Key info
- You can drive in Tasmania on your interstate licence for up to 6 months, then you must transfer it to a Tasmanian licence.
- If you have a learner, provisional, or heavy vehicle licence or a condition on your interstate licence, the details will be checked with the other state. This will happen before you are issued with a Tasmanian licence.
- You must hand in your interstate licence card when your Tasmanian one is issued (unless it has expired).
- The Moving to Tasmania life event contains additional information to help you manage the things that need to be done as part of the move.
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About converting an interstate or New Zealand driver licence
If you have an open car or motorcycle licence without unspecified conditions, you can transfer it when you visit a service centre.
When you visit the service centre to convert your licence you:
- must hand in your current interstate licence card and have a photo taken
- will be given a temporary driver licence receipt until your card is posted out to you. This will take up to 21 days.
Additional checks
Additional checks will be required if you have:
- unspecified conditions
- a learner, provisional or heavy vehicle licence
The service centre will request the additional checks with the state your licence was issued in, except for New South Wales (NSW). Additional checks will cause some delay. If your current licence was issued in NSW you must provide a driver history record.
How to convert
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What you need to convert
You must:
- fill out an application form (PDF, 251KB) at a service centre
- provide proof of identity documents
- pay a fee
- have your photo taken.
Learner and Provisional licence holders from New Zealand must provide a licence detail letter showing their licence issue dates.
NSW licence holders
If you have unspecified licence conditions, or if you have a learner, provisional or heavy vehicle licence you must also provide:
- a NSW driver history record (fees may apply)
You can consent to release the driver history record directly to State Growth at licencetransferrequests@stategrowth.tas.gov.au, or return it to a service centre within 30 days from date of issue.
Can I convert?
You can convert your licence if it has not:
- been suspended
- been disqualified
- been cancelled, or
- expired more than 5 years ago.
You must also meet the minimum age for holding that type of licence in Tasmania. The minimum ages are:
- 16 years to hold a car learner licence
- 16 years and 6 months to hold a motorcycle learner licence
- 17 years to hold a provisional licence
- 20 years to hold a full licence.
Please visit Plates Plus for more information on further requirements for learner and provisional licences.
Proving your identity
To prove your identity you must show at least:
- One category A document and 2 category B documents, or
- Two category A documents and one category B document.
These documents must:
- show your current Tasmanian address
- be the originals (not photocopies, certified copies or laminated)
- be in English or provided with an English translation from an accredited translator.
- Australian birth certificate (not an extract or commemorative certificate)
- Australian citizenship papers
- Australian passport (can be expired up to 2 years)
- Overseas passport or visa (can be expired up to 2 years if accompanied by a current Australian visa)
- Australian photo driver licence (can be expired up to 2 years)
- Australian firearms licence
- Tasmanian Government personal information card (showing your full name)
- Department of Home Affairs travel documents or Australian Government issued Immicard
- Department of Home Affairs certificate of evidence of resident status.
- Medicare card
- Bank or credit card, with signature
- Student identity card with photo, issued by an Australian educational institution
- Department of Veterans' Affairs or Centrelink - pensioner concession or other current entitlement card issued by the Australian Government
- Births, Deaths and Marriages change of name/marriage certificate (not a church or celebrant document) or deed poll
- High risk work licence issued by WorkSafe Tasmania
- Government issued working with vulnerable people or children card.
If you have changed your address or name
If your name or address is incorrect on your licence or any documents you use to prove your identity, you must show proof of:
- your address, and/or
- change of name documents.
To show proof of change of address you must provide one of the following documents:
- financial institution statement
- lease or rent agreement
- council rate notice
- utility account (electricity, water, sewerage, telephone, gas)
- Aurora+ phone application (name and address details must match the applicant's and be visible when sighted at a service centre. Must not be a screenshot)
- land tax valuation notice
- Australian Taxation Office assessment (current or last financial year)
- certificate of title.
To show proof of change of name you must provide one of the following documents:
- adoption paper issued by court
- divorce paper issued by court, showing your original name
- change of name registration issued by Births, Deaths and Marriages or deed poll
- guardianship order
- marriage certificate issued by Births, Deaths and Marriages (not a church or celebrant issued document).
Body corporate (a company or an incorporated association)
At least one of the documents from the section below must be provided. Additional documents may also be required to prove the current:
- residential address
- garage address
- change of name of the body corporate.
- Certificate of registration with an Australian Company Number (ACN)
- Certificate of registration of change of name with an ACN
- Extract of company with ACN
- Certificate of registration of foreign company with Australian Registered Body Number (ARBN)
- Certificate of incorporation
- Written authorisation on letterhead by the issuing authority, stating the Act under which it was established.
- Certificate of registration of change of name with an ACN
- Written authorisation on letterhead by the issuing authority, stating the Act under which established.
If you cannot provide the required identity documents, please contact us on 1300 135 513.
How much it costs
| Number of years | Standard fee | Concession fee |
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1 | $36.95 | $24.49 |
2 | $60.09 | $35.17 |
3 | $83.23 | $47.63 |
4 | $106.37 | $58.31 |
5 | $127.73 | $67.21 |
A person who is 65 years or older is exempt from paying a licence fee but pay a fee of $12.03 for the licence card. For re-issue of a cancelled licence there is an additional processing fee of $44.50.
Fees and charges last updated 1 July, 2023.
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More Information
- If you hold a car or motorcycle licence issued in New Zealand it will be transferred the same way as an interstate licence but you must pay the fee.
- Depending on your circumstances, you might need to provide a medical certificate before your licence can be converted.
- If you are a member of the Australian Armed Forces, you do not need to transfer your interstate licence to a Tasmanian licence.
Please visit Transport Services for more information on converting an interstate or New Zealand licence.