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Recommendation for Spanish driving licence

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 10:45pm
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hilsnsteve

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Good evening,

Can anyone give me a economical company that can help us exchange our UK driving licences please.

I know we need to take a medical and somebody mentioned a company in San Pedro Del Pinitar that has a medical centre next door but i cant find the company on google search. TIA

Regards,

Steve

Kelvin1960

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 9:14am

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Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 9:14am

We used these guys.

https://www.actuagest.es/     in Pilar de la Horadada.

They speak English. They also arranged our medical examinations for us in a nearby clinic. All very simple and efficient.

Dazz

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:43pm

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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:43pm

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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:03pm

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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:03pm

Thank you. I think I used them for to transfer my car. I'll pop down tomorrow morning. Did you ho to the gestoria or the medical centre first?

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Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:23am

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Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:23am

Thank you, that's my tomorrow planned.

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Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:36am

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Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:36am

our friends did that popped in, and came out with the process all started.It was much cheaper than we paid and much more efficient.

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Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:47pm

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Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:47pm

I've been down this morning. I need to go back tonight and go for the medical first. Does anyone know if they speak English? My Spanish is OK, but I don't think I'd be able to answer any unusual questions.

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Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:51pm

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Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:51pm

We applied for ours on 12 March and still haven’t got the proper license.We went down last week and collected an official form that says you are in the system,dated for three months.We were told that because of Brexit,they had been inundated with applications.

Dazz

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 1:02pm

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Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 1:02pm

I was talking to a couple yesterday who waited eleven months for there licence to arrive.

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Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 8:21pm

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Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 8:21pm

All done and dusted, quite quick & painless. Here's how it went for me if anyone's interested or worried about going. I know Jim has excellent guide for this, but I thought I'd share how it went for me.

You need a Picture for your licence which is smaller than a passport picture, handily there is a photography place round the corner who did it for me, 5.50€

I got to the medical centre just before 5, a simple medical, eye test & computer game looking test 30€, out by 5:30. We got by on my little Spanish and their much better English.

Then into the gestoria next door, I presented the form the medical centre gave to me along with the residency card and English licence and said "Necesito cambiar mi licencia de inglés por español" in my best Spanish while doing the "driving a car" mime. The chap filled out the forms, handed them to me to sign and gave me a form that allows me to drive while waiting for the licence to come, he kept my English licence, 50€ out in ten minutes.

So a total of 85.50€ and 45 minutes including having my picture taken. I've been putting it off since getting my residencia a couple of months ago, but it's really nothing to be worried about.

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