Originally Posted by percysmith

I'm trying to get my head around the UK loophole now supposedly closed.

1. I barely remember Mainland-licensed drivers can apply for cross-recognition here. I forgot whether it works the other way round.

2. However I don't think it means every Mainland-licensed driver can apply for cross-recognition here. For the full HK license, I thought they still have to get a HKID (even if non-permanent) first.

This should already severely curtail the number of eligible PRC drivers able to swap a licence.

(And I also thought) HK drivers license is only valid if accompanied by a HKID. And, we've actually discussed this in Flyertalk Yum Cha yesterday, it's absolutely easy to forge.

If UK DVLA have been verifying documents wrongly (the Indian researcher case shows DVLA verification is ridiculous http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-16996938 ) and now refuse to verify all HK driving licences then that's tragic for all us correctly-licensed HK drivers.