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Hello
We are looking to transfer our UK driving licence to the Spanish one. We did not register before December 2020 as we were told we could not apply as we did not have Residencia. We now have our Residencia.....could anybody give us information on how we go about obtaining Spanish licence?
Many thanks
Urmi
Urmi wrote on Thu Jul 1, 2021 8:07pm:
Hello
We are looking to transfer our UK driving licence to the Spanish one. We did not register before December 2020 as we were told we could not apply as we did not have Residencia. We now have our Residencia.....could anybody give us information on how we go about obtaining Spanish licence?
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Many thanks
Urmi
From the .gov website:
You will need to take a Spanish driving test.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-spain#driving-in-spain
Steve
Posted: Fri Jul 2, 2021 11:06am
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tebo53 wrote on Thu Jul 1, 2021 8:54pm:
From the .gov website:
You will need to take a Spanish driving test.
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Unfortunately, tebo53 correct. There is no way around it. The good news is that there is the option of sitting the theory in English.
Posted: Sun Jul 4, 2021 9:35am
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I would not be surprised to see the requirement to take a test scrapped in the near future. I understand, from something a I read recently and cannot now find, that ngotiations are under way regarding this.
Posted: Sun Jul 4, 2021 11:10am
PaulandJoyce wrote on Sun Jul 4, 2021 9:35am:
I would not be surprised to see the requirement to take a test scrapped in the near future. I understand, from something a I read recently and cannot now find, that ngotiations are under way regarding this.
The French have agreed to except a swap let’s hope the spainish will follow as well. They should because they are all part of the EU.
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