Mitcham Driving School

Mitcham Driving School
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Mitcham Driving School

Overseas Licence
Conversion in Mitcham



  • For Experienced Overseas Drivers


  • Learn Victorian Road Rules Fast


  • 5.0 Google Rating from 230+ Learners


  • Use Our Car for Your Drive Test


  • Free Pickup from Your Mitcham Address

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Your Victorian Licence Starts with Local Lessons

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Learner driver practising road skills with a qualified instructor

Learner driver checking mirrors before pulling out

Driving lesson in progress with a Mitcham Driving School instructor

Instructor reviewing road rules with a learner driver

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Overseas Licence
Conversion in Mitcham

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— GOOGLE REVIEWS · 5.0

What Our Mitcham Learners Are Saying

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5.0

Very experienced driving instructor Brother Rahman, very polite and friendly. Insights given prior to my Overseas Licence Drive Test were very professional and precise. I was able to get my Australian Drivers Licence in just an hour of practical. Thank you Mitcham Driving School.


SHIRAZ SUHAYL ALI

SHIRAZ SUHAYL ALI

June 5, 2025

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5.0

very helpful, polite and welcoming. has good tips to help you.


Emily Henry

Emily Henry

June 5, 2025

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5.0

I passed first try!


Jashith Kamboj (Jash)

Jashith Kamboj (Jash)

June 4, 2025

Meet your driving instructors

Instructors who teach overseas drivers

Overseas drivers take every conversion lesson with a Mitcham Driving School instructor who is accredited. Some of our instructors are originally from overseas themselves, so they know how it feels to get used to Victorian roads.

Nazrul Islam(Naz)

Founder & Lead Instructor
★★★★★
Teaching experience: 25 years
The name behind Mitcham Driving School is Naz, its founder. Overseas drivers get 25 years of his teaching experience in each conversion lesson. With a background in education himself, he reads how each overseas driver learns. That keeps a conversion lesson structured and calm, and builds your confidence on Victorian roads. He works by 3F, which for overseas drivers too means Fair, Flexible and Friendly.
  • ✓BSc (Hons) Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University
  • ✓Diploma, Nordic Agricultural College, Denmark
  • ✓VicRoads-accredited · VDIA Member

Dilini De Silva Godellawatta(Dil)

Driving Instructor
★★★★★
Has instructed for 5 years
Like many drivers converting a licence, Dil is originally from overseas, in her case Sri Lanka. She is a child & educational psychologist and a qualified driving instructor too. Her teaching in primary, IB and EYFS systems spans more than a decade, with 5 more years instructing manual and automatic alike. A driver converting an overseas licence gets patience and calm from her, grounded in how people actually build confidence and skill once behind the wheel.
  • ✓MSc Applied Psychology (Educational & Child), Coventry University
  • ✓BA Educational Studies, Cardiff Metropolitan University
  • ✓AQF Level 7 · Manual & Automatic

Md Abdul Kader

Driving Instructor
★★★★★
Since 2022
Overseas licence holders get a friendly, structured lesson from Abdul Kader. It rests on his years of teaching and research work, done in vocational settings and in universities. Calm with drivers whatever their background or pace, he looks past test-day readiness to lifelong safe habits on Victorian roads.
  • ✓PhD Biological Sciences, Japan (2011)
  • ✓Certificate IV Transport & Logistics, Box Hill Institute (2022)
  • ✓Overseas drivers get pickup & drop-off

Why overseas drivers choose us

Why overseas drivers convert with us

Overseas drivers can read 230+ Google reviews of Mitcham Driving School, which carry a 5.0 rating. Conversion lessons are only taken by VicRoads-accredited instructors holding VDIA membership. Overseas drivers tell us the points below matter most to them.

5.0
Google Rating

All 230+ of our Google reviews are verified, written by learners in Mitcham and right through eastern Melbourne.

VDIA
Accredited

Converting drivers are taught by VicRoads-accredited instructors, whose Victorian Driving Instructors Association membership is current.

Local
Road Rules

We focus on the Victorian rules that catch overseas drivers out, like giving way at roundabouts and school zones.

Test
Car Available

Our Lesson + Test and Test Only bookings both put you in a dual control car we supply on VicRoads drive test day.

Driving instructor teaching a female learner in a dual-control car

— ABOUT US

How Do Overseas Licence Conversion Lessons Work?

If you live in Victoria for six months or more, you need to convert your overseas licence to a Victorian licence. Depending on where your licence was issued and your driving experience, you may be able to convert directly, or you may need to pass tests, including the drive test.

Our conversion lessons are 60-minute one-on-one sessions with a VicRoads-accredited instructor in a dual control car. You already know how to drive, so we focus on Victorian road rules, local traffic and the drive test. Check what applies to you on the VicRoads overseas licence page.



  • Victorian road rules and signs


  • Roundabouts, lanes and school zones


  • VicRoads drive test preparation



  • Free pickup across Mitcham VIC 3132


  • Dual control automatic or manual


  • Test car hire available

— THE PATHWAY

Your Overseas Licence Conversion Pathway

What you need to do depends on the country that issued your licence and your driving experience. Here is how the process usually runs.

1

Check your requirements

Use the VicRoads overseas licence checker to see whether you can convert directly or need tests.

2

Get your documents ready

Your overseas licence, plus an English translation by a qualified translator or an International Driving Permit if it is not in English.

3

Sit any required tests

Depending on your licence, this can include the knowledge test, the Hazard Perception Test and a drive test.

4

Drive test in our car

Prepare with us, then use our dual control car for the test with Test Only or Lesson + Test.

Timing: if you live in Victoria for six months or more, you need to convert your overseas licence to a Victorian one.

Source: VicRoads overseas licence conversion and VicRoads drive test brochure. Check VicRoads for the latest rules.

— LOCAL RULES

Victorian Road Rules That Catch Overseas Drivers Out

You already know how to drive. These are the local rules we spend the most time on.

Speed limits

Built-up areas have a default limit of 50 km/h. An overseas driver who is 5 km/h or further above a limit in the drive test fails immediately.

School zones

At set times the limit drops to 40 km/h. While a school zone is operating, any speed above its limit fails the test.

Roundabouts

Give way to vehicles already on the roundabout, and signal when you leave it.

Trams

When a tram stops at a stop without a safety zone, you must stop behind it and not pass while doors are open.

Hook turns

In parts of Melbourne's CBD, right turns are made from the left lane. We explain how they work.

Signals

In the test, signal for at least three seconds before turning or changing lanes, and five seconds when pulling out from the kerb.

Source: VicRoads, What you need to know about your Drive Test. Overseas drivers will find the rules now in force at VicRoads.

— PRICING

How Much Do Overseas Licence Conversion Lessons Cost?

Converting an overseas licence? A lesson is $69 hourly in our automatic car, or $85 hourly in the manual one. Lesson + Test for overseas drivers costs $220 using the automatic or $285 using the manual, while Test Only for a converting driver is $190 or $220. Pickup is free for converting drivers booking from Mitcham VIC 3132 addresses.

Automatic Driving Lessons

Auto

Single Lesson

$69/ per hour

Lesson + Test

$220

Test Only

$190

Manual Driving Lessons

Manual

Single Lesson

$85/ per hour

Lesson + Test

$285

Test Only

$220

— WHAT IS INCLUDED

What Every Conversion Lesson Includes

Each overseas licence conversion lesson in Mitcham comes with these eight things as standard.

A Full 60-Minute Session

For the whole sixty minutes it is one overseas driver and one instructor, and all of it goes toward the Victorian test.

Dual Control, Auto or Manual

Overseas drivers practise in a Victorian-registered manual or automatic. Either one has an extra brake pedal, placed for the instructor.

VicRoads Accreditation

Each conversion instructor holds VDIA membership together with VicRoads Driving Instructor Authority plus Working with Children Check, all kept current.

Free Pickup for Converting Drivers

Your conversion lesson can start from a workplace, a school or your home. Overseas drivers anywhere in Mitcham qualify, as do those from Whitehorse council suburbs bordering it. The drive back afterwards is included, and nobody pays more for either.

Local Rules Explained

We cover the rules that often catch overseas drivers out, such as giving way, roundabouts, school zones and speed limits.

Straight Talk on Progress

Straight feedback closes each conversion lesson. Your instructor covers what improved and what is still weak, and estimates when an overseas driver will be drive-test ready. False promises are not part of it.

Only What You Need

As a licensed overseas driver you do not need the basics. Lesson time goes to what the Victorian test will ask of you.

Practice Near the Test Centre

Conversion lessons take you past the Mitcham Testing and Inspection Centre, then along the roads around it, since our drivers mostly sit the test there.

Book your overseas licence conversion lesson

One short form is how overseas drivers book a Mitcham conversion lesson. A confirmation follows before that business day closes, and no deposit is asked of you. Converting drivers get dual control cars, instructors accredited by VicRoads, and a free pickup wherever in Mitcham their address is.



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— WHY CHOOSE?

Why Overseas Drivers Around Mitcham
Pick Our Conversion Lessons

01

Lessons Built for Experienced Drivers

You already know how to drive. We start with an assessment drive, then focus only on what you need for the Victorian test.

02

Victorian Road Rules Made Clear

Giving way, roundabouts, school zones, trams and hook turns. We explain the local rules that differ from many other countries.

03

Instructors Who Understand the Switch

Our team includes instructors originally from overseas, so we understand what it is like to adjust to driving in Victoria.

04

Local Test Centre Roads

Conversion lessons include the roads that border the Mitcham Testing and Inspection Centre. That is where the bulk of the drivers we teach sit their drive test.

05

Use Our Car for the Test

No Victorian car yet? Our dual control car can be yours on drive test day when you book Lesson + Test or Test Only.

06

Automatic or Manual

Take your lessons and your test in our automatic or our manual, matched to the cars you plan to drive here.

07

Honest Feedback

Overseas drivers hear it plainly from us: ready for the test or not yet, and which parts still need work.

08

Free Pickup Across Mitcham

For a conversion lesson we come to your work, school or home, whether you are a Mitcham VIC 3132 resident or in a neighbouring Whitehorse council suburb. We bring you back afterwards, and neither trip costs extra.

— TEST DAY

What Overseas Drivers Need on Test Day

Missing documents can mean no test, no refund and a six-week wait.

Documents to bring

  • ✓Proof that you hold an overseas licence
  • ✓An English translation by a qualified translator, or an International Driving Permit, if your licence is not in English
  • ✓If you have no Australian permit with a photo, full evidence of identity
  • ✓Your receipt, or else the appointment number
  • ✓Payment for your licence

About the test car

  • ✓Registered, roadworthy and clean, with L plates
  • ✓For solo tests, the park brake cannot be electric or foot-operated
  • ✓Manual transmission, if the licence you are converting to is a manual one
  • ✓Or book our dual control car instead →

Source: VicRoads, What you need to know about your Drive Test. Overseas drivers will find the rules now in force at VicRoads.

— FAQ

Popular Questions

The questions below cover what overseas drivers in Mitcham ask us most often about converting to a Victorian licence.

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If you are visiting Victoria for less than six months, you can drive on a valid, current overseas licence. If you live in Victoria for six months or more, you need to convert it to a Victorian licence.

It depends on the country that issued your licence and your driving experience. Some licences can be converted directly. Others need tests, which can include the knowledge test, the Hazard Perception Test and a drive test. The VicRoads overseas licence page has a checker that shows what applies to you.

That comes down to how much driving you have done and how far Victorian roads differ from the ones you learnt on. Once the first lesson is done, you get an honest estimate from your instructor.

Yes. Test Only comes with our car and costs a converting driver $190 if automatic, $220 if manual. Lesson + Test, $220 if automatic and $285 if manual, adds pickup one hour ahead plus 60 minutes of warm-up driving.

Choose the transmission you plan to drive. If you want to drive manual cars in Victoria, learn and test in our manual car.

Check the VicRoads requirements for an approved English translation before your appointment. VicRoads will confirm what documents you need to bring.

Our converting drivers mostly choose the Mitcham Testing and Inspection Centre. Its street address in Ringwood is 93A Heatherdale Road. VicRoads tests there by appointment only, opening at 8.30am and closing at 4.30pm, Monday to Friday.

Yes. Addresses inside Mitcham VIC 3132 are covered, and so are adjoining Whitehorse council suburbs: we collect you and take you back free of charge.

— VICROADS TEST CENTRE

Where You Will Sit Your Drive Test

Most overseas drivers from Mitcham take the drive test in Ringwood, at what is called the Mitcham Testing and Inspection Centre. Tell us the centre you booked and your last conversion lessons will use the roads near it.

MITCHAM TIC
Our drivers' usual choice

Mitcham Testing and Inspection Centre

VicRoads uses this centre to test drivers from around Mitcham. Look for number 93A Heatherdale Road, Ringwood. Booking an appointment is compulsory. Alongside driver licence tests, the centre holds the Hazard Perception Test, plus learner permit tests.

Street: Heatherdale Rd, Ringwood
Opening times: Mon–Fri, starting 8.30am, finishing 4.30pm

— GET IN TOUCH

Free Pickup at Your
Doorstep in Mitcham

Overseas drivers will find Mitcham Driving School based in Mitcham VIC. When the address on your conversion lesson booking is in Mitcham, free pickup is included. Overseas drivers are collected at the doorstep or the workplace, at any spot in Mitcham or the Whitehorse council area surrounding it.

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