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Marie52 wrote on Thu Feb 27, 2020 8:33am:

We live in France and are planning to be resident in Spain before the end of the year but the website here for exchanging your driving licence doesn’t open until 9th March !

John99andrew wrote on Thu Feb 27, 2020 8:44am:

So I take it you are moving from France  to live perminatly in Spain ?

Marie52 wrote on Thu Feb 27, 2020 9:23am:

Yes I am

John99andrew wrote on Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:20am:

So I may not have understood what you said, did you say you where applying for a French driving licence ?

Because if you are moving permanently to Spain you will have to make yourself resident in Spain and you will have to have a Spanish driving licence by law before 31st December 2020 I thinking you are running out of time to get this all done before 31/12/2020 there is a big backlog for residency a...

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...nd driving licence

Marie52 wrote on Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:45am:

But my new French Driving Licence will be issued by a member of the European State and is automatically accepted by other European state members. (As with the U.K. before Brexit)

Biggles172 wrote on Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:52am:

Yes it will be accepted anywhere in all the EU states but presumably only reluctantly in the UK...

Biggles172 wrote on Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:53am:

Anyone know the current waiting time for issue of Spanish driving licences?

DarioMartin wrote on Thu Feb 27, 2020 1:43pm:

UPDATE:  Biggles was correct it seems when he said DGT were "confused".  I've just visited the site, and the latest update is here (translated)

DGT and Brexit

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The European Union has negotiated with the United Kingdom a Withdrawal Agreement that enables a transitional period during which the rights of citizens are maintained according to the acquis communautaire, an agreement that has already been approved by both the European and British institutions. 

Therefore, European driving license regulations will continue to apply to permits issued by the United Kingdom until the end of the transitional period, scheduled for December 31, 2020 .

Consequently, the valid and valid driving licenses issued by the British authorities will enable their holders to drive in our country until that date. As of January 1, 2021 , the general regulations on third-country permits (non-EU countries) and the permits issued by the British authorities will apply to drive in Spain for six months from the entry of the holder in Spain or from the date of obtaining legal residence.

If you are a British permit holder and you plan to reside in Spain after the end of the year 2020, we recommend that you request the exchange, renewal or replacement of your permit with an equivalent Spanish. To do so, you must make an appointment through the following link .

For more information on the procedures necessary to exchange, renew or replace your driving license, you can consult the following page:

https://sede.dgt.gob.es/es/permisos-de-conducir/canje-permisos/index.shtml

Will Spanish driving licenses be recognized in the United Kingdom?

Under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, European driving license regulations will continue to apply in the United Kingdom until December 31, 2020. Therefore, it is possible to continue driving and redeem the Spanish license until that date. From January 1, 2021, the treatment that the British authorities will give to our driving licenses will change. For now, we have the information in the following link .