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05 Oct 2011 12:00 AM by johnzx Star rating in Spain. 5242 posts Send private message

 

I Have just seen this on 'traffico web site'

Important : It is your responsibilty to have your correct address on the licence. If you do not , the licence is invalid and you will not be covered by insurance companies

 

That being so, it would seem it affects all those who have a UK  licence but live in Spain.





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05 Oct 2011 2:19 PM by Sanchez1 Star rating. 853 posts Send private message

05 Oct 2011 2:35 PM by johnzx Star rating in Spain. 5242 posts Send private message

Sanchez

Sorry it was not DGT but :--

http://epore.org/drive.html

 

who were 'quoting'





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05 Oct 2011 2:43 PM by guslopez Star rating in Lorca, Murcia.. 744 posts Send private message

The Dgt website applies to Spanish nationals & resident foreigners with spanish licences. It does not apply to resident foreigners with home country licences ( & they should have a medical certificate to ensure that the licence is valid )

If you have a foreign licence & commit an offence the Dgt will create a 'virtual' licence with a link to your foreign licence & Nie number to subtract points. The same as the DVLa do in the UK , except that they add points.



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05 Oct 2011 4:16 PM by Faro Star rating in London. 1139 posts Send private message

Johnzx

What is a correct address?

eg - the address on my licence is what I regard as my ultimate home address and that has never changed.

These days people move from one place to the next and live a few months here and a few month there etc

So as long as you receive post at a given address - is that a valid address?





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05 Oct 2011 4:30 PM by johnzx Star rating in Spain. 5242 posts Send private message

Hi Faro.

 

I don't know what the criteria is in the Spanish legal system to establish what is one's legal, correct, address,  However, I would think that in normal circumstances  one's address is where they live and where their principle home is.   In most circumstances that is not that difficult to establish.   The Spanish for many years seem to have had little difficulty in knowing where they must register on the empadron.

Of course if one wants enter the realms of fantasy and 'what if' as some posters seem to delight in doing, then it could become really, but quite unnecessarily,  complicated.

 

 



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05 Oct 2011 4:43 PM by Faro Star rating in London. 1139 posts Send private message

I would not wish to exchange my licence and change my address.

When I re-registered my car my driving licence was the only document I had for the proof of address required to obtain a baja consular (affidavit).

In fact I still regard the address on my licence as my home address and it is an address at which I receive post.





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05 Oct 2011 5:18 PM by GuyT Star rating. 511 posts Send private message

In the EU, we have a house in UK, a finca in Spain & an apartment in France. We divide our time fairly equally between the three, but also like to travel a lot. All three countries say  we can't have one of their driving licences unless we spend more than 6 months a year in their country. Similarly, one can't get insurance if one tells the insurance company one is not permanently resident - 6 months a year - in their country. All I can do is declare one of the homes to be my residence....and get on with life. 

 



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05 Oct 2011 5:19 PM by johnzx Star rating in Spain. 5242 posts Send private message

If you think that an address where you just receive post (an accommodation address) is your address, your place of residence, the place where you normally reside, well that's fine, but don't expect most people / authorities to agree with you.
 
Just in passing:-  
 
Certainly, as far as Spain is concerned, if you spend 183 days or more in one year in Spain , you are tax resident in Spain and legally obliged to pay tax on (almost all) your world wide assets and income.
 
 
I just looked on the web. 
 
UK HM Customs say:-    
 
Individuals receiving supplies in a private capacity are treated as belonging in the country where they have their usual place of residence. An individual has only one usual place of residence at any point in time. Individuals are normally resident in the country where they have set up home with their family and are in full-time employment. They are not resident in a country they are only visiting as a tourist.
 
Motoring in Spain :-
 
A foreign EU resident is someone who lives more than 6 months or 183 days a year in Spain and Spain is therefore their official place of residence.





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