Transfer Vic license to SA

malazn mafia · 08-08-2010, 11:06 AM

Hello,

What is the procedure for transferring an interstate license to SA? I am intending to stay/work over there for a year, but I won't have a fixed address. Is it possible to use my parents' address in victoria as the fixed address? Is the procedure for license transfer relatively straightforward (e.g. walk in, fill out form, surrender Vicroads license to be destroyed, take picture, take new license)? thankyou

Bushbasher · 08-08-2010, 11:17 AM

They won't issue you a license unless you have a local address. You'll have to use a friends address to get one but after that you should be able to use a PO box for renewals and such. Same with the car rego.
Having said all that, if you're only there for 12 months and not in one spot I'd just keep my head down and hold on to the vic licence and rego.

Bushbasher

malazn mafia · 08-08-2010, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Bushbasher

They won't issue you a license unless you have a local address. You'll have to use a friends address to get one but after that you should be able to use a PO box for renewals and such. Same with the car rego.
Having said all that, if you're only there for 12 months and not in one spot I'd just keep my head down and hold on to the vic licence and rego.

Bushbasher

Okay, thanks, but I will like to keep everything legit for insurance,etc. How straightforward is the process of actually getting the license converted, is it a same day thing?

FrogInASock · 08-08-2010, 11:46 AM

Yes, a quick trip to Transport SA with your 100 points of ID and you should be right. But, as Bushbasher said, if your licence is still valid in Victoria (and, better still, will remain valid for the duration of your stay), then you should be right. Just keep your nose clean.

malazn mafia · 08-08-2010, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by FrogInASock

Yes, a quick trip to Transport SA with your 100 points of ID and you should be right. But, as Bushbasher said, if your licence is still valid in Victoria (and, better still, will remain valid for the duration of your stay), then you should be right. Just keep your nose clean.

So it's a same-day thing? Just concerned as I will be working night-shift 6 days from Day 2 and would like to have everything sorted on day 1.

Does anyone know if I will be insured on a Victorian license, even if I am an SA resident?

Fiesta God · 08-08-2010, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by malazn mafia

Does anyone know if I will be insured on a Victorian license, even if I am an SA resident?

You are insured anywhere in Australia on a Victorian licence, at anytime.

What state you hold your licence in is irrelevant to an insurance company. You just need to make sure you advise them of the garaged address of your car (i.e. that it's now kept in South Australia). This can affect the excess they will charge you in the event of a claim etc.

Licence state-of-issue only relevant to police/road authority.

malazn mafia · 08-08-2010, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Fiesta God

You are insured anywhere in Australia on a Victorian licence, at anytime.

What state you hold your licence in is irrelevant to an insurance company. You just need to make sure you advise them of the garaged address of your car (i.e. that it's now kept in South Australia). This can affect the excess they will charge you in the event of a claim etc.

Licence state-of-issue only relevant to police/road authority.

I thought there is some law where an interstate license needs to be converted if staying for more than 3 or 6 months, cant remember..

Thanks everyone for the replies, if I can get an indication of how long the conversion process takes, i'll see if it worth doing, or I may just call up Transport SA myself.

FrogInASock · 08-08-2010, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by malazn mafia

I thought there is some law where an interstate license needs to be converted if staying for more than 3 or 6 months, cant remember...

You're right, 3 months. Refer here: http://www.sa.gov.au/subject/Transpo...rstate+licence

Read this page, get the required forms, and pay your hard earned to the MAN. Or stay with your Vic licence and say you're only here for 2 months...

**Full Noise** · 08-08-2010, 05:53 PM

SA is a pretty backward place when it comes to some laws. From what I can figure out, by the Transport SA website, as long as you hold a current licence, you’ll be right. Regardless of what state it’s issued in. You’re not technically changing your address and as long as you are still paying bills in Victoria, you should be right.

http://www.sa.gov.au/subject/Transpo...'s+licence

By the Vicroads site, you are OK because you’re not using an interstate licence here for a period of more than three months. It would be different if it was the other way around.

http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/...rsLicences.htm

I wouldn’t bother doing anything with it. If you get pulled over, just tell the cops that you’re over there working and don’t know how long for.

Now, why the hell are you going to work over there for, WHY?

svo supporter · 08-08-2010, 08:09 PM

If you want to change your licence over in S.A from VIC, it the same day process. Just rock up with your VIC licence in hand, along with some money and they'll do the change over on the spot.

You are allowed to be in S.A for a total of 3 months before you have to change your licence over. In saying that, that's only relevant if the police pull you over and you let it slip how long you've been in this state.

Hopefully that answers your question properly

malazn mafia · 08-08-2010, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by svo supporter

If you want to change your licence over in S.A from VIC, it the same day process. Just rock up with your VIC licence in hand, along with some money and they'll do the change over on the spot.

You are allowed to be in S.A for a total of 3 months before you have to change your licence over. In saying that, that's only relevant if the police pull you over and you let it slip how long you've been in this state.

Hopefully that answers your question properly

Thanks a million, just the info I needed. Would you have any idea of the cost involved? Also which branches of Transport SA are best to go to, as here in Vic the rural/outer suburban one are a lot quicker and better service.

malazn mafia · 08-08-2010, 09:46 PM

Can anyone confirm that the

EDS Centre, 108 North Tce
ADELAIDE 5000

is the place to go? thanks.

svo supporter · 09-08-2010, 12:44 AM

What area are you going to be in? Maybe try the white pages on line for the nearest branch to where you're going to be. Or post here what area you'll be in so someone can point you to the nearest banch.
Cost I can't help you with sorry.

sgt_doofey · 09-08-2010, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by malazn mafia

Can anyone confirm that the

EDS Centre, 108 North Tce
ADELAIDE 5000

is the place to go? thanks.

Yes, but don't go at lunch time. You'll be there with all the other people that work in the city that want to get rego's paid and drivers licenses paid for. You might be better off going to a branch somewhere else. The only parking nearby would be paid parking too.

barra265t · 09-08-2010, 12:13 PM

Accidental post ignore

malazn mafia · 09-08-2010, 01:35 PM

Thank you all. I was pleasantly surprised at the high level of customer service Transport SA has, compared to Vicroads. They had attendants waiting at the door greeting with a smile, and handing me the appropriate forms and a pen. The process didn't even take 10 minutes and the whole conversion only cost $15.

mmciau · 10-08-2010, 09:20 PM

yes they have streamlined their customer service a great deal over the last 12-18 months. It used to be atrocious but now a great deal better.

Mike