VRT on northern reg - change of residence

Lmckenna921

I work in Dublin and in normal circumstances would have travelled home to Northern Ireland at weekends. My car is a northern reg, insured and taxed in the north as I would consider that my normal residence. I've had the car for 3 years.

"VRT must be paid if you are normally resident in Ireland.  Normally resident means the place where a person usually lives for at least 185 days in each year because of personal or occupational ties.  ****However, if a person’s occupational ties are in a different country from his/her personal ties, then the country of personal ties is taken as the normal residence, provided the person returns there regularly."****

Since Covid began I have not been able to travel home to the North regularly. As covid lockdown looks like it's here to stay for another while and I plan to remain working in Dublin for the forseeable I was thinking it would be sensible to change my plates to ROI plates.

Just curious how anyone else has dealt with covid lockdown meaning they can't return to the north as frequently as they would have in normal circumstances.
Has any one from Northern Ireland on here claimed vrt exemption recently through change of residence? Was it straightforward enough or did you have to supply a lot of evidence to support the claim for VRT exemption? I'm worried I may not have sufficient evidence to submit as I go home to my parent's house in the north and only have limited bills in my name linked to my northern address.

Thanks

Charles Babbage

Vestiapx wrote: »

Well don't tell them that anyways. You are normally resident in the south, your personal ties , your home , and your occupational ties are in the south, you do not live with your parents. I don't know what the forms say and I don't begrudge you getting a free plate swap but you are clearly living and working here.

This is complete nonsense, why take the trouble to post it?


Your personal ties are where you family live, not where you work.



OP, were you in NI over Xmas and have you any evidence of that?
It would be reasonable to state that that was last time that you were allowed travel back and forth.

Clearly, in the spirit of this process you are entitled to import your car, as you were not resident and have moved at some point, and you had the car all along. But it could all depend on who you meet.

Vestiapx

Charles Babbage wrote: »

This is complete nonsense, why take the trouble to post it?


Your personal ties are where you family live, not where you work.



OP, were you in NI over Xmas and have you any evidence of that?
It would be reasonable to state that that was last time that you were allowed travel back and forth.

Clearly, in the spirit of this process you are entitled to import your car, as you were not resident and have moved at some point, and you had the car all along. But it could all depend on who you meet.

Ok sorry.