UAE DRIVING LICENSE CAN BE CONVERTED IN BAHRAIN WITHOUT TEST

ogzcmn wrote:

Hi,

I got final exit from Saudi Arabia but I still have valid Saudi Driving License till Jan.2018.

Now I have moved to Bahrain and will get CPR here.

My question is; if I  convert my Saudi License to Bahraini one, How many years valid license I will be given?

Just till expiry date of my Saudi License or is it possible to extend it?

Thanks

Hi,

You will have to surrender your Saudi License to get a Bahrain License, our validity is usually 5 years from the date of issue.

T&R

logicalindian wrote:

As far as I know it is needed, the letter must state your employment details (company Letterhead) e.g when did you join and your designation.

T&R

Thank you Logicalindian! Do you have a link for verification?

logicalindian wrote:

What do you mean by verification?

A link to establish if it is accurate that a company letter is in fact required

logicalindian wrote:

Have not see the requirement written anywhere on their web, you could visit/ call them to verify the same.

😁 No one ever seems to answer the phone numbers on the website unfortunately? I am going to visit next week, I had just hoped to find out beforehand if it is an actual requirement or not.
Thanks very much for your help Logicalindian.

bijum75 wrote:

Pals,
I too had this question ever since I came from UAE...can i get my License transferred to Bahrain Issued....Answer is YES

I had my DL issued now, since 1st week of January 2018.

Firstly, the dockets required at the time of submission of forum
- CPR copy (Front & back)
- UAE DL copy (front & back)
- Passport copy (only in case they ask for it)
- Passport size Photograph 1 no

Here the steps goes...
- Get to Driving License Issuing office i.e. General Directorate of Traffic, Isa Town
- Get to the Info counter with your UAE DL, CPR and your Passport (in original) in case
  they ask for it.
- They would look to the originals and give us a forum, which we need to be filled with
  our details
- With the duly filled forum, get back to the counter once again, they would direct us
  to the eye testing area
- Once the Eye tests are finished, they puts up there stamp and again get back to the
  same info counter, where they will issue another token to see the Licensing
  Department Staff at the counter.
- With the filled forum, kindly attach the required dockets mentioned above & wait for
  your token number to be called.
- When it hits your token number, after viewing, you will be asked to deposit BD 26.500
  to the machine located near the Info area or you can directly pay off here thru swiping
  machine.
- Just in less than 10 mints you will have your Bahrain Issued DL with a Driving manual of
  Bahrain.

Note: They would retain your UAE issued DL and replace you with Bahrain issued DL. So once you give them your DL, its gone of ever, as the authorities said, this will be sent to UAE for ever.

Disclaimer:
The fees may vary depending on the government policies issued from time to time.

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All above which I experienced, I put them in records as this would help others to get an idea as to how things work out.

Best of luck dears....
Happy Stay & Healthy Drive in Bahrain.

Stay Blessed.......

Thanks for the update.  Another point which I just found out; a colleague of mine did the same but he also had a valid UAE visa which he was keeping.  He asked them to let him keep his UAE licence as he has a visa for the UAE, will live in Bahrain and UAE and drive in both places. They let him keep his UAE licence.

If this works then it is very useful.  As the UAE licences sent back get retained by RTA and the licence is removed from your online traffic file and shows as "impounded". And to get it back, if you ever move back to the UAE; would be a big hassle which might even require retesting.