{"id":3404,"date":"2026-03-04T09:57:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/driving-licence-exchange-mallorca\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:57:32","slug":"driving-licence-exchange-mallorca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/driving-licence-exchange-mallorca\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Licence Exchange in Mallorca \u2013 Guide for Expats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EU driving licences are valid in Spain. However, if you are a resident in Mallorca, you should consider <strong>exchanging your licence<\/strong> for a Spanish one \u2013 it becomes mandatory for renewal.<\/p>\n<h2>Do I need to exchange?<\/h2>\n<p>EU licences are technically valid, but the <strong>DGT<\/strong> recommends exchanging for permanent residents. With a Spanish licence you get 12 penalty points (vs. 0 with a foreign licence) and faster police checks.<\/p>\n<h2>What do you need?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Application<\/strong> at the Jefatura Provincial de Tr\u00e1fico in Palma<\/li>\n<li><strong>Passport + NIE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Empadronamiento<\/strong> (current)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medical certificate<\/strong> from a <em>Centro de Reconocimiento<\/em> \u2013 approx. 25-40 euros<\/li>\n<li><strong>Original licence<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Passport photo<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fee:<\/strong> approx. 28 euros<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Process<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Book a <em>Cita Previa<\/em> online at the DGT<\/li>\n<li>Get a medical certificate<\/li>\n<li>Attend appointment with all documents<\/li>\n<li>Your old licence is retained; you receive a provisional Spanish licence<\/li>\n<li>Final licence arrives by post (4-8 weeks)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Important<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Your <strong>original licence is sent back<\/strong> to your home country<\/li>\n<li>Motorcycle categories are transferred<\/li>\n<li>DGT appointments book up weeks in advance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/register-car-mallorca\/\">Registering a car in Mallorca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/moving-to-mallorca\/\">moving to Mallorca guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU driving licences are valid in Spain. However, if you are a resident in Mallorca, you should consider exchanging your licence for a Spanish one \u2013 it becomes mandatory for renewal. Do I need to exchange? EU licences are technically valid, but the DGT recommends exchanging for permanent residents. With a Spanish licence you get<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buerokratie-behoerden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}