Imported vehicle registration.

Count Duckula

Hey guys and gals, I hope this is the right forum for this.

I'm a Brit, living in Britain but planning to move over to Ireland in the next month or so permanently to live with my Irish girlfriend. I notice that Irish plates - very sensibly - list the county of registration on them (D, W, WX, DL, TS etc.). When importing my British car I will obviously be given an age-appropriate registration plate that will feature one of these county markers. How is this determined? Is it done by my place of residence when I move in, or is it done by the location of the office that I go to for registration? As an example, if my place of residence was in Kilkenny, but I went to Waterford to register the car, would my licence plate feature a "KK" or a "W"?

This is purely for curiosity's sake, and potentially choosing the letter that would look nicer if that is indeed an option >_>

Thanks for your time!

opinion guy

Its done according to your place of residence.

You do know you will have to pay tax here before re-regging the car ?
Actually scratch that you may not have too. Any motors forum regulars know if an EU citizen moving here and regging car here are VRT exempt ?

biko

The county will be determined by your Irish residence address.

corktina

opinion guy wrote: »

Its done according to your place of residence.

You do know you will have to pay tax here before re-regging the car ?
Actually scratch that you may not have too. Any motors forum regulars know if an EU citizen moving here and regging car here are VRT exempt ?

provided the car meets the requirements set out (mostly regarding how long it was owned I think ) then yes, VRT exempt

Count Duckula

opinion guy wrote: »

Its done according to your place of residence.

You do know you will have to pay tax here before re-regging the car ?
Actually scratch that you may not have too. Any motors forum regulars know if an EU citizen moving here and regging car here are VRT exempt ?

According to my research, as a foreigner with a foreign car that I've had for more than six months, as long as I can provide evidence for that then I will be exempt from VRT. I will, of course, be liable to immediately pay my motor tax and get an NCT done.

Thanks for the help all!

Chippy01

Count Duckula wrote: »

According to my research, as a foreigner with a foreign car that I've had for more than six months, as long as I can provide evidence for that then I will be exempt from VRT. QUOTE]

I may be wrong here, but I think that another part of the 'VRT exemption deal', is that you are also not allowed to sell it on for 12 months either...

gowley

there are a few things you need to do some that are already mentioned.
you need to show when you purchased the car and you need to have it more than 6 months.
you need to show an insurance cert to prove you have been using it in the uk for that period
you need to prove you have been living in the uk for the previous 6 months and they will ask for utility bills , bank statements , day to day living expenses etc
you need a transfer of residence form to prove you are moving permenantly
you cant sell the car for 12 months after registering or youwill be liable forthe vrt

the reg plate is determined by the adress you use when registering the car

si_guru

gowley wrote: »

there are a few things you need to do some that are already mentioned.
you need to show when you purchased the car and you need to have it more than 6 months.
you need to show an insurance cert to prove you have been using it in the uk for that period
you need to prove you have been living in the uk for the previous 6 months and they will ask for utility bills , bank statements , day to day living expenses etc
you need a transfer of residence form to prove you are moving permenantly
you cant sell the car for 12 months after registering or youwill be liable forthe vrt

the reg plate is determined by the adress you use when registering the car

Correct - the insurance thing is crucial to prove you used the car for the last 6 months in the UK. If you renewed your insurance within the last 6 months you need to get a letter from the insurance company to say it was insure before the renewal too! This is the only way the VRT/NCTS will accept your were using the car in the UK. I hope you had it insured!!

Count Duckula

I did indeed have it insured! Got insurance policies dating back four years on file, so I'll just bring them all over. Overkill maybe

Genuinely thanks for the help guys.

_Kaiser_

One more thing - can of worms at the ready - but the Dublin "D" reg is still (rightly or wrongly) seen as more desirable when it comes to resale time, so if it's a particularly nice/unusual/decently specced car you may want to bear that in mind if you know anyone living in Dublin (or are moving there)

TestTransmission

What's the car out of interest OP? Something tasty?

ninty9er

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

One more thing - can of worms at the ready - but the Dublin "D" reg is still (rightly or wrongly) seen as more desirable when it comes to resale time, so if it's a particularly nice/unusual/decently specced car you may want to bear that in mind if you know anyone living in Dublin (or are moving there)

Worm:D

PS I disagree. I'd rather not have something resembling a phone number on my car. 4 digits is plenty enough.

Del2005

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

One more thing - can of worms at the ready - but the Dublin "D" reg is still (rightly or wrongly) seen as more desirable when it comes to resale time, so if it's a particularly nice/unusual/decently specced car you may want to bear that in mind if you know anyone living in Dublin (or are moving there)

ninty9er wrote: »

Worm:D

PS I disagree. I'd rather not have something resembling a phone number on my car. 4 digits is plenty enough.

You may not want a D reg but a lot of people believe it's worth paying more for so why fight them?