&NewLine;<h2 class="wp-block-heading">REGISTER YOUR CAR IN PORTUGAL </h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>More and more of you are fixing your <a href="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/guides-expatriation-au-portugal/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">tax residence in Portugal</span></a>&comma; to take advantage of the many benefits the country has to offer&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>As you are well aware, during the course of a <strong>change of tax residence</strong> you have certain obligations, such as registering your car in Portugal&period; Many of you don't see fit to comply with this legal obligation&period; A rather surprising behavior when we know how intolerant you are of foreigners who refuse to obey French laws&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Registering your car in Portugal </h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>When you declare your change of tax residence, you have exactly 6 months to change your car registration&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;We have noticed for several months&comma; that this question is often addressed on the forums of&rsquo&semi;mutual aid&period; Unfortunately the answers brought are vague and confused on how and why to register its car in Portugal&period;&nbsp&semi;Know that to register your French&sol;Belgian vehicle in Portugal you will have to proceed to some<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/produit/immatriculation-au-portugal/" target="_blank"> steps</a>This will depend on your ability to assemble all the necessary documents&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Registering your car in Portugal&comma; a legal obligation</h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Is it compulsory to register your car in Portugal? The answer can be summed up in one word&colon; <strong>YES</strong></p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>We remind you that a French&sol;belgian citizen spending more than 183 days a year &lpar;6 months&rpar; in Portugal becomes a Portuguese&period; tax resident. <strong>register your vehicle</strong> to the competent authorities within 6 months of its actual arrival in Portugal&comma; in order to benefit from the&rsquo&semi;exemption from ISV&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter is-resized"><img src="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/couv-guide-immat-voiture--724x1024.jpg" class="wp-image-3128" width="250" height="350"/></figure></div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<div class="wp-block-button aligncenter"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-background" href="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/produit/immatriculation-au-portugal/" style="background-color:#0e3347"><strong>Buy our guide </strong></a></div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Failure to comply with the law&comma; the sentence is financially onerous </h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>If you apply for registration after the legal deadline of 6 months, you will no longer be able to claim exemption from the ISV and you will have to pay it, which can represent several thousand euros per period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>If, despite everything, you decide to <strong>driving without registration</strong> your car in Portugal you will incur extremely heavy fines&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Let's take a concrete example&period;</strong> You have been resident in Portugal for 2 years&comma; your vehicle has been on Portuguese territory for the same period&period; In the event of a GNR inspection&comma; the GNR will take into account your date of arrival in Portugal to determine the amount of the fine&period; To these must be added the amount of the ISV&comma; plus, of course, the number of years&semi;delay&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>As you will have understood, the fines are very heavy, and if you are unable to pay the fine, the Portuguese authorities will&comma; <strong>will enter your vehicle&period; </strong></p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class="wp-block-heading">If you own a second home and drive your foreign car for more than 6 months</h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You are retired and you have decided to keep your main residence in France& Belgium and spend more than 6 months a year in Portugal in your <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="résidence secondaire (opens in a new tab)" href="https://agencelusofrancaiseimmobilier.com" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">second home</span></a>Here again you are in breach of the law&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Let's take the example of a Frenchman living in Portugal for less than 6 months a year;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>As a French resident, your vehicle must be registered and insured in France&period; Your vehicle cannot be driven in Portugal. <strong>for more than 6 months</strong>&period; Your French insurance company&comma; normally only accepts a <strong>period of 3 consecutive months</strong> All insurance contracts under French law stipulate that the vehicle must remain primarily in France, so you need to be able to prove that your car has been in France for at least 6 months;</li></ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In the event of an inspection and a breach of the law, you will be fined and the forces of law and order will take charge of you. <strong>will force to leave the territory</strong>In the event of a claim, whether at fault or not, you must prove to your insurance company that your vehicle has been outside France for less than 3 months;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The ambiguity of French and European law <strong>Portuguese</strong> is a source of confusion&period; Many Europeans confuse the tolerances of a member state with a possible tolerance of their insurance. <strong>automotive</strong>&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading">And what about insurance? </h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In the event of a claim, your insurance company will hide behind the laws that are most favorable to it. You can't have a second home in Portugal and drive a car registered in France;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Your insurance company can call into question the validity of your contract in the event of a major claim, demand reimbursement of costs incurred and release you from payment of future claims;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<hr class="wp-block-separator"/>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>For non-residents regularly spending less than 6 months in Portugal, the alternative is to rent a car or simply buy a Portuguese&period vehicle;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In early spring, the Fiances department launched a foreign vehicle control operation in collaboration with the PSP and GNR&period; </p>&NewLine;
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