9 October at 18:16 ·
‼️‼️ IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL UK LICENCE HOLDERS ‼️‼️
Individuals looking to exchange their licence by themselves at the DGT can no longer book to do so, Torrevieja Translators can still help you exchange your licence until the end of this month, however. More info below:
We have some news for you all, which came as a big surprise to us all yesterday evening. We are Frankly shocked that this information was not shared by any official channels up until now.
As of yesterday evening, the DGT is no longer allowing individual bookings for driving licence exchanges for UK licence holders. The options to select "Reino Unido" as the country of issue are no longer available, both under "Canje" and "Renovación".
This means that you as an individual can no longer book yourself into any Tráfico office across the country to exchange your driving licence by yourself.
Although we expected this to occur as of the 31st of this month, it seems to have been actioned already as of yesterday.
That being said, we as affiliates of the DGT in Elche are still able to perform these exchanges up until the 21st at least due to our status with that office. We have been in touch with the head of foreign exchanges in said office, who assured us that the DVLA will be disconnecting its validation system with the DGT on the 31st of October until some sort of arrangement is reached between the UK and Spanish authorities for reciprocal exchanges.
While this is bad news for those of you who wanted to 'wait and see' it is good news for those of you who have signed up for an exchange with us before the 28th of this month. Those of you who wish to sign up can still do so but we are not joking around when we say that this is the final call for people to exchange their driving licences.
We attach below, the section of the online booking portal for the DGT where you can see that "Reino Unido" is no longer present, you will find this under any exchange option that you chose in any office across the country.
If you are serious about getting legal but have not done it yet due to "planned trips" or "holidays", you will now need to set your priorities straight or hope for the best that the UK reach an agreement with Spain in order for the DGT to reenable bookings for this process.
Get in touch with us today if you would like to sign up or would like to argue with us about how "it's not going to happen" because as we can clearly see, it's happening.
Our driving licence exchange service starts from 80€ per person* get in touch with us for more details or sign up via our website:
https://torreviejatranslators.com/reque ... exchanges/*This is our fee and does not include DGT fees or medical costs.
**EDIT - Information has come to light that you are able to pre-register for a special exchange grace period with the DGT. To do so, you must submit the special application form provided to you on the DGT website by visiting your Tráfico office to hand it in, in person or via the online portal (if you have access to a digital certificate or Cl@ve). You MUST submit this form now as these will only be accepted until the 31st. If you have done this, you will be entitled to complete your exchange from the 11th of November for nine months. If you do not hand this form in, you will not be permitted to exchange. Please note: This is the current situation, and it is, of course, subject to change once again at any time.
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