# Car import in Portugal

**URL:** <https://community.nomadgate.com/t/car-import-in-portugal/29307>\
**Category:** Portugal Golden Visa\
**Created:** [October 18, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/car-import-in-portugal/29307 "2020-10-18T06:38:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Username1.1](https://community.nomadgate.com/user_avatar/community.nomadgate.com/username1.1/32/3050_2.png) [@Username1.1](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/Username1.1)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/car-import-in-portugal/29307/1 "2020-10-18T06:38:25Z")

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Hello fellow Portuguese GV applicants!

I am moving to Portugal soon and I want to import my car from the Netherlands (where I lived before that). As some of you might have noticed, car prices in Portugal are ones of the highest in EU thanks to [ISV](https://impostosobreveiculos.info/isv/simulador-isv/) import tax and VAT. Ownership is not that expensive though comparing to eastern EU countries such as NL.

Thanks to the fact that ex-emigrants and expats are exempt from these taxes, importing previously owned (at least 6 months) car is a good idea!

To start with, I want to find a customs car broker (or however it’s called) - a person who’d help me structure and gather all the documents needed for this procedure. I’ve read an article where a person describer 21+ documents he gathered to do that, some of which is impossible for me to get… That car was imported from Russia though, within EU there must a lot less paperwork I guess.

Could anyone recommend such a person willing to help with car import paperwork?

Thanks in advance for your tips and comments!

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**Author:** ![tommigun](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@tommigun](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/tommigun)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/car-import-in-portugal/29307/2 "2021-08-23T12:00:23Z")

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It could be a coincidence, but there is a very detailed blogpost by someone who did exactly that - imported their car from Netherlands to Portugal.  
Here’s the link:

> **[Importing a car in Portugal?](https://www.asrolhas.com/en/importing-a-car-in-portugal/)**
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> How to import your car when moving to Portugal, without paying import tax? 
> Read our story...

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**Author:** ![tommigun](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@tommigun](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/tommigun)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/car-import-in-portugal/29307/3 "2021-10-27T23:06:16Z")

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For anyone interested in this topic, I have just found an awesome resource for all things related to importing a car into PT:

> **[Como legalizar carros importados](https://impostosobreveiculos.info/importacao/legalizar-carros-importados/)**
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> Como legalizar carros importados - passos, custos e tempo