If you’re thinking of importing a car to Spain have you thought about the re-registering process and what it entails? Perhaps you’re dreading going through all the procedures or spending hours reading through rules and regulations.

What you need is a reliable service you can trust. Someone you can rely upon to take you through the process easily and stress-free. This is where Alicante Office comes in.

Alicante Office is the professional and legal way to transfer your vehicle registration. If you have a UK or other non-Spanish car, motorbike or motor home, then let us take care of things for you. We provide a fully legal process with the aim of ensuring that your vehicle is transferred to Spanish plates with the least fuss and inconvenience to yourselves.

Our aim is to help you with the process of importing a car to Spain by providing such an outstanding service that you will be pleased to tell your friends and neighbours. We want to make things easy for you.

We are a family-run business speaking both Native English and Spanish and we’ve been established in Alicante City, Costa Blanca, for over 10 years, helping many satisfied customers to register their cars in Spain.

Let us help you avoid Spanish bureaucracy by taking care of all the process from start to finish. We service the marketplace of re-registration of increasing numbers of foreign vehicles driving on Spanish roads, whether they are cars, caravans, motorcycles or mobile homes. We re-register vehicles from not only Europe, but as far away as America, Japan and Saudi Arabia, so you can see just how easy it is importing a car to Spain.

Contact us for further information or click here for a no-obligation quote.

The process of registering your foreign vehicle in Spain is not lengthy or difficult as long as you have professional help, and Alicante Office can offer you this. We aim to complete each vehicle registration within 7 working days although the process can often be completed within 4 working days.  The following paperwork will be required for importing a car to Spain.

• Various paperwork is needed for registration of a vehicle to Spanish registration.
• Original passport / Notarised copy of passport or Spanish residencia card
• Original registration document for vehicle
• Original NIE certificate of owner of vehicle
• Original certificate de empadronamiento (padron from the local town hall less than 6 months old)

What will Alicante Office Do For You?

• We will legalize all aspects for your car to get it imported.
• We will make sure that your car is 100% legal to give you peace of mind.
• We visit the Spanish tax office and the Traffic office on behalf of our clients. We also settle the vehicle road tax and order the Spanish number plates once the new Spanish registration document is released.
• We can assist you with insurance by supplying you with a list of English speaking companies and contact numbers or by obtaining quotes on your behalf.

What Alicante Office will provide:

• Spanish Number plates
• Registration document
• ITV inspection. This is the equivalent of the UK MOT and is very thorough and honest because there is no commercial pressure on the inspectors to find fault.
• Engineer’s report. This is a one-off process to ensure that your vehicle is acceptable on Spanish roads.
• Payment of any taxes due including road tax and receipts from the authorities for these. You’ll be able to see that you have only paid the correct amount with no “marking up”.
• If required, assistance in obtaining general documentation, such as NIE or Padron.
• Where appropriate, continental headlights and fog lights.
• An agreed price with NO nasty surprises at the end.

Contact the team at Alicante Office if you’re importing a car to Spain or have any queries, and we’ll be happy to give you advice and pricing for the re-registration process. We’ll need to ask a few questions about your vehicle and your resident status in Spain in order to give you a correct price.  Anyone importing a car to Spain will receive excellent service from Alicante Office. We’re here to make the whole process easier for you.