Driving Licence With A Photo

[piggynose]

I realise now that living in spain, i would be better off having a driving licence with a photo, at present have a paper one. So i had a look at the dvla website, and does not seem very clear regards where i stand. Unless i come under one of several catagories, then i wont need to bother changing it. surely if i want to change my paper one for a photo one then i should be able to. but i cant seem to find a link to do it.
thanks in advance.

[bhg481]

https://www.gov.uk/exchange-paper-driving-licence

[bhg481]

I stand to be corrected on this but, if you now live permanently in Spain, you have to get a Spanish Licence (and, possibly, pass a Spanish test).
In any case, you need to tell them your new address (if permanent move).

[Buenchico]

As Bhg481 states . . .
https://www.expatica.com/es/moving-to/Renewing-or-exchanging-EU-driving-licences-in-Spain_473563.html

[piggynose]

sorry folks for the confusion, i dont need/want the photo licence for driving, but for various things, eg a bank mandate insists on a photo driving licence. anyway i think the paper licence with be fazed out pretty soon.

[furrypusscat]

If you notify change of address which surely you must have to do, then any change of licence for whatever reason will automatically be a photo card licence.

[bhg481]

Surely the bank will accept another form of ID with a photo on it; many people don't have a driving licence.

[ummmm]

Have you got a British passport?

[ummmm]

I applied for my photo license online and they took the details and photo from my passport.

[bhg481]

As an aside, many years ago we went to the USA and needed to show ID for something (can't remember what). We offered a passport and got the response "Do you have a credit card?".

[hc4361]

I'm confused. Your Spanish licence will have your photo on it for ID purposes

[bhg481]

She hasn't got a Spanish licence hc4361, just a paper UK licence.