I would like to know if anyone knows how long it takes to receive your driving licence when you go to renew it. I understand you receive a paper authority t drived until it arrived but will need it soon to rent a car in the UK?
Anything from three weeks onward, mine arrived after five weeks but they can take even longer than this to arrive.
You may already be aware but the paper permit is for three months but you cannot use it for driving in the UK.
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:53am
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jack2177chambers wrote on Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:41am:
I would like to know if anyone knows how long it takes to receive your driving licence when you go to renew it. I understand you receive a paper authority t drived until it arrived but will need it soon to rent a car in the UK?
I had my appointment in Elche on 18/02/2019 and still waiting, I have heard of some cases were is has taken 2-3 months.
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 12:14pm
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We were given paperwork in mid-February to show that we had applied to switch UK licences for Spanish licences. We were also allowed to keep our UK licences until the new ones arrive. They haven't arrived yet.
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For completeness whatever temporary permit they give you is valid for use in Spain alone.
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 1:37pm
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There can be an issue with actual delivery of the licences if, perhaps, there is no delivery to your house and you rely - as we do - on a PO box. Trafico will not deliver to PO box, we discovered. After a lot of hooha we managed to find out that they had been issued some three months earlier and we had to make an appointment to go to the Traffic Office to collect them in person.
Your gestor, or abogado, may be able to access the Trafico website, with the relevant details - NIE etc - and establish whether or nt it has been dealt with.
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 5:11pm
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As the OP is asking about renewing a Spanish driving license, I'd make a couple of points.
You can do a renewal up to three months before expiry.
You keep your existing license.
We've renewed ours twice, and each time we received the new ones about three weeks after doing the medical.
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 8:22am
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 8:23am
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