Importing and registering my own car

freddyuk

I am looking for clarity on correct procedure to bring my own car into Ireland from UK. I have owned the car for over 6 months and have all the UK documentation. I am the registered owner and the registered keeper. My wife is insured to drive it but cannot now techincally do so in Ireland while on UK plates.
I am booked for a VRT assessment.
I am the buyer / owner but my wife will be the registered owner as she is ordinarily resident and I am not yet.
So I need a letter from her confirming she will be the registered owner and I need to supply her documents for PPSN and home address in Ireland etc.
And I need a letter from the Revenue office if the car is exempt - but as I am the owner I hope that my wife is also exempt from VRT by virtue of the fact it has been owned by us for over 6 months??
Anyone know if I am running into problems doing this?

whippet

If you satisfy all the revenue requirements to import the car without a VRT liability - your residence outside the state, ownership of the car etc and you are moving your residence back to Ireland you shouldn't have a problem as once you put it on Irish plates you can have your wife added to your insurance.

You won't be able to transfer ownership or sell it for 12 months after bringing it in without having the full VRT liability applied

Marcusm

If you have not yet transferred your residence, you do not have the ability to register the car in Ireland nor to avail of a VRT exemption. The registration would need to be in your name not your wife's when registered in Ireland. If it is the case that you and she had been living together overseas and she has preceded you to Ireland and needs use of the car, you might find it possible to approach Revenue and see will they issue a VRT exemption certificate on a concessional basis.

Charles Babbage

Is your wife resident in Ireland? This may well complicate the question of whether you are considered resident.

freddyuk

Well I am stuck anyway now as Insurance is impossible to get without a break in insurance cover. I cannot use my NCB from UK without a week delay while they check with my old insurance company. I have to cancel my UK insurance to get the proof of NCB. Furthermore the car is still not on the Irish system after 9 days after registration thus insurers cannot find it to quote me. I have the plates which need to be put on within 3 days but I have no insurance so cannot use the plates. If I drive on UK plates and UK insurance having declared residency that is probably illegal too. Seems the system cannot function within it's own rules.?

Marcusm

I think you have made this a little complicated. There was no reason to cancel UK insurance until you have Irish insurance in place. It's true that they want NCB cert within 7 days but if you check with them, you'll see that the insurance continues until day 28 following which you have to pay the additional discount back. In other words, you really only need to produce the NCB cert within 28 days.

I did this twice last year.