Driving Licence 2018

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Problems exchanging UK driving licence

Hi Has anyone exchanged their driving licence recently ?I sent my wife’s off to the prefecture at the end of november and have heard nothing from them since. Tried sending message via their email system but no response. Are the wheels moving slowly or do you think that there is a problem ? thanks for any advice

My own experience from a few years ago here.

Sous-Prefecture de Castres v DVLA

I wanted to share with you my recent dealings with the above while attempting to exchange my UK driving licence for a French one. Many months ago I noticed that my driving licence photocard had expired in 2013 so felt it was high time to get a French licence. I asked for, and received, some excellent advice from this site and eventually pitched up at the sous-prefecture in August with all my documents (originals and 2 photocopies of each one) and the 2 forms I needed (each with a terrible photo of me attached to it). It was only then that I was reminded that it couldn't possibly be that simple!! Despite the website telling me that an avis d'impot was one of the documents they would accept as evidence of residence in France it wasn't good enough for the woman hiding behind a thick glass panel. The necessity of the thick glass panel became more obvious to me the longer I spoke with this lady. Having studied the document she said that it was for 2013 and not 2014 so was not acceptabl…