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Garage License Requirements for Vehicle Import


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I am planning to import vehicles through my Company and I can anyone advise me the requirements related to obtaining the garage license.

I have heard a requirement of a vehicle yard with a specific size, name board, previous vehicle imports history etc..

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Garage number is needed if you need to drive the car before registration.

I have driven few of my imports port to home (two from Hambanthota - Colombo on the highway) with only chassis number printed pasted without any issues. However this was before 2019, things may have changed.

Importing a car without being a registered importer is quite cumbersome now even for an individual especially with getting IRD clearance. They request so many documents and virtually harass you. No idea about the process for the company.

In any case you will need a importer to help you source the car and ship from where ever they may be able to help and give advice on this.

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  On 5/12/2025 at 3:05 AM, kush said:

Importing a car without being a registered importer is quite cumbersome now even for an individual especially with getting IRD clearance. They request so many documents and virtually harass you. No idea about the process for the company.

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Sadly seems to be the case and the best path for an individual import seems to be through an importer who does consignment/order based imports. The harassment seems to be the same for companies. Apparently the "association" makes life hard for newcomers. I have no idea about the validity...this is what I have heard from car guys I know who have started their own car imports.

  On 5/12/2025 at 3:05 AM, kush said:

Garage number is needed if you need to drive the car before registration.

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I believe that is the point. He wants to have garage plates to transfer the cars he imports (post-import and pre-sale) and then have the buyer of his import use the garage plate (if needed) until the registration is sorted.

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  On 5/13/2025 at 4:11 PM, iRage said:

Sadly seems to be the case and the best path for an individual import seems to be through an importer who does consignment/order based imports. The harassment seems to be the same for companies. Apparently the "association" makes life hard for newcomers. I have no idea about the validity...this is what I have heard from car guys I know who have started their own car imports.

I believe that is the point. He wants to have garage plates to transfer the cars he imports (post-import and pre-sale) and then have the buyer of his import use the garage plate (if needed) until the registration is sorted.

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Yep, sadly the truth. No way to import as an individual unless you use a registered importer. I have spoken to a few guys living here in Aussie and claiming to be sending vehicles from Aussie to SL. All of them are either scammers or don't want to share any details. I bet no one wants to share a share of their pie. 

Wonder of Asia where the Island has to import salt - pathetic!

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