From December 14, two resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1019 and No. 1299, which make changes to the procedure of registration and re-registration of vehicles, enter into force.
What exactly will change in the vehicle registration and re-registration algorithm, Volodymyr Baranets, deputy head of the Main Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, told at a briefing at the Ukrinform news agency.
“The first change concerns the expert examination of the vehicle, which is conducted by the Expert Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is separated from the registration procedure at the service center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Exclusion does not mean cancellation. Now it must be passed before applying for the vehicle registration and re-registration service,” said Volodymyr Baranets.
In addition to the convenience associated with extraterritoriality, such separation also allows in the future to carry out registration actions with vehicles online using two smartphones or computers – the owner and the buyer.
“Since the only step that could not be carried out online was the inspection by experts, the separation of this procedure allows for the transfer of registration actions from cars to online,” explained the deputy head of the Main Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The algorithm for vehicle registration in Ukraine when buying and selling a car now becomes as follows:
- first, you should contact the Expert Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and get their opinion about the vehicle;
- then the 2 parties, the owner, and the buyer or their representatives, with a valid opinion, apply to the service center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and carry out re-registration of the vehicle. Or it can also be done online.
“Another important change is related to the fact that it is possible to abandon the plastic forms of the vehicle registration certificate and the plastic form of the driver’s license. When ordering an online driver’s license exchange service or an online vehicle re-registration service, you can choose the option without producing a physical document — only a digital one. That is, in Ukraine, digital documents such as Driver’s License and Vehicle Registration Certificate are not just as valid as physical documents, but may be the only ones available that allow you to drive a vehicle,” said Volodymyr Baranets.
Here it is important to note that the algorithm for processing such electronic documents includes a full check, comprehensive processing of the application by the administrator of the service center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. But in the back office, without personal contact with service customers. That is, the data is checked against all necessary databases and only then the application is approved or not. If there is any information in the databases that prevents the provision of the service, then such an application will be rejected.
“That is, concluding a sales contract online will be as safe as walking into the service center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and doing it in person, from the point of view of the application verification processes by our administrators. Or ordering an exchange of a driver’s license online through the Driver’s Electronic Office is just as safe as offline,” emphasized the deputy head of the Main Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The entry into force of the two resolutions means that from December 14, online re-registration will be allowed, and only online driver’s licenses will also be allowed. But the process of implementing legislative changes can take place in several stages. They promised to inform additionally about the phasing of changes and implementation of all online services in the main service center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
