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Worldwide Vehicle Shipping Specialists

Unit 62 Tanners Drive - Milton Keynes - Bucks - MK14 5BP

Thank you for choosing ShipMyCar to handle the import of your vehicle into the UK. Our aim is to make the experience as hassle free for yourself and to ensure your vehicle arrives in the UK safely and is ready to drive as soon as possible. 

We are the UK’s leading independent importer of American cars to the UK so you are in safe and experienced hands. 

Before the import can begin there are a few things that we will be asking you to do for us.

• Please complete our application form and let us have the requested details as soon as possible. This enables us to book your vehicle in at the US port.
• We do not hold any liability for personal items shipped within the vehicle that have not been separately booked in and accounted for – so please ensure all valuables are removed from your vehicle

 We will now require you to wait a couple of days until we have the US port booking reference. Once we have given you this reference number you can then continue with the following: 

• Please ensure that the vehicles’ original title or Certificate of Origin (if it is a brand new car) is posted to our agents

• We will also require a copy of your passport and a copy of the bill of sale from when you purchased the vehicle to be emailed to our office (info@shipmycar.co.uk) or to our fax 01908 810242.
• If your vehicle has HID headlights or rear LED lights for brakes / indicators please inform us now as this may incur extra SVA costs to you

That’s then all we need in order to start the importation of your vehicle – you can now sit back and relax and let us handle the rest.

Our US transport team will contact the person at the vehicle collection address prior to collecting the vehicle. If you have any special collection requirements please be sure to let us know these details now. 

Your vehicle is fully insured at every step of the importation process – the insurance valuation will cover not only bumps and minor damage but also for full vehicle loss (for example if the ship was to sink) so it is vital that you insure your vehicle for the correct amount. If you would like us to raise the amount we insure the vehicle for please contact us now. 

We will contact you at various stages throughout the import. If the import is likely to be delayed from our estimated delivery schedule we will contact you to let you know. We deal with a large volume of vehicle imports so please ensure you quote your ShipMyCar reference number with all correspondence. 

Prior to UK arrival we will contact you to arrange customs clearance. We will require you to complete and sign a customs document, if there are any customs duties to pay we will inform you of these amounts and then require you to ensure they are paid as soon as possible to avoid storage charges. 

When applicable we will also have pre-booked your SVA (Single Vehicle Approval) test. VOSA, the organisation that runs these tests can get extremely busy which is why we pre-book your test as early as possible. 

For DVLA registration we will require your original motor insurance certificate or cover note which must show that you are insured to drive the vehicle we are registering. We have close links with an excellent insurance broker who can insure your vehicle on the Vehicle Identification Number until we have a registration number from the DVLA. It is very important that you do not insure the vehicle until we tell you to do so as the policy may expire before the car is ready to be registered. 

If you have a private number plate we will require the retention certificate which will allow us to register the vehicle directly onto your private plate. 

We can then arrange delivery to your door – if this is of interest to you please call us to arrange a quotation. 

Your vehicle will be fully valeted before you collect and will have everything required to enable you to drive on UK roads.  

We hope that like many other customers before you, you will be 100% happy with the service we provide. We pride ourselves on our customer service and so if there is anything at all we can do to help please do contact us.