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Spanish driving licence

Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:26am
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Jayne157

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Hi

Please can anyone tell me whether we need recedencia before we can apply for a spanish licence.

Thanks

Jayne

Kelvin1960

Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:47am

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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:47am

Yes. The licence application follows the Residencia/TIE process.

To have a Spanish licence, you need to give up your British licence, which is why the process is linked to Residency.

Jayne157

Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 11:00am

Jayne157

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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 11:00am

Kelvin1960 wrote on Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:47am:

Yes. The licence application follows the Residencia/TIE process.

To have a Spanish licence, you need to give up your British licence, which is why the process is linked to Residency.

Hi Kelvin

Thanks for your reply.  We have an appt on Jan 8th to get Padron and then residencia.  We have been told that we need to get our licence transferred by end of December or we need to take a Spanish driving test.  Is this correct?

TIA

Jayne

Kelvin1960

Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 11:13am

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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 11:13am

Jayne157 wrote on Thu Oct 22, 2020 11:00am:

Hi Kelvin

Thanks for your reply.  We have an appt on Jan 8th to get Padron and then residencia.  We have been told that we need to get our licence transferred by end of December or we need to take a Spanish driving test.  Is this correct?

TIA

Jayne

We did our licence switches last year.

We were "incentivised" by the idea of avoiding new tests.

I think this is true, but I can't say for certain. 

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