DGT Modelo 03 — Driving licence procedures (trámites de conductores)

What is DGT Modelo 03 — Driving licence procedures?

Modelo 03 (Trámites de conductores) is the form the Spanish traffic authority, the Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT), uses for driving-licence procedures at its offices. One form covers renewing a Spanish licence (prórroga de vigencia), a duplicate after loss, damage or theft or because your name, DNI/NIF or other details changed, an international driving permit, a change of address, exchanging a licence from an EU country, another country or a military or police licence (canje), registering or renewing an EU licence, and replacing a licence. The current edition is MOD. 03/2026-05-ES.

It asks for your identity details, your address for notifications, the procedure you want and, for an exchange, registration or replacement, the details of the licence you hold. The form notes that the DGT checks your identity, padrón registration and legal residence electronically. By signing you also declare that you are not barred from driving by a court, that your licence is not suspended, and that you hold no licence of the same class from another EU or EEA country.

FileIt explains every box of Modelo 03 in English, checks DNI and NIE letters, and prints your answers neatly onto the DGT's official PDF, including names with letters such as ł, ș or ü. The finished form is saved in your FileIt vault. FileIt does not submit anything to the DGT and does not pay the fee: you print the form and take it to a Jefatura de Tráfico, where you sign it.

Who needs to fill out DGT Modelo 03 — Driving licence procedures?

• Holders of a Spanish licence who want to renew it, or need a duplicate after loss, damage or theft.
• People whose name, DNI/NIF or other details changed and who need a duplicate with the new details.
• Residents in Spain with an EU, foreign, military or police licence who want to exchange it for a Spanish one, or register or renew an EU licence.
• Drivers who need an international driving permit, or want to tell the DGT their new address.

When to use DGT Modelo 03 — Driving licence procedures

• When your licence is close to expiring and you want to renew it at an office.
• After your licence is lost, damaged or stolen, or your details change.
• When you become resident in Spain with a licence from another country and want to exchange or register it.
• Before travelling to a country that asks for an international driving permit.

What you need before you start

• Your DNI or NIE, date of birth, country of birth and nationality, and your name and surnames.
• Your address for notifications, with postcode, province and municipality.
• For a renewal, the licence class(es). The form says to bring a photo slip (talón foto, Mod. 2.67).
• For an exchange, registration, renewal of an EU licence or a replacement: the class, number, issuing country, and dates of issue and expiry of the licence you hold.
• The DGT fee (tasa) for the procedure, paid at the office by card, online at sede.dgt.gob.es, or at a bank, as page 2 explains.

What’s on DGT Modelo 03 — Driving licence procedures

The 2026 edition has 2 pages. FileIt asks for it in 4 parts:

1. Applicant (Datos del interesado)Applicant
2. Address for notifications (Domicilio del titular a efecto de notificaciones)Applicant
3. Procedure (Seleccione el trámite que desea realizar)Applicant
4. Other matters, place and date (Otras cuestiones · En ___, a __ de ___ de ___)Applicant

How to fill out DGT Modelo 03 — Driving licence procedures, step by step

1 Datos del interesado (applicant)

Your DNI or NIE, date of birth (dd/mm/yyyy), country of birth, nationality, first name, both surnames, email and phone.

2 Domicilio a efecto de notificaciones (address for notifications)

Street type and name, number, block, entrance, staircase, floor, door, kilometre point, postcode, province, municipality and locality. For a change of address, this is the new address.

3 Seleccione el trámite (procedure)

Tick one procedure: renewal, change of address, duplicate, international permit, exchange (canje), registration of an EU licence, renewal of an EU licence or replacement. For a renewal give the licence class. For a duplicate tick the reason (loss, damage, theft) or the details that changed.

4 Datos del permiso de conducción (licence details)

For an exchange, an EU licence registration or renewal, tick where the licence comes from (an EU country, another country, military or police) and give its class, number, issuing country and dates. For a replacement, tick the reason and give the same details of the licence to replace.

5 Otras cuestiones, lugar y fecha (other matters, place and date)

Anything the form doesn't list, then the place and date. You sign at the office.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Putting two procedures on one form. The instructions ask for one application per procedure.
• Forgetting the fee, or the photo slip for a renewal.
• Leaving out the licence details for an exchange or replacement.
• Signing the declaration without checking it: it says you hold no licence of the same class from another EU or EEA country and that no licence of yours was suspended or cancelled in another member state.

After you fill it out

Print the PDF from your FileIt vault and take it to a Jefatura de Tráfico with your ID, the fee paid and the documents for your procedure.

Sign it there by hand under 'Firma del interesado'.

Keep the form and the receipt in your FileIt vault, and add your new licence and its expiry date so FileIt can remind you before it runs out.

DGT Modelo 03 — Driving licence procedures: frequently asked questions

Official sources

• Blank form (PDF), published by Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT): https://sede.dgt.gob.es/export/sites/dgt/.galleries/modelos-solicitud/03/Mod.03-ES.pdf
• Official instructions and guidance: https://sede.dgt.gob.es/es/permisos-de-conducir/
• Edition shown on this page: MOD. 03/2026-05-ES (checked 2026-10-25).

FileIt is not affiliated with or endorsed by Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT) or any government. This page explains the form in general terms and is not legal, tax or immigration advice. Always read the official instructions, and check that you are using the edition the recipient accepts. Page last reviewed 2026-10-25.

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