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Old Apr 6th 2015 | 4:11 am
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Ihave a "green" form because I stay longer than 90 days sometimes in Spain and have been told I have to exchange my driving license for a spanish one as I am classed as Resident, which I am not and do not want to be.

What do all the others in the same position do?
 
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Who told you this?

Do you own a Spanish registered car?
 
Old Apr 6th 2015 | 6:23 am
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Ihave a "green" form because I stay longer than 90 days sometimes in Spain and have been told I have to exchange my driving license for a spanish one as I am classed as Resident, which I am not and do not want to be.

What do all the others in the same position do?
it depends - have a read of this DO I HAVE TO EXCHANGE / RENEW MY EU DRIVING LICENCE?

whether you drive a Spanish plated car is immaterial


if you only 'sometimes' stay longer than 90 days but spend most of the year in the UK then you need to 'de-register' as resident & only re-register if you are here longer than 90 days
 
Old Apr 6th 2015 | 7:05 am
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Yes I have a spanish plated car

To save any trouble I will now de-register as resident. The information was given at the Traffico Office. They also said I could own a spanish car as non-reisdent.

Thanks for the quick answers.
 
Old Apr 6th 2015 | 7:33 am
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Yes I have a spanish plated car

To save any trouble I will now de-register as resident. The information was given at the Traffico Office. They also said I could own a spanish car as non-reisdent.

Thanks for the quick answers.
yes you can own a Spanish plated car, absolutely, although for some reason a lot of people believe that you can't


if you are on the padrón & don't spend most of the year here, you should also remove yourself from that
 
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Just read the "sticky" thread at the top of the forum.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/spain...thread-786975/
 
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Thanks for your help.
 

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