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Hi Gerry, I hope you will be able to give me some basic advice that will help my wife and I as regards bringing a car along with us when we move to Portugal later this year or to buy locally in Portugal.
My wife is a EU Member, (Irish Citizen). I'm American. We have lived in the UK for the last three years, but before that we lived in India for 10 years.
We would like to buy a car here in the UK, then after six months bring it to Portugal and do so without having to pay steep importation tax. We are not sure how Brexit affects that tax free . Do we have to buy it and live for six months in a EU country to avoid the heavy tax?
We als owant to set up a residence in Portugal then bring in our Household goods which have been kept in storage in India as our plan for being in the UK was for one year, but stretched to three. Our concern is, will we be allowed to brining in our HHG import duty free from India. It's not our last place of residence, that's the UK. We are not Indian nor British, will that have an effect on bringing in our goods?
Sorry to be so long winded. Perhaps I'm making a mountain out of a molehill.
Thanks very much,
Lloyd and Vanessa
Brexit doesn't affect the ISV free import of a car, it's open to any new resident no matter from where in the world they're coming from provided they meet the other criteria.
Artigo 58.º
Transferência de residência
"You will also need a signed letter of your driving record from your US state’s DMV. Most states will allow you to apply for it on-line, but they will only mail it to a US address. The ones which you can download and print are not acceptable by the Portuguese authorities. Take both of these letters and your residency card with your US driver’s license to the local Portuguese IMT office. You will need to surrender your US driver’s license."
wonder is this true while exchange foreign driver license to PT's ? , thanks.
" You will need to surrender your US driver’s license."?????
"You will also need a signed letter of your driving record from your US state’s DMV. Most states will allow you to apply for it on-line, but they will only mail it to a US address. The ones which you can download and print are not acceptable by the Portuguese authorities. Take both of these letters and your residency card with your US driver’s license to the local Portuguese IMT office. You will need to surrender your US driver’s license."
wonder is this true while exchange foreign driver license to PT's ? , thanks.
" You will need to surrender your US driver’s license."?????