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Hi I need to exchange my U.K. driving license for a Spanish one. As of Brexit I’m too late to just exchange. I tried to apply to do a driving test but they don’t know what test to give me ??
I have until 31st Oct !!
would that mean I can’t drive after this date ? Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Sharon
Shaggy wrote on Sun Oct 17, 2021 11:26am:
Hi I need to exchange my U.K. driving license for a Spanish one. As of Brexit I’m too late to just exchange. I tried to apply to do a driving test but they don’t know what test to give me ??
I have until 31st Oct !!
would that mean I can’t drive after this date ? Any help or ad...Read more...
...vice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Sharon
If you are a resident of Spain It is correct that you cannot drive in Spain with your UK driving licence after 31st October. You need to take the Spanish driving test.
Steve
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 8:28am
Legendary helpful member
Hi Sharon,
All the information you need is on the Spanish government website - open it using Google Chrome as your internet browser and it will offer you the option to translate the site from Spanish to English:
Just for completeness, a UK citizen applying for residency since Brexit has up to 6 months to exchange their UK licence for Spanish, so for someone who obtained their residency today, the 31 October 2021 deadline would not apply, as they would have 6 months from the date of acquiring residency.
Kind regards,
Kim
Hi Kim
Thank you for the information
I got residency in March Hopefully U.K. and Spain will reach an agreement before Oct ends 🤞🏻
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 6:10pm
Legendary helpful member
Shaggy wrote on Fri Oct 22, 2021 9:21am:
Hi Kim
Thank you for the information
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I got residency in March Hopefully U.K. and Spain will reach an agreement before Oct ends 🤞🏻
Hi Shaggy,
Since my earlier post, I´ve just picked out the extract below from this week´s "The Local":
"This week the British Embassy in Madrid announced it had requested another extension to the period of validity of UK licences in Spain, as the current October 31st deadline fast approaches. The UK Embassy is hoping Spanish authorities will grant British residents in Spain more time to continue driving with their UK licences in the Spanish territory.
“We are asking the Spanish Government for an extension to the 31st October date and will update you as soon as we know the outcome,” wrote the UK Embassy in a Facebook post on Monday [18 Oct].
"There is no indication yet whether another extension – if approved – would be three months again, in which case it would be the end of December 2021."
What´s not clear from The Local´s article is whether any extension, if granted, would apply only to those UK citizens who registered their intent to exchange licences with the DGT before 31 December 2020, but at least we know that an official request has been made, so hopefully we will hear more soon.
Kind regards,
Kim
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