Registration Cerfificate

Tanabe

I received my registration cert in the post today for my car which I imported recently. The car is registered to me & I intend on keeping it for the foreseeable future. Do I have to do anything with this cert?

The car is taxed & insured and I am awaiting the vlc. When will I get this?

Thanks.

OldmanMondeo

Sounds like you have received the VRC, the Vehicle Registration Certificate. This is from the Revenue. All it is for, I think, is too show that the car has had the VRT paid. (I am sure I will be corrected if I am wrong). Hold on to it, you myay never be asked to show it, but you never know.

Your VLC, Vehicle Licence Certificate, is posted from Shannon. This may take a while, due to the number of new cars being registered etc. You need this to Tax the car. I find it unusual that you have taxed the car without this.

Our man in Havana

These are now combined into 1 document which is issued in Shannon.

Tanabe

Yes it is the Registration Certificate from Shannon but it looks completely different from the Vehicle Licensing Certificate which you also get from Shannon after you've bought a new car/second hand car changed ownership here in Ireland.

Can anybody who has imported before shed some light on this? Thanks.

Our man in Havana

The VLC no longer exists as it was absorbed into the VRC a few years ago.

Tanabe

Ah! I see! Thanks for clearing that up for me (last time I bought a car was just over 3 years ago so I was none the wise)!!

Although I do notice on my Registration Cert that they have the make of the car along with chasis number and engine number but no model mentioned!?

mickjohnlong

i think what you have is what most people call it and know it as is the log book of the car if i am right then its what you need to say the car is your that you own it it should be an a4 page folded over and its green blue and red page with the imported cars all you need to tax them for the first time is the form from the vrt office and your insurance details so its not unusual to have the car taxed without the form you just recieved if you want to put a photo up of whatypu got i can confirm what it is or pm me one

Tanabe

Yup! You hit the nail on the head Mick. What I have is exactly as you described.

mickjohnlong

Although I do notice on my Registration Cert that they have the make of the car along with chasis number and engine number but no model mentioned!?[/QUOTE]


what type of car is it that is a common thing with imported car when the vro staff put it on the system they dont put in all the details only what comes up on their list and some models that we have here are not called the same in different countrys as in over here we call it a nissan micra but in japan some of them are called nissan march

Tanabe

It's a Nissan 180SX. I think the closest relevance to it here (sold in the UK) is the 200SX.

mickjohnlong

there you go it the same with some cars if you the letters after the model like se, s e, gl, glx, is so depending on who regged it it could be down as a cheaper model

ciarsd

Tanabe wrote:

It's a Nissan 180SX. I think the closest relevance to it here (sold in the UK) is the 200SX.

Drift spec!

Tanabe

You wouldn't be far wrong;)