Registering South African VW in UK

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oldmanbm

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395 posts

205 months

Thursday 28th March
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Has anyone any experience of how to register a 1969 VW Beetle 1500 into the UK? It came with a NOVA and I got the provenance from VW of build date etc. If the summer ever comes it would be nice to use it.

coetzeeh

2,648 posts

236 months

Thursday 28th March
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Fairly straight forward.
1. Have car MOT'd (yes it will be exempt but wthout the DVLA will send an inspector to your house to give the car a once over prior to processing your registration request).
2. Request the V55 application from DVLA via their website.
3. Complete form and using user guide.
4. Submit documentation required (copy of you passport, Utility bill/bank statement, SA registration doc also known as NATIS (make sure this doc shows vehicle status as "Used" and not "Built up" ) + the initial registration fee (approx £56) (you need a postal order from post office).
5. Circa 5 weeks later you should receive UK registration docs all being equal.

oldmanbm

Original Poster:

395 posts

205 months

Thursday 28th March
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That seems fair - no NATIS document with car though just the NOVA import sheet.