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clive9465 wrote on Sat May 15, 2021 1:32pm:
Hi There
I’ve just been told by a friend who is moving out to Spain in the next few months ( lucky bugger) that when we ( my wife and I) make our move out to Spain we will not only have to change our driving license for a Spanish license, (which I am aware of) but we will have to sit the Spanish driving...
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... test too,can anyone tell me if this information is accurate or not?,I thank you in advance for any information.
kindest regards
Clive
Good day Clive, I feel your pain as I too am having to resit a driving test despite having held a licence for 50 years. I, along with my partner and 2 friends applied for an ex change before the cut off date and despite providing evidence from the DVLA that our U.K. licences were valid, nil penalty points etc we were told early this year that as we were not yet ‘resident’ they would not exchange. We applied for Recidencia February 2020 but Covid kicked that into touch. We applied again in August, under the new system, and finally received notification of our successful application in February 2021. None of this made any difference to the official in Murcia and as a result you do sadly, currently any way, have to sit the test. You will have to sign up to an accredited driving school, that will cost you anything from euro 360 to euro 460. The next step will be to study the Spanish Highway Code and then sit the theory examination, the examination is available in English. I recently sat mine and passed with a 100% pass ( there are 30 questions in all). Prior to sitting the theory you will need to undertake a medical, well that’s what they call it, in reality it is usually a simple eye test, takes 2 minutes and 50 euros, great business to be in. Having jumped through those hoops you will then have to take a number of driving lessons, not sure how many but my first is today. Finally the practical driving test which I understand is in Spanish, that’s understandable, but depending upon the region you may well be able to have an interpreter sit with you. Having witnessed the level of driving skills displayed by the majority of Spanish drivers I do not foresee to many problems, hopefully not famous last words. I understand that the U.K. and Spanish Governments are in talks regarding driving licence exchange so they may have reached a sensible agreement by the time you wish to relocate. Fingers crossed and good luck.
