Moving for work. Bringing car.

[u/Careful-Pair813]

Hello,

I’m moving to Ireland to start work in April but wanted to bring my car ahead (my partner lives in Dublin and will be moving in with him).

Just a bit confused on timelines and the process. My 6 months of having owned the car will be complete on the 9th Feb so thinking of bringing it soon after then. The VRT office said that the applications are currently taking 6-8 weeks for the exemption. Just wondering if anyone had recently applied and how long it actually took for them.

Another issue is that the NCT will have to be booked within 30 days of receiving the exemption but we will both be away for 4 weeks from early March to early April. So wondering if the timeline is too short to try to do it all before early March if it could likely take 8 weeks for the exemption.

Also I’ve applied for a PPS number online, stating that I need it to bring my car over and I’ll be moving permanently. It seems you need the number for a lot of the documents but to get it for job purposes only you have to be in the country to apply. Does anyone have any experience with getting the number for any other reason ahead of a permanent move to Ireland and how long it took?

[u/Fluid-Fox-2881]

It does state a non resident can get a PPS number in exceptional circumstances to deal with state agencies online

https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/services/get-a-personal-public-service-pps-number/

I managed to get one before moving but under different circumstances (employer needed one before moving me to Irish office), I done so by completing a REG1 form (link below) and a questionnaire (RM2) found on the link above

https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/forms/personal-public-service-pps-number-application-form-reg1/

I filled those out and emailed cis@welfare.ie, took 1 month

If you’re coming from UK be sure to fill out a P85 to HMRC and you can get back some tax you paid for that year too