Good morning to you all,

I have just returned to Fuerteventura after nearly 7 months, we are living here full time now, can anyone advise me what is the situation with changing UK licence to Spanish?.

I have my TIE card.

Many thanks Bob.

From Noticias:

Italian tourist investigated for reckless driving on the road from El Roque to El Cotillo.
[color=#000000][size=small][font=asap-regular, Arial, sans-serif][color=#555555][font=asap-regular, Arial, sans-serif][color=#111111]The Civil Guard investigates a driver for this crime in Fuerteventura following th

I read on the DGT website that renewing your Spanish Driving Licence after age 65 is fairly simple, and so it proved!
You can start the process up to 3 months before the old one expires.
You choose one of the approved Medical Centres who will do your medical tests AND they will process all the paperwork for you! If you are 70 you only pay the cost of the medical, (45€) no tax and no fee for processing. The medical centre even does your photo! You don't need an appointment - just go in.
You

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Radio Sintonia:

At the disposal of the driver of a motorcycle for circulating at 134 km / hour in Puerto del Rosario.
[color=#111111][font=Roboto, sans-serif][size=small][color=#222222][font=Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system,]The Local Police of Puerto del Rosario, has made available to the Judicial Authority the driver of a motorcycle that circulated on the urban road of Puerto del Rosario

For those of you that still might not be aware, the Driving Licence Exchange fiasco has still not been resolved. 
This means that anyone planning to Reside permanently in the Canary Islands or the rest of Spain will not be able to drive on their U.K. Driving Licence and will be required to take the Spanish Driving Test.
Although talks are continuing between the U.K. and Spain to allow the exchange of driving licences, a solution has yet to be agreed.
This issue does not affect U.K. visitors

Just wondered whether anyone had undertaken the eye test/physical for getting a Spanish licence (I appreciate the exchange has not been confirmed yet).

If so, where was it (we are North of the island), how much, and was it simple to understand? I am studying Spanish but not sure how good I am yet!

TIA :-)

Radio Sintonia:

Father and son investigated for document falsification in a driving license test.

The Civil Guard of Las Palmas in collaboration with the Provincial Traffic Headquarters of the same province, have investigated two people of 23 and 52 years of age respectively, as alleged perpetrators of a crime of document falsification, discovering how one of the applicants was posing as another person, also locating in the vicinity the true holder of the theoretical test.



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My daughter resides in Jersey Channel Islands and will be moving permanently to Fuerteventura next year.

My question is has anyone on here from either the Channel Islands or Isle of Man experienced changing their driving licence to a Spanish one. If so what were the problems encountered as I know of 2 people from both places that have been refused the exchange, any help much appreciated, thanks Willie.