Used vehicles for export from the United Kingdom
Vehicles that wish to be registered and licensed in the UK must pass certain tests based on their age is a brief overview on how age impacts what tests you need to pass.
Under 3 Years SVA ESVA test Yes No MOT Test
Between 3 and 10 years SVA ESVA test Yes Yes MOT Test.
Over 10 Year Old SVA ESVA test No test MOT Yes.
All vehicles in the UK must have an annual MOT test after the third year since its first original registration.
If you are unable to pass the test's relevant, you will be refused to register the car for British roads.
Also another registration rule is the width of the vehicles in Britain is 55m 2 and the maximum length maximum allowed for a rigid vehicle is 12m.
SERVICE 10 May 17 CIF CIF VAT Service 00 200 for the application if necessary ESVA ESVA report template test costs if required 50 35 WORD minimum each year thereafter 50 00 entries 0-300 license fee varies CO2 emissions; valid for 6 or 12 months insurance in the name of the registered keeper.
Note If the import after 1 months of purchase, you must pay duty and VAT based on the wholesale price of the vehicle in the UK.
Commercial importers must have the TURN unique reference number of a trader.
Other invoices showing the cost of transport, insurance and other fees involved.
Deregistration certificate to prove that you are the owner and he was allowed to export.
All other documents that support your exemption from all or part of the test.
Registration fee of current fees are available via the links to the UK section.
License fees also known as Vehicle Excise Duty.
British insurance certificate on behalf of the registered keeper.
Japanese deregistration certificate for proof of age of the car.
Proof of purchase and collection such as invoice.
Your proof of payment of customs tariffs.
E C 386 - For a vehicle of any age personally imported from outside the EU.
E C 388 - For vehicles of limited customs while imported personally age from outside the EU.
E C 389 - For VAT registered traders for commercial imports from outside the EU.
The original documents that prove your name and address only- they'll be returned with your tax disc.
Either your driver's license to the name and address or one of each of the following.
Utility bill issued in the last 3 months - gas, electricity, water, telephone landline.
Bank Building Society statement issued in the last 3 months.
Registration and licensing will not occur unless you have the necessary documents with you In some cases, the local board may wish to see the vehicle to verify his identity.
First car arrives in Port destination and you get sent a notice of arrival.
Bring the port and all the documents of Japan deregistration certificate lading and invoices, your identity card that has a picture, and also something to pay duties, VAT, etc. with the payment can be made by using a secured credit account checked by the use of the secured form C E307 or by endorsement of each bank check or BACS CHAPS.
At the port, the first thing that shippers will want to know is if you are really the owner, they will want to see documents from Japan and your ID Once they agree with you that you own, they'll finish with everything else related issue such as shipping and unloading of unpaid bills.
Now, go through customs, get a form of Single Administrative Document SAD C88 and complete all relevant fields If need help, maybe someone kind in the office could help or want to avoid the hassle, hire a customs broker with this file, customs records what's to come in the country and also determines how much you need them they are going to want you to pay duties and VAT More information on the amounts charged is in the cost section below how studies above.
In return for a document and money, customs clearance will give you that stamp on your SAD 5 and V55 form that you will need to register and license, you can now leave the port with your car Remember, your car must be insured at any time using public roads Normally, you are also supposed to be registered and licensed, so they prefer to carry your car rather than driving as an exception, they are a little flexible for imports that go directly to an appointment for registration eg go to getESVA or MOT test done.
Now normally, according to the government is, you are supposed to have the car registered immediately and authorized course that can not possibly happen for British cars imported back, but for the rest of us, there are a few things necessary to be done first.
To register in the UK, there are a number of documents and things you need to have two of them are of a type approval and a certificate of roadworthiness.
MOT certificate if you have never owned a car in the UK before, is proof that your car is in running condition and meets environmental standards WORD means the Department of Transport All vehicles older than 3 years will need this s' he his Rolls Royce or a Suzuki Jimny.
Type Approval is essentially proof your car meets CE and design standards and British-built What this means is your car has an equal safety, emissions and noise levels for European cars prove, most JDM importers rely on the easiest and most often the only method is to get a certificate or approval of VAS single vehicle called a certificate of approval from the Minister MAC 0 Some good news are more cars 10 years should not get type approval for cars under 10 years old, read further.
Cars Under 10 Years In 2003, the British government decided to have a test for all imports too easy thus creating a sub-category VAS called ESVA or Enhanced Enhanced SVA means more things are tested and unfortunately, most JDM imports must use this approval the only exceptions for cars from Japan that can possibly be claimed are the personal importation, import LHD left Hand Drive or VLV very low volume of imports from the 99 remains an eligible don t have to use the ESVA.
Japanese car importers are easy for most standards, simply showing the deregistration certificate is sufficient proof that you place other standards that require proof of compliance is generally the emission standards and noise standards Most cars Japanese spend these or be modified to transmit, for example, some Japanese cars don t have catalytic converters whose function is to really reduce emissions According to the British government, all vehicles need catalytic converters to pass these a standards another example is manufactured cars after 1 October 1998 will be having an immobilizer and alarm to go.
Caution Remember, if your car needs a change, get it done before the test or you have to also test again, if you import a modified car, the benefits of the certificate are not valid unsubscribe a you must have your car tested again for all standards.
Also note the forward control vehicles which means more than half of the engine length is behind the front windscreen and 4x4 chassis with a separate additional requirements that must be proven.
The people running the ESVA tests allow you to prove that the other standards have gone through two approaches is the model ratio method is essentially a comparison test against the results of tests for the same direction same model car you rent to someone The second method is called a single test.
Single or individual controls has the advantage of costing less The downside is the car has to go through the full test rather than the faster control as another method can also can take a little more time to be transmitted and certain test facilities can not do everything on a particular site.
The report template method is the most common benefits that make things easier for the importer Actual reports aren t belong to the government, but rather the people who have invested in obtaining commercially A list of holders report template can be found through the links to the UK section at the bottom.
Sufficient information, now it's time to move forward first, you must apply to test the VAS 1 form Application forms are available from DVLA local offices, vehicles and offices of the Agency for operator services VOSA or view online section LINKS UK below, but you should send completed applications to the office at Swansea VOSA.
The Agency Vehicle and Operator Services 91 92 The Strand SA1 2DH.
With the form, you will also need to send supporting documents for areas that don t require additional approval means a copy of your current amount deregistration certificate and fees may offsite via LINKS section UK below After VOSA gets your application, they will send you a notice telling you the day of your tests and where generally where you select the application.
If your car didnt an identification number VIN of the vehicle, you can get it at your local DVLA office Need a VAS for inspection.
When the test day comes, car or transport your vehicle directly at the test site to avoid font problems If you fail your test, you will need to solve problems in a garage and have retested If the vehicle passes, you can go to set up an MOT test proof passage, they will give you a MAC approval certificate or minister.
The next thing you need to do unless your car is under 3 years is to get it passed for MOT certification test in question is mostly to check the vehicle technical control since environmental standards are a bit already covered in the emission test, unless you cheat.
To obtain a certificate of roadworthiness simply go to a garage Inspected test vehicle If you pass, you will get a certificate of roadworthiness.
Speedometer must be converted to miles in km h h.
RASS Radio Activated Security systems such as an immobilizer or alarm, may need to adjusted frequency.
diameter of the fuel filler nozzle reduced, which will protect the catalytic converter leaded gasoline.
LHD to RHD - LHD purchased if you need a conversion RHD RHD mirror headlights and steering mirror compliant.
This is the last process before they can be simply legal road, bring the documents found REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section above and related costs.
The DVLA local office may want to inspect your vehicle before allocating trademark registration documentation of the appropriate vehicle Your identity will be returned with the tax disc on the vehicle.
The DVLA will aim to provide a new registration certificate to you within six weeks of application to a DVLA local office after six weeks and you don t even get it, then you should contact the DVLA.
After getting your vehicle registration certificate, you can take it with your driver's license to a license plate vendor and registered a product you can find a local supplier via the section LINKS UK below .
The total time to process import UK 6-10 weeks to purchase licenses Most cars take 2-6 weeks to find depends on the particular way a car the buyer is looking for 1-2 weeks to get organized paper work and the car on the boat transportation takes about 14 days to Harbor SVA and registration takes 8-10 days not counting the time lost between.
Decision without experience can t personally examine the car and test drive can damage during transportation uncommon but possible time can be time no guarantee when you import.
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