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Registering in the North

  • 24-04-2014 7:19am
    #1
    ldxo15wus6fpgm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭


    My job has been moved across the border (just barely)
    I am looking at living on either side of the border, not sure what to do. A big concern is registering the car, potential tax/insurance problems etc.
    I am hoping to move back south as soon as I can.

    I'm not sure about how it would work with the car though.

    Could I declare it off the road down here until I'm moving back, and then just stick the Irish plates back on it whenever I wanted and get tax and insurance sorted and drive down again?

    Is it difficult/expensive to register a car in NI? As far as I can tell it seems dirt cheap but I'm not really sure.

    EDIT:
    just found this
    http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/temporarily-importing-a-vehicle

    which says that a foregin reg'd car can be used in the UK for 6 months in any 12 month period. This would suit me perfectly, the only problem is how would I prove the date that I started using the car in NI if I get pulled?


Comments

  • #2
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,866 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Proving it may not be easy but it wouldn't be easy for them to disprove it either.
    You could just drive back and forth over the border once in a while and get fuel on the South side - only thing I could think of which would show a date.
    I'd say they'd leave you alone though. Same as down here, there is no way of proving when it arrived. If it were the UK then you'd need the ferry ticket.


  • #3
    Sheldons Brain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭Sheldons Brain


    As cars are more expensive in the 26 counties, in practical terms nobody is going to take much trouble to investigate when exactly you came, if it is a short period. If you move for longer, then sell the car and buy one in NI.


  • #4
    gallag
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,355 ✭✭✭gallag


    bear1 wrote: »
    If it were the UK then you'd need the ferry ticket.

    ??


  • #5
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,866 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    gallag wrote: »
    ??

    In the sense that if he were moving to the UK mainland then the only way to prove the date the OP arrived into the country would be with a ferry ticket.


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