3 ways to recover your driver's license points

If you need to recover your driver's license points, here we give you three options to do so, read on and find out which way is more convenient for you.

Recovering driver's license points: We tell you all about it!

• With the passage of time

  One of the easiest ways to recover your driving license points is by not being sanctioned for at least two years. After this period of time has elapsed without a final administrative sanction, is when you can regain a credit of 12 points on your driver's license.

• Take a short course

  It is also possible that you do not have enough patience to wait for the two years necessary to recover the lost points. Then the recommendation is that you look for a road awareness and re-education course with a duration of 12 hours.

  With this course, you will be able to partially recover your points (maximum six points). You should also know that you can take it once a year if you are a professional driver or once every two years for the rest of the drivers.

  With the New Traffic Law which will be implemented throughout 2021, the points that can be recovered can be up to eight.

  Finally...

• Take a more extensive course and, in addition, a theoretical test.

  With a 24-hour road awareness and re-education course, you will be able to obtain the total recovery of your driver's license. This is very convenient if you have requested points on your license or if you have a loss of validity for having exhausted your points balance.

  These courses can be carried out in approved centers for a partial recovery, recovery of a permit or license that you have lost.

  In addition, if you are a professional driver, you lost all your points and also the validity of your license, it will be three months before you can drive again. And six months for the rest of the drivers.

  The theoretical test, on the other hand, can be taken only if three or six months have passed since the license was lost. It is done in person and the appointment must be requested at the Traffic Office.

  By passing the theoretical test, you will not only recover your license, but also eight points.