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dennisp99 wrote:

I appreciate that there is a separate thread currently doing the rounds on importing a car but that relates to a left hand drive car from another EU country and I don't want to piggy back on that. 
I am hoping to get residency in the fairly near future but my wife won't get here on a permanent basis until the end of March.  We have been advised by Identity Malta that, although she would qualify for residency as my spouse, she won't get a card until after she has served her time and spent three months continuously residing in Malta.  We need to decide what to do about our UK-registered Mini Cooper, which is registered to my wife.
Aside from shipping costs, what other costs are involved?  A link to where I can find the info would be much appreciated.

Normally you do not apply for residency until you have been here for three months.

dennisp99 wrote:

I arrived in Malta 1 November; applied to IMA for an appointment on 7 December; got a reply same day; that reply gave me an appointment date of 11 February.
It's important to have three months continuous residency in Malta (with not one day spent out of the country) before the date of your interview.  But there is nothing to stop you applying within that three month period for an appointment after the three months living here.

You never used to have to make an appoinment.

dennisp99 wrote:

I appreciate that there is a separate thread currently doing the rounds on importing a car but that relates to a left hand drive car from another EU country and I don't want to piggy back on that. 
I am hoping to get residency in the fairly near future but my wife won't get here on a permanent basis until the end of March.  We have been advised by Identity Malta that, although she would qualify for residency as my spouse, she won't get a card until after she has served her time and spent three months continuously residing in Malta.  We need to decide what to do about our UK-registered Mini Cooper, which is registered to my wife.
Aside from shipping costs, what other costs are involved?  A link to where I can find the info would be much appreciated.

By the time you have paid all the shipping costs, registration charge and now additional post Brexit charges I would advise selling the car in the UK and buying another here. A lot less hassle and stress!

snape wrote:

Can anyone explain the insurance issue please? Assuming car comes from UK  to Malta.Can you have UK insurance when you have moved  residence to Malta ie have no UK address while waiting for Maltese plates as I understand Maltese insurers will only insure cars with Maltese plates.

This subject has been covered many times if you do a search on here you should find the answer you require.
Good luck

DP4 wrote:

But , if you have had the car in Malta for more than 2 years , you don't have topay this tax.. but I brought my car here when the UK was  still  still in the EU.

Are you serious?

You brought your car over 2 years ago and now you are questioning about.......?

DP4 wrote:

But , if you have had the car in Malta for more than 2 years , you don't have topay this tax.. but I brought my car here when the UK was  still  still in the EU.

If you had the car in the UK for 2 years before you brought it here then you do not have to pay the tax, if not, you pay! Whether the UK was in the EU still is immaterial.

DP4 wrote:

So, if you can prove  you have owned the car in the UK for  a  minimum  of 2years  then you can be  exempt of the import tax. And if you can prove that you have owned the car  in Malta for a minimum  of 2 years you don't have to repay this exempt tax , if you sell the car.

You are still obliged to pay the tax amount previously exempted if you sell the car in Malta no matter how long you have had it here.

Sofienek wrote:

What a Rip off , I’m in the process to get my Motorcycle released from the customs , first the Maltese Agent in here Malta (Eurotrans ) €1075  , gave me the receipt with breakdown but all jargon and adding vat at the end on all the balance (surely there are non vatable items …..) then asking me to deal with everything relating to TM as a form VH05 need to be filled and taking to TM to sign and stamp to get my Bike released , no help here from the agent , once i figure what needed and how TM told to pay for the registration now to get the release from the customs  so paid them €1080 and took the form to customs , after that the customs calling the agent telling him that the amount that I bought the bike for is very low and they do their own evaluation as per the market in the UK then I should pay the 6% customs duty plus vat on their evaluation €1618 ( calculation is evalution price   6% duty then 18% on all the amount ) , now the agent calling me and telling that I still need to pay for the storage and customs rent ???? and I dont know what else , and I still need to take my bike once I get it to TM to have it inspected and pay for the licence and plate and inspection and admin fee , ah first thing is buying Maltese insurance and they wont give you the insurance it self but a confirmation with the UK registration on it so you can deal wit TM forms and paper work . What bother me is I can not chalenge all the extra charges everywhere in all the receipts and documents tha I see , anyone with the same experience and what can be done to claim back any of these rediculous expenses ?  Thanks

Two questions, how long did you own the mororcycle before moving to Malta and what is the engine size. If you owned the bike more than two years before you do not need to pay the duty unless you sell it in Malta and there is also an exemption for motorcycles with a small engine size, I believe below 250cc.

SimCityAT wrote:

Even before Brexit it was always an expense to import cars and bikes. Unless it was a classic item, it really isn't worth the trouble.

With the righ situation it was worth it, I imported a 6 month old car and comparing to a like for like here that was for sale from the agents it worked 5k less, even with all the fees and hassle. And mine was slightly higher spec - though useless features like heated steering wheel

But yeah, mostly you're right, had to be very careful to do the sums - now its impossible to do the sums since its such a opaque area of what you'll be charged etc

@volcane hi can you tell me if you used any agent please

It's likely cheaper to sell it in UK and buy one in Malta. I imported from Netherlands to UK and I found it cost me more to import and insure afterwards. Check the costs carefully.

@simonhahn

The question was asked in 2021.