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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ciklee" data-source="post: 498071" data-attributes="member: 22701">Hi Haywire,I think you misunderstood my question.As you know, we need to legally own the car for a minimum of 9 months in the UK before we're eligible for student AP. According to squarewheel, this 9 months are calculated being the difference between our boarding pass date and the last V5 issuance date by DVLA. The V5 issuance date is different from the date we bought the car. Example, if you buy the car on 1st Jan 2011, the V5 issuance date could be 15th Jan 2011 while the vehicle acquired date printed on the V5 would still be 1st Jan 2011. This difference is due to delays by previous owner in sending the ownership change notice as well as processing time of the new V5 by DVLA. So, if you timed your flight say 2nd Sept 2011 thinking you have met the 9-months rule, guess what? You're still short of two weeks and I think this is why squarewheel had to delay his flight. You can check the V5 issuance date from this website <a href="http://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk" target="_blank">http://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk</a>. You'll need the car registration number and V5 reference number. I think this is where MITI does their checks as well.Now, if you reschedule your flight to 16th Sept 2011, then you would be fine. My question is if you then move house, say in 1st April 2011, and you request a new V5 to update your address, the last V5 issuance date would then be the date your new V5 is issued i.e. some time in April. Since you're flying back on 16 Sept, then your ownership period (as far as MITI is concerned) is no longer 9 months since the last V5 issuance date is in April. This is what i mean by the ownership-clock got reset. However, i'm not 100% sure. Maybe you could bring this up with MITI officers when you meet them on Monday?</blockquote>

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