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| I got really confusing feedback on this topic.. I basically have friends:
-- who only had to take the driving test within one year (as rather expected)
-- who basically walked into one of the license offices, told the officer in charge they want to convert their DL , and it was done without any exam of any sorts although they have been in the country for more than a year in one case, more than two years in the other one.
-- who passed the one year limit but was very cheecky on the phone with the officer in charge and kinda got the conversion without the exam..
honestly, what is the rule? is it changing from canton to canton ? or based on the mood of the officer in charge that day?? | |
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If you are from the EU, you can convert within one year without taking a test. Any longer and you need the test, officially.
However, I converted my UK license after about 2 years and they just swapped it for a Swiss one. I surmised from that, that it depends on whether or not your local traffic office has a big workload. In ZH they had a huge backlog of people waiting for tests so I guess they felt it was easier to just let EU people swap their license regardless of time limit (or at least were more lax about it).
Gav