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I'm wondering now. If a close relative who lives abroad comes to visit me . Can I not borrow their car (which since they would be staying at my house would be parked in my driveway) even to pick them up from somewhere without worrying about the car being confiscated ?
I'm wondering now. If a close relative who lives abroad comes to visit me . Can I not borrow their car (which since they would be staying at my house would be parked in my driveway) even to pick them up from somewhere without worrying about the car being confiscated ?
Would you be insured to drive their car??
Not unless it's on Irish number plates.
I'm wondering now. If a close relative who lives abroad comes to visit me . Can I not borrow their car (which since they would be staying at my house would be parked in my driveway) even to pick them up from somewhere without worrying about the car being confiscated ?
Leo is right, the OP if they are not Irish would be entitled to keep their car on foreign plates/insurance if the car is registered in their home country, if they keep ties to their home country such as visiting it once or twice a year.
I don't think being Irish has anything to do with it, rather it depends on whether the person is resident in the State or not. If the person is non-resident then they can bring the vehicle in temporarily subject to certain restrictions. If they are resident they have to register it and pay all taxes. Simple as that.
SSE
There's a presumption on the part of the customs that if a person is Irish then their likely residence is the State, it's harder to prove you're non-resident if you're Irish.
It depends on normal country of residency, not nationality.
"the country of personal ties is taken as the normal residence provided the person returns there regularly"
This is not defined in either EU or Irish Legislation, regularly can mean once a year every year provided the person has an address/family in their home country they should not have to re-register or pay VRT.
I'm sick to death of seeing people driving around in foreign-reg cars (particularly from NI) and I only wish that the Guards and Customs would have more checkpoints for this kind of thing.
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