Foreigners can validate their driving permits telematic | Spain

Get an appointment to make a face -to -face procedure at the provincial traffic leaders It has become an almost impossible mission in recent months. At the few appointments that come out, they are joined that they are usually covered by private or private companies that are dedicated to negotiating with them. Another factor that also makes little offer is the lack of officials to serve people interested in official centers. This makes some efforts with The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) They lengthen for weeks and even for months, with the impatience and despair of those affected. To try to alleviate this problem, at least in part, the DGT has launched the validation of foreigners’ driving permits.

Traffic recognizes that this procedure is « the most complex procedure » that exists in the field of drivers. In the first place, a prior verification of the authority issued by permission or a specific certification is needed. Then you have to spend a medical examination, prove that it is resided in Spain and, in the case of professionals, overcome an aptitude exam.

The system that now lays the DGT can only be used with the countries with which a bilateral reciprocal recognition and driving permissions exchange has been signed. When the interested party goes to the online road, the administration will request all the documents and should only go to the provincial headquarters to deliver the original permit – which must be valid and be in force – and collect the provisional authorization to drive. The final card will receive it at your home by postal mail.

Until now, the exchange process with third countries required obtaining a previous appointment in The corresponding provincial traffic leadership, which was an additional difficulty for citizens. With the aim of simplifying this procedure and improving the quality of the service, the General Directorate of Traffic has developed a new procedure that allows you to exchange completely online. This modality is available exclusively for those countries with which Spain maintains a bilateral reciprocal recognition agreement and exchange permits. To do this, He has published a list of countries.

The necessary requirement to access this process is to access the electronic headquarters of the DGT, to be registered in cl@sees or dispose of digital certificate. Another option is to authorize another person who represents you before the Administration. To do this, you can be designated in the registration of attachments, as reported today Tuesday Traffic.

In the event that the driving license to be exchanged has been issued by Algeria, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Philippines, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Macedonia, Morocco, Moldova, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Serbia, Tunis of the permission to the country that has issued it and only when the country answers giving its agreement, you can continue with the online process of request for the exchange.

Once the country -speaking country has answered the verification application, the interested party will receive an email in which he is informed that he has been rejected or accepted. In a positive case, you will be provided with a locator to continue the exchange request. « The country’s response includes the date of obtaining, the expiration date and the renewal date of the exchange subject to exchange, » traffic highlighted in a statement.

In the event that the interested party is the holder of a permission from the countries that do not need to contribute a locator prior to the application (Argentina, Andorra, the United Kingdom, Peru, Ukraine, Uruguay, Japan, Switzerland, Korea and Monaco), the system will lead directly to request the exchange.

In any case, the interested party will have to indicate which permission classes wishes to exchange. In the event that you opt for truck or bus, you will have to do additional tests that will vary depending on the country.

Drivers will always have to provide a psychophysical aptitude report issued by a driver recognition center, together with their identification (DNI or passport), residence accreditation (foreigner identity card or registration certificate in the EU citizens record) and certificate that it did not reside in Spain when it obtained the permission to be redeem.

You will also have to present the driving license to an original, valid and in force and pay the corresponding rate, which varies depending on whether it has to do additional tests or not. In the event that a document is missing or this is not readable, The provincial headquarters will give you a term To correct it through an email.

If everything is correct, the application will be resolved favorably and, through an email, the deadline for delivering the foreign driving card will be indicated. At that same moment, provisional authorization will be given to drive.