Import of vehicles on foreign earnings

Eligibility
  • Applicant should have returned after termination of foreign employment
  • The vehicle should be used
  • Registration certificate with English translation
  • Photocopies of passport (pages with photograph of the holder and departure endorsement and visa covering the period of employment)
  • Vehicle should be right hand driven
  • Licensee should present his/her self with his/her passport at the time of clearance of the vehicle.
  • Vehicle should be registered in the name of the licensee and cannot be transferred for three years
  • Importation is permitted once in 05 years only.
  • Importation of vehicles with CFC A/C is not allowed
  • Importation of Used Motor Cars not older than 05 years - under exchange earned abroad
  • Proof of foreign employment for a period not less than 03 years and foreign earnings
  • The motor car should be registered under the name of the applicant and used by him/her for a period exceeding 01 year immediately prior to his departure
  • Motor car should not be older than 05 years from the date of first registration Importation of Used Motor Cars between 05 to 10 years old
  • Proof of foreign employment for a period not less than 05 years and foreign earnings
  • The motor car should be registered under the name of the applicant and used by him/her for a period exceeding 03.
  • Motor car should not be older than 10 years from the date of first registration

Submission Procedure
  1. Obtain Application Forms - Counter - Unit 02
  2. Making payments - Counter - Cashier
  3. Submission of Application Form and Documents - Counter - Unit 02

Application Forms
  • Application for License to Import Vehicle under the Exchange Earned Abroad
  • Specimen Indent Form

Step-by-Step Procedure:

  1. Step 1: Obtain the Application form from Unit 02
  2. Step 2: Submission of filled application and the relevant Support documents to Unit 02
  3. Step 3: If all the support documents are submitted and application is filled properly direct the applicant to the Cashier
  4. Step 4: Applicant pays the license fee to the cashier and submits the invoice to Unit 02
  5. Step 5: Issue the license
Note :
# If the relevant support documents are not submitted then notify applicant about the missing documents
#If the Application form is not filled properly assist the applicant to fill the form.


Time Line

Process Time Line - One to Two days

Submission Time Line

Obtain Application Form and Documents
  • Counter - Cashier
  • Time - 9.00 am to 4.45 pm
  • Working days - Monday to Friday
  • Holidays - Public and Mercantile Holidays
  • Making payments
  • Counter - Cashier
  • Time - 9.00 am to 3.00 pm
  • Working days - Monday to Friday
  • Holidays - Public and Mercantile Holidays

Submission of Application Form Counter - Unit 02
  • Time - 9.00 am to 4.45 pm
  • Working days - Monday to Friday
  • Holidays - Public and Mercantile Holidays

Validity Time Line

The validity period for this service is 03 months.


Note:
# If the applicant wishes to get an extension on the validity period, he/she should provide valid reasons and the request should be forwarded to the Controller. The Controller will decide whether to grant the request or not.

Costs related to the Service

Cost of Application Form - No cost of obtaining Application


Fee

Fee differs depending on the age of the Vehicle. The fee will be a percentage of the total value mentioned below.

Age of the Vehicle Percentage of total value
5 - 7 years 5 %
7 - 8 years 7 %
8 - 9 years 9 %
9 - 10 years 12 %

Penalties

If the Licensee fails to present him/her self with his/her passport at the time of clearance of the vehicle, his/her license will be cancelled and the vehicle will be confiscated.


Surcharge

No surcharge involved in this service. If the vehicle is shipped before the license is obtained, an additional fee will have to be paid.

Support Documents Required

  1. Four copies of the receipt
  2. A Photostat copy of the Registration Certificate
  3. An affidavit giving reasons for being in Sri Lanka and particulars of the person
  4. A copy of the invoice of the Vehicle
  5. Receipts obtained from the cashier of the Dept. of Import/Export Control
  6. Photograph of the Vehicle
  7. Photostat copies of the pages of the passport containing;
# Name
# Date of expiry of passport
# Date of departure from Sri Lanka
# Date of arrival in Sri Lanka


8 Bank statement in proof of foreign exchange savings from employment abroad Importation of Used Motor Cars not older than 05 years Proof of Foreign employment for a period not less than 03 years and foreign earnings.Importation of Used Motor Cars between 05 to 10 years old Proof of Foreign employment for a period not less than 05 years and foreign earnings.


Service Responsibility Matrix

Designation Name Division
Head of the Division Mrs. S. Fareeda Riyal Unit 02
Cashier - Payments Division
Deputy Imports and Export Controller - -



Special Cases

# If in any case that the applicant wishes to extend the validity period a request should be forwarded to the Controller. Controller will examine the request and decide whether to grant the request or not

# If that value of the import goods is higher than that as mentioned in the invoice, the difference in price should be paid as loan at that time.