What is included
- Checking whether your licence can be exchanged and within what deadline
- Booking the appointment and filing with the provincial traffic office
- Tracking through to delivery of the Spanish licence
Exchanging a foreign licence or recovering your own
Exchange of foreign driving licences, recovery of points and of a lapsed licence, and duplicates.
Driving licence exchange and recovery
What is included and what is not promised
Exchange depends on whether there is a treaty with your country and on when you obtained residence: there is a deadline, and once it passes the only route is to sit the tests. Checking first avoids losing months.
What it includes: checking whether your licence can be exchanged and within what deadline; booking the appointment and filing with the provincial traffic office; tracking through to delivery of the Spanish licence. What it does not include: it does not include the medical and psychological tests or the driving exams, or their outcome.
Documents you will need
- Original driving licence and sworn translation where required.
- Residence document.
- Certificate of medical fitness.
Indicative timing
We answer your enquiry within 1 working day and send the written quote within 2 working days.
Once your documents are complete, we prepare the file between 3 and 10 working days.
Provincial traffic offices take between weeks and several months depending on the province and available appointments.
See the pricing page for how we charge this kind of matter.
How it works
Estimated duration: 10 days.
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We identify the exact procedure
We check whether your foreign licence can be exchanged, within what period from taking up residence and what happens if that period has passed.
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Document list and quote
We ask for the original licence, the residence certificate and a photo in the format the traffic authority requires. Price agreed, fee apart.
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Filing and receipt
We book the appointment at the provincial office and file the exchange or recovery application with the fee paid.
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Tracking and corrections
We follow the application until the Spanish licence is handed over and tell you if they request the authenticity certificate from your country.
What to have at hand
- Original driving licence and sworn translation where required
- Residence document
- Certificate of medical fitness
Frequently asked questions
Does my country have a treaty?
We check on first reading. If there is none, we tell you what route remains.
I missed the exchange deadline.
Then the tests are the only way. We say so plainly rather than charge for an impossible exchange.
I have lost all my points.
There is a recovery course and a test. We organise the procedure and the deadlines.
Related services
People who come for “Driving licence exchange and recovery” often need one of these Public administration procedures too. If your case mixes several, it goes in a single file with a single quote.
Your case
Tell us which procedure you need, before which body, and whether a deadline is running.
Request a quote
Tell us about your case and which documents you already have. We tell you what fits, what is missing and what it costs.