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In Spain, a driving licence is an official document which authorises the holder to operate motor vehicles.It is issued by the Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT). [1]As Spain is a member of the EU and EEA, Spanish driving licences are European driving licences, adhering to Directive 2006/126/EC, and are valid throughout the European Economic Area.
A Spanish passport (Spanish: pasaporte español) is an identity document issued to Spanish citizens with right of abode in the Iberian mainland, Ceuta, Melilla, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, for travel outside Spain. Every Spanish citizen is also a citizen of the European Union.
With a valid passport, EU citizens are entitled to exercise the right of free movement (meaning they do not need a visa, a certain amount of money, or a certain reason to travel freely and no residence permit for settling) in the European Economic Area (European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway), Switzerland and, before 31 December 2020 in the United Kingdom.
The DGT blocked them and alerted the Traffic Investigation and Analysis Group (GIAT), which opened an invest Spanish police investigate whether hackers stole millions of drivers' data Skip to main ...
The DGT is made up 50 provincial headquarters, one for each province, two local headquarters in Ceuta and Melilla and 14 local offices (Alcorcón, Alzira, Cartagena, Fuerteventura, Gijón, Ibiza, Lanzarote, La Línea de la Concepción, Menorca, La Palma, Sabadell, Santiago de Compostela and Talavera de la Reina).
Foreign residents in Spain can get a card similar to the DNI but in blue, called the Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero (TIE). This card is the document that proves that the foreigner is legally in Spain. This card shows that the cardholder has been granted permission to stay in Spain for more than six months. The card is personal and non ...
According to the 2024 Visa Restrictions Index, holders of a Spanish passport can visit 194 countries visa-free or with visa on arrival. In the index, Spain is in the 1st rank in terms of travel freedom, alongside Singapore. The Spanish nationality is ranked eleventh in Nationality Index (QNI).
Visa requirements for Spanish citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Spain.. As of 2025, Spanish citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 192 countries and territories, ranking the ordinary Spanish passport 3rd in terms of travel freedom (tied with France, Germany, Italy, and Japan) according to the Henley Passport Index.