Re-importing car - new personal plate allowed?

[Pitre]

I'm moving back to the UK with the 2000 registered car I exported to France some years back. I want to put a new personal plate on it rather than the boring original registration.

I think there might be a rule that the car has to have been taxed in the UK for five years before you can put a personal plate on it, but it was fully taxed/insured for circa 16 years before I exported it??

Has anyone else done this???

[joeshaw123]

No experience in re-importing, but I registered my JDM import in May 2020 and was able to put a private plate on it around a year later (I didn't try to put it on any sooner than that).

[Dr Interceptor]

I know the DVLA site mentions the five year continuous tax rule, but I have put plates on imported cars well within that timeframe, under a year in some cases.

As soon as you have a log book with reference number, and its taxed and MOT'd there's no reason why it shouldn't sail through online.

[Scrump]

You may not be able to do the reg transfer online due to the recent import status, but it should be okay by post (apart from the delay).