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Driving License: How to get one and the difficulty of passing

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#1 ·
Hello All,

What is the situation of getting a driving license in Spain?

And the steps of passing is it just a physical test or a computer based one aswell like in the uk?

:eek:
 
#2 ·
Are you thinking the process of transfering a foreign -> to a spanish license ... or getting a new one?

For a new license its a course of theory and driving - in spanish - with tests in the end (also in spanish)...For a transfer of a EU license you do a little medical test that includes playing a simple little computer game and besides from that its formulas and bureaucrazy but nothing difficult.

You list yourself as from Australia, that might put you in the "need a new license" category...you can drive for 6months on an australian one, but then have to obtain a spanish one from scratch as theres no mutual agreement spain/australia about transfers (fx have a look at: Driving in Spain - Embajada de Australia )
 
#3 ·
For non-Europeans



Hi there,
Well I am taking a driving class because their traffic laws differ from the US, and it is a requirement for non-European residents. If you can get an international driver's license there in Australia it should not be a problem for the first three months. If you intend to reside then you are better off getting the driver's license. You may have to apply for the NIE resident's number, then take a course, then a written test (the kind with boxes to tick off multiple choice), then the practical part of the course and then the physical driving test. If you know how to drive manual instead of automatic it helps. The course cost me about 300 Euros, and they do have a test in English with an English text book.
Hope this info helps. Cheers, 10C
 
#4 ·
Hi there,
Well I am taking a driving class because their traffic laws differ from the US, and it is a requirement for non-European residents. If you can get an international driver's license there in Australia it should not be a problem for the first three months. If you intend to reside then you are better off getting the driver's license. You may have to apply for the NIE resident's number, then take a course, then a written test (the kind with boxes to tick off multiple choice), then the practical part of the course and then the physical driving test. If you know how to drive manual instead of automatic it helps. The course cost me about 300 Euros, and they do have a test in English with an English text book.
Hope this info helps. Cheers, 10C
the Aussie/International licence is fine for 6 months - after that like you, the OP would have to do the test

however - the OP is flying the UK flag as where he is from, so of course that would change things - no actual driving test - just the computer simulation

hopefully he'll come back & clarify for us
 
#7 ·
I think...but I'm not sure...that there is no suchn thing as an 'International Driving Licence'....
All you get for your money is a translation of your U.S.or whatever ,licence into a variety of languages.
And again I'm not sure but I think that if you are resident in Spain you need an EU -valid licence...
 
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