well as those who have moved there permanently.

I don't want to state the obvious but the title quite clearly states "moving to" not "visiting"
and also has about proof of residency for changing over the licence.
I don't know about you, but if I was to visit someone and stay for a while, my residence address is still my home address :thumbsup: