When buying a new car or van, besides choosing a vehicle that you like, suits your needs, meets your budget and is properly maintained, there’s a lot more to consider. From an administrative point of view, you need to check that the vehicle doesn’t have any charges or fines against it. With that in mind,…
If you are planning to permanently relocate to Spain and apply to become a Spanish resident, you may well be bringing a vehicle with you as part of your “goods and chattels”. While it’s quite well known that there are taxes to be paid when importing a vehicle, under certain circumstances, you may be able…
We’ve all had that awful sinking feeling when you go to grab that all-important document (passport, driving licence, bank card etc), and it’s not where you KNOW you left it. Or your trusty A4 green residency certificate is falling to pieces on the creases or worst of all, you’re the victim of theft. While organising…
Did you register to exchange your UK driving licence for a Spanish one? Here’s how to check the progress of your application with the DGT.
With the UK leaving the EU, from 1st January 2021 the status of UK registered vehicles within Europe changed overnight, with huge implications for customs, VAT and import duties. Now a ‘third country’, UK registered vehicles (except those registered in Northern Ireland at the moment) have to go through one of three different import processes;…
