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Certified Spanish Driver's License Translation

eVerbary translates your Spanish driver's license into English for $24.95 per page with no word cap, by a professional human translator, with a signed certification. Most orders are delivered within a few hours. Accepted by USCIS and by US universities, colleges and schools, or your money back.

Issued by the DGT, with points held centrally

Spanish driving licences (permiso de conducción, usually called carné de conducir) are issued by the Directorate-General of Traffic (DGT) through its provincial traffic offices. Under the General Drivers Regulation a car or motorcycle licence is valid for ten years until the holder turns 65 and five years after that, while truck and bus categories are valid for five years, then three. An expired licence does not authorise driving.

Spain has had a points licence since 2006. Drivers start with 12 points, novices and those who regain a lost licence with 8, and a clean record can raise the balance to 15. The balance is held by the DGT, not printed on the card, and a points statement can be downloaded from the DGT's electronic office. The miDGT app also carries a digital licence; for a US office, send a scan of the card unless it accepts the digital version.

Categories, dates and what a DMV reads

The back of the card lists each category held, such as AM, A1, A2, A, B, BE, C and D, with the date it was obtained, its expiry and any restriction codes. We translate each line in the same order so that categories stay matched to their dates, and we keep restriction codes as printed. On the front we translate the names, date and place of birth, issue and expiry dates, the issuing authority and the licence number.

Each US state decides whether a foreign licence counts toward its own, and a translation does not give a right to drive. Ask your DMV and see our DMV translation page. Licences from Latin America have their own pages, for example the Mexican driver's license page. See also the Spanish vehicle registration page. Send both sides of the card, because the categories and their dates are on the back.

What USCIS requires

Under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), a foreign-language document must be accompanied by a complete English translation and the translator's certification that it is accurate. Every seal, stamp and marginal note is part of the document, so every one is translated.

State agencies set their own rules — see government agencies — and what our certification states is on this page.

How it works

Upload a photo or a scan of your document, pick the language pair and check out online. You never have to mail originals: a legible copy is all we need.

A professional human translator, never machine translation, translates the document word for word and mirrors the layout of the original. Every certified translation ships with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy that meets the requirements of USCIS, courts and universities.

Your translation is delivered digitally, usually within 24 hours for documents of one to three pages, and same-day delivery is available. If anything needs adjusting, we revise it.

Certified vs. standard translation

A certified translation is a word-for-word translation accompanied by a signed statement attesting to its accuracy and completeness. It is what official bodies require: USCIS, courts, universities and government agencies. Certified translations are $24.95 per page, where one sheet of your document is one page, with no word cap.

A standard translation is the same professional human translation without the certificate, for when you only need to understand the content or for internal or informal use. It is billed at the same $24.95 per page with no word cap.

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