Importing Vehicle into The UK
Read this information for advice on what forms you should to fill in.
- In case, you have asked for an import pack it will carry the following forms.
- First Vehicle tax and registration application for a new motor vehicle (V55/4)
- First vehicle tax and registration application for a used motor vehicle (V55/5)
- Declaration of a new vehicle is that (V267)
It will be also included in the following leaflets.
- Get the guide to filling in form V55/4
- Get a guide to filling in form V55/5 (V355/5)
- Vehicle Tax Rates (V149)
If you want to an import pack then you can get from Order DVLA forms or from DVLA Customer Enquiries by phoning 0300 790 6802.
The DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) will not register for your vehicle if the articles checked in your application registration do not balance those given to HMRC. If you are a single person or non-VAT registered corporation importing from outside the EU: You won’t be required to inform HMRC using NOVA (or complete a NOVA 1 form). Nonetheless, there are some customs forms that you will have to fill in before you can register your vehicle along with the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency).
If you are taking a vehicle constantly in the United Kingdom from abroad you must:
- Notify the details of the vehicle to HMRC (HM Revenue and Customs) within 14 days of its record, and
- Pay every VAT owed as a part of this rule before the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) it can register it.
After informing HMRC, you need to register tax and assure the vehicle before it is used on the road. A UK native need not drive a vehicle representing foreign registration amount plates in the UK.
- To evade challenges, we notify you to:
- Transportation, rather than drive, your vehicle from the section to your home or its first target, and
- Hold the vehicle off the road until it has been properly
- Registered, taxed and insured.
Notifying to HMRC
The DVLA will not register your vehicle if the details contained in your registration application do not match those provided to HMRC. If you are a private individual or non-vehicle - Importing Vehicle to UK – Registering Imported Vehicle& making payment. VAT registered business importing from outside the EU: You won’t be required to notify HMRC using NOVA (or complete a NOVA 1 form). However, there are certain customs forms that you will have to fill in before you can register your vehicle with the DVLA.
How to register of a new vehicle which you have imported?
- Where to send your application
- You need to send your application to:
- DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency)
- Swansea
- SA99 1BE
Proof of name and address
You need to give either your driving license a photocopy or a photocopy of one document from each of the two lists below.
Document to confirm for your name
- CurrentV driving license of DVLA
- The United Kingdom or European Union passport
- Certificate of Birth
- Certificate of Marriage
- Decree nisi or decree complete
Document to confirm for your address
- Gas, electricity, water or landline phone bill issued within the last three months
- Current year bill of council tax
- Bank or building society statement issued within the last three months
- Medical Card
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