Spanish speeding ticket

south54

yes passport checks are automated centrally now so no hiding and ANPR if number plate was to be checked, though this was a hire car. The days of getting away with it are fast going.
But we dont want to get away with it, just transfer it to the driver.

iolanthe07

once Brexit hits, will refuse to issue her a visa

We didn't need a visa to visit Spain before we joined the EEC/EU (even under Franco), so why would we need one after we've left? Actually, we didn't even need a passport - just a folded cardboard form called a British Visitors' Passport that cost £1.00.

NewShadow

Try here: https://www.citizensadvice.org.es

Citizens Advice Bureau Spain website.

There are some advantages to a significant ex-pat population.

mark1959

I'd like to know how automated passport checks work when you just drive into Spain on the motorway. Unless its changed from last year.

GingerBob_3

mark1959 wrote: »

I'd like to know how automated passport checks work when you just drive into Spain on the motorway. Unless its changed from last year.

Quite. The chances of a speeding ticket being linked to a passport are remote in the extreme.

EdGasket

GingerBob wrote: »

Quite. The chances of a speeding ticket being linked to a passport are remote in the extreme.

And if they do, they aren't exactly going to send out a helicopter gunship to take you out (does spain even have any helicopter gunships?).

OP I'd ignore it; they won't bother chasing it and if they do with debt collection agency I've already told you what you can do.

agrinnall

iolanthe07 wrote: »

once Brexit hits, will refuse to issue her a visa

We didn't need a visa to visit Spain before we joined the EEC/EU (even under Franco), so why would we need one after we've left? Actually, we didn't even need a passport - just a folded cardboard form called a British Visitors' Passport that cost £1.00.

I imagine passport/visa requirements will depend entirely on what is negotiated with the EU and will match what the UK requires for visitors from the EU. If we ask for a visa for visitors from Spain then I would expect that they will do the same for us. Hopefully it won't get that petty but we just don't know yet.

Car_54

mark1959 wrote: »

I'd like to know how automated passport checks work when you just drive into Spain on the motorway. Unless its changed from last year.

The auto check is done when you enter the Schengen area - probably when you get off the ferry in France.

mark1959

Car_54 wrote: »

The auto check is done when you enter the Schengen area - probably when you get off the ferry in France.

And of course "they" know you're going to Spain.

bigadaj

agrinnall wrote: »

I imagine passport/visa requirements will depend entirely on what is negotiated with the EU and will match what the UK requires for visitors from the EU. If we ask for a visa for visitors from Spain then I would expect that they will do the same for us. Hopefully it won't get that petty but we just don't know yet.

Possibly but it may well be a mini version of teh India entry requirements.

British people going on holiday to spend money, Spanish coming here to work, wouldn't me sensible to make it too difficult for Brits to enter, but it has not stopped the Indians being awkward.