Petition · past parliament

Extended the international driving license for critical workers

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Due to COVID-19 status no slots for practical driving test since March and using a car is considered as part of our job , thus we want the DVLA to extend the validity of using international driving license for 6 months
Working as critical worker especially in Health sector the car is extremely important as part of daily basis .thus if we can’t drive our car due to expired of our international driving license we can’t arrive to our hospitals

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

12 Aug 2020 Petition opened for signatures
7 Sep 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 7 Sep 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.