Corsa International – English Speaking Driving School BCN
Just arrived to
Barcelona (Spain) and you need to drive? AutoescuelaCorsa will help you in all
the necessary procedures to get your Spanish driver's license. In an easy and
fun way, in a short time and all in English. Get more information visiting our
center located in C/ Gran de Gracia, 266, 08012 Barcelona (next to the Lesseps
metro station), through our telephone 934.885.221. (Contact person Srta.
Silvia) or through our mail: info-lesseps@autoescuelacorsa.com. Visit our
website: http://www.autoescuelacorsa.com/en/. Call today!
Autoescuela Corsa
is
the only driving school in Barcelona that offers theoretical classes and
driving lessons in English. Our experienced English speaking teachers will help
you in all the necessary procedures to get your Spanish driver's license.
We offer a
complete package that includes 4 day intensive theory course, teaching
material, theory test questions bank online, Formal Procedures and 5 Driving
Lessons.
Our easy and quick method:
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Theory
Course in English.
The whole theory phase is done in English, with an experienced teacher.
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Theory
Test Question Bank Online. Make sure you pass the theory test doing all our multiple-choice
test.
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Intensive
Theory Course.
In just two weekends. (4 days).
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One
to One driving lessons.
Always with same teacher and same car. Manual and Automatic dual controlled
cars.
The process:
The tests to
obtain the license include:
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Theoretical
Test: Made up of 30 questions. It’s multiple choices, only one answer is
correct for each question and you can make a maximum of 3 mistakes.
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The
driving Test: On public roads during 25 min. exam approximately. If you break a
rule, miss a sign or the driving instructor (seated as a co-pilot) has to use
his brakes, then you fail. The examiners are very strict on this. It’s not only
about your driving ability, but also about how you focus your mind in an exam
situation.
For more
information, check out the “Courses” section on their web
page: http://www.autoescuelacorsa.com/en/courses/
You can also join us on
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CorsaInternational/
License Validity:
A) European
licenses (including Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein)
It is not
mandatory to validate your license until it expires. Once it has expired or
shortly before the expiration date, it is obligatory to validate it and
exchange it for a Spanish license.
Those indefinite
driver´s licenses (that never expire) or those which are valid over 15 years,
have to be exchanged for a Spanish license no later than 2 years after getting
legal residency in Spain.
Once you have
exchanged your license:
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The
driver obtains 12 points (Spain has a system of points in which, depending on
the severity of the traffic violations: minor/serious/very serious, points get
taken away.
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You
are entitled to drive motorcycles until 125cc (if the original license is at
least 3 years old).
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The
original license will be returned to the country of origin.
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All
types of licenses will be validated.
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All
types of licenses will be validated even if they are lost.
NOTE: The license
holder of a vehicle with a foreign license plate has one month after receiving
the residency to VALIDATE THE LICENSE PLATE.
B) Licenses of
countries with an agreement (non-Europeans)
License holders
from these countries will have to validate their license and exchange it for a
Spanish license 6 months after receiving their residency in Spain.
Andorra, Argelia,
Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, South Korea, Ecuador, El Salvador,
The Philippines, Guatemala, Macedonia, Japan, Morocco, Monaco, Nicaragua,
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Serbia, Switzerland, Tunisia,
Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay and Venezuela.
If license
holders from any of the above countries have an expired license or have lost
their license, they will not be able to exchange it for a Spanish one, with the
exception of Andorra, Japan, Switzerland, South Korea and Monaco.
C) Driver´s
licenses from other countries (USA, Canada, Australia, etc.)
The license´s
holders from these countries can drive in Spain with their original licenses
for a maximum of 6 month5s from the date they entered Spain and for another 6
months after receiving their residency.
After that time,
these licenses are not valid in Spain any more. Therefore you must get a
Spanish driver´s license in order to drive.
