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Interstate and overseas learners

Transferring an interstate or overseas learner licence

If you hold a current class C (car) learner licence that has been issued from interstate, overseas or New Zealand before 1 July 2007 you can transfer your learner licence to a Queensland learner licence without having to complete the 100 hours of on-road driving requirement. Also, you are only required to hold a learner licence for six months. The length of time you have held your interstate or overseas learner licence within the last two years will count towards these six months (the date of issue on your learner licence will be used to calculate this).

If you renew or have your learner licence reissued after 1 July 2007 you will be required to meet all other requirements to gain your licence, including 100 hours of on-road driving experience recorded in your logbook and holding your learner licence for the mandatory period of 12 months.

Applicants from a foreign country not listed in schedule 4 of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Driver Licensing) Regulation 1999 will be required to pass the general written road rules test and meet all of the eligibility requirements.

Interstate fee free

Your Queensland learner licence will be issued with the same expiry date as your interstate learner licence free of charge for a maximum of three years. However, if you renew or have your learner licence reissued you will be required to meet all requirements, including 100 hours of on-road driving recorded in your logbook and holding your learner licence for the mandatory period of 12 months.

Overseas learner licence holders only

If you are 16 years of age and hold a current class C (car) learner licence from a country listed in schedule 4 of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Driver Licensing) Regulation 1999 you are able to transfer your current learner licence to a Queensland learner licence without having to pass the written road rules test. A learner licence fee will apply.

Your learner licence must be provided in English (recognised translations are accepted).



Last updated 06 November 2009