<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by roger
That's true - if stopped then you he should also produce the documentatoin he has with him to demonstrate the change of address. It really is best for him to send it off and have it updated before he travels.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by sunseeker
having the incorrect address on your driving license certainly is a problem as its against the law not to notify the dvla of any changes. I am pretty sure the same goes for the USA too. The law is the law and nobody should advocate anyone to do it.

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Not totally true actually. The DVLA is keen to keep their databases up to date, but they cannot cope with all situations.

For example, I am resident in Germany, but I have a European driving licence issues in the UK. The German authorities will not give me a European driving licence issues in Germany, because I already hold a valid European driving licence (this was not always the case but has been for some years now). However the DVLA cannot cope with a foreign address on a UK-issued licence. So my UK-issued licence has the address of my parents, where I have never actually lived. When renting a car I used to try and explain this situation when the rental company asked me 'Is this your current address?' but they don't understand it either, so now I just say "Yes of course it is'.

OK, that's not a common situation I admit, but I just wanted to point out that it's not against the law to have an incorrect address on your driving licence, and in my situation the current laws actually prevent me from putting my valid address on there.

Incidentally the UK Passport Agency also has me listed at a UK address at which I have never lived (in this case my mother-in-law's address) because I got a new passport whilst visiting the UK from Germany, and it seems the UKPA cannot issue a passport without a UK address, even if it's a worthless one :-)

To answer the OP, I have NEVER been asked for both parts of the licence when renting a car in any other country than the UK. I'm willing to bet that most rental agents aren't even aware that there even IS another part to the UK licence.