How do I change my driver's license when I immigrate to Spain?

Visitors to Spain can drive with an international driver's license within the validity period of the visa, and the original passport and international driver's license should be carried with them for inspection. International driver's license will be applied in the country of residence. Use the driver's license of the country of residence to apply for an international driver's license before traveling. The validity of an international driver's license is generally one year. People living in Spain need a Spanish driver's license. Generally speaking, Spanish driver's license should be registered in driving school and obtained through theoretical and practical examinations. However, some countries have an agreement with the Spanish government that they can directly change their national driver's license into a Spanish driver's license without taking an exam. These countries include all EU member states as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. In other countries, such as Japan, South Korea, Argentina, Turkey and other countries, the driver's license requires the applicant to pass a health test before applying for a Spanish driver's license.

If you have a driver's license from a member of the European Union or Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, you need to meet the following conditions:

1. You need to apply within 6 months after obtaining the legal residence in Spain. If you exceed this time limit, you need to retake your Spanish driver's license.

The driver's license you hold in this country must be valid. If it expires, the applicant needs to go to the driver's physical examination center to pass the physical examination test, and the center will send the report directly to the Transportation Bureau. If the driver's license held by the applicant is revoked or restricted locally, it will not be possible to apply for conversion to a Spanish driver's license.

Materials required for specific applications are:

1. Application Form (downloadable from the website of the Ministry of Communications)

2. Original and photocopy of residence/passport

3. Original and photocopy of EU driver's license

4.32x26mm ID photo

5. Statement of valid driving license

6. declare that you don't have a driver's license from other EU countries.

7. The corresponding credit card handling fee

If the applicant can't attend in person, he/she needs to write a power of attorney to someone with legal status in Spain, but the power of attorney needs to be written free of charge.

In addition, it should be noted that if your driver's license from other EU countries was obtained after obtaining legal status in Spain, the Spanish Transport Bureau will not accept such an application for license transfer. In this case, you need to get a Spanish driver's license.

According to the bilateral agreements between the Spanish government and other countries outside the EU, Its driver's license in Japan, South Korea, Algeria, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Morocco, Nicaragua, Peru, Dominica, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Brazil, El Salvador, the Philippines, Guatemala, Serbia, Turkey, Tunisia, Ukraine, Macedonia and other countries can also be applied for and replaced with a Spanish driver's license, which is basically consistent with the application and renewal of the EU driver's license.

The above situation is limited to the driver's license of A 1, a, b and EB. If you want to change other types of driver's licenses, you need to pass certain tests according to the bilateral agreement between Spain and its driver's license issuing country.

The United Nations Convention on International Driving Licenses for Road Traffic was signed in Geneva in September 1949, when there were more than 100 signatories. However, China missed the bus. Because China was not a party to the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic at that time, there was no official organization in Chinese mainland to issue the Convention? International driver's license? And this is the status quo in China? International driver's license? The root cause of the argument. Since Hong Kong and Macao joined the Convention before the reunification, after the reunification, our government declared that the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic still applies to Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions. So, use? International driver's license? +? Hong Kong and Macao driver's license? You can go to the contracting countries (regions) of the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic smoothly.

Therefore, China does not recognize the international driver's license in principle, and naturally it is impossible to obtain an international driver's license in China.