According to the latest update of the Victoria Road website, no matter what visa you hold, as long as you are an overseas driver`s license holder, then you must get a Virginia driver`s license within six months after October 29,2019. In other words, all overseas drivers in victoria and melbourne must get your license before the end of april 2020 or turn it into a state driver`s license. It`s certainly a bad news for visiting visitors, foreign students and new immigrants.
Many students use a translation of a Chinese driver`s license to drive while studying in Melbourne. If you can`t convert your driver`s license to an Australian driver`s license as soon as possible, you will face the charge of driving without a license.
As just mentioned, there are two main ways to get a driver`s license in Australia. Previous articles have mentioned how to get an Australian driver`s license. Another way is to convert to an Australian driver`s license using a Hong Kong driver`s license. This article will show how you can finally get an Australian driver`s license by converting your Mainland Chinese driver`s license to a Hong Kong driver`s license.
Requirements:
Having a driving licence valid for 3 years or more
Steps:
- On the Transport Department`s website Download Form and Complete
- bring your passport and form to and submit.
Location
- Hong Kong Licensing Office:3/F, United Centre,95 Queensway, Hong Kong (near MTR Queensway Station D Exit)
- Kowloon Licensing Office:2/F, Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices,303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon (near MTR Sham Shui Po Station Exit C)
- Kwun Tong Licensing Office:5/F, East Kowloon Government Offices,12 Lei Yue Mun Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon (near MTR Kwun Tong Station Exit D4)
- Sha Tin Licensing Office:2/F, Sha Tin Government Offices,1 Sheung Wo Che Road, Sha Tin, New Territories (near MTR Shatin Station Exit B)
If you don`t have access to Hong Kong in Australia, another approach can be done through some intermediary agents.
If everything goes well, you`ve already got your Hong Kong driver`s license. The next step is to convert your Hong Kong driver`s license into a state driver`s license. If you had a driver`s license from other countries before, it might be faster than a Hong Kong driver`s license. For example: Japan, USA, Canada, UK.
A year after having a hong kong driver`s license, you can make an appointment to convert it, according to the state road bureau`s website.
If you already have a Hong Kong driver`s license, you can transfer your Hong Kong driver`s license to an Australian driver`s license after one year. If you only have a chinese driver`s license now, and don`t want to take the australian road test, then xiaobian recommends turning to hong kong driver`s license as soon as possible, so you can`t drive in vy for six months at most.
