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“Victoria being the education state of Australia has a lot of in-flow of international students and people on work visas.

The Northern Territory has also put an even shorter time limit of three months. During the pandemic, Victoria moved to put a six month limit to the timeframe by which all overseas visitors driving on their country of origin licenses, as well as all those who have moved from another state, to acquire a Victorian driving license. However, of late, some states have tightened their regulations around these requirements.

Stakeholders contend that although this might cause unease for overseas license holders, particularly international students and temporary workers, it might help in making our roads safer in the long term.

Victoria and NT have introduced a time limit by which, those driving on overseas licenses and those coming in from another part of Australia, will need to shift to a Victorian / NT license respectively.

A federal structure means, different states and territories in Australia can have their own set of rules and regulations.The same rules have applied to Australian citizens and permanent residents with Australian licenses if they move interstate. It’s been common practice to allow overseas visitors, such as international students and those on temporary visas, to drive on the driving license from their country of origin, provided it is still valid, (as Australia is a signatory to the UN’s Geneva Convention on Road Traffic). The topic of changes to driving license requirements has been doing the rounds over the past couple of years, with each state and territory having different rules and regulations.